This weekend is also our 6th wedding anniversary, on Sunday! Our wedding was an intimate outdoor ceremony and reception, and we had caterer friends who served up homemade German, Hungarian, and Ukrainian foods to honor our family backgrounds – which our relatives loved! (His family is German, mine is Hungarian and Ukrainian. He and I are Made in America, however!)
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| This way to the party! |
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| Of course our signs had to be in both German and English! |
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| The sign says “A toast!” or “Cheers!” in German. |
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| We set up the tables on our patio to resemble a traditional outdoor Beer Garden. |
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| Pretzels on every table, German beer coasters, paper towel holders, candles. |
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| Last year I was able to take my time decorating the day before in the lovely sunshine! But . . . |
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| But this year: It’s raining today, so I’ll be throwing up (not literally…well, maybe) decorations tomorrow! |
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| Last year, we had lots of hay bales, pumpkins and gourds to dress up the shed area. The German cutouts on the shed once decorated the Oktoberfests thrown by my late Father-in-law! |
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| You can’t have an Oktoberfest without awesome German food! We ordered food from a German butcher . . . |
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| . . . and my husband made several dishes too, including Gulasch which went quickly! |
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| My husband wore his late Father’s genuine Oktoberfest hat. His Dad would have loved this party! |
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| Cheers! |
Our home has smelled soooooo good this week, with all the food my husband has been preparing. (I am so lucky, yes I know, that my husband loves to cook! I suck at it, quite frankly.) This year, in addition to the usual store-bought German beers and wines that we’ll have, my husband also made four different beers – he has been homebrewing for a few years now – made special just for this event! And we will have a “kids table” of hot dogs, hamburgers, and other kid-friendly foods too.
I hope you enjoyed this little tour! I’ll be back here next week with some fun Halloween projects to share.
In the meantime… Prosit!
~Laura
How fun!! I love the decor and your English/German signs. My husband and I just celebrated 6 years on October 8th!
Thanks Johnnie, and Happy Anniversary to you! Aren’t Fall weddings the best? 🙂
I WANT TO COME TO YOUR OKTOBERFEST PARTY! My cousin and I threw a small Oktoberfest party last year, but this looks like a blast. And if your hubby has any of those homebrews left over, I will send you my address. 😛
I wish so many of you (my crafty friends!) lived closer so you could join us, Jessica! Nice to hear you appreciate homebrewing too! (So many people still think of it as something really basic…or…well, hard to describe actually. I’m just glad you can appreciate it!) Thanks!
I love that you throw an annual Oktoberfest party. We have a friend who throws one every year and we look forward to it each and every year. Although, it looks like you have a wide variety of food.
Thanks for stopping by, Katie! We have both German food and some “regular” food as A) most of the kids don’t want to try German dishes – they don’t know what they’re missing! – and B) everyone likes hamburgers & hot dogs sometimes! 🙂
Looks like a rocking good time! My what a well manicured lawn you have 🙂 It’s semi-nice today…have you any beer left? I’ll be over in a few hours…I don’t mind drinking in the afternoon (don’t judge me!)
Oh Amy, the lawn in front is well manicured to keep up with the neighbors. The lawn in back? Not so much. As in, NOT. Yes, there’s beer left, and no, I don’t judge. Me? Judge others? Are you kidding me?? LOL
I love that you guys celebrate the season like this! What is in that yummy looking Gulasch! Your hubby rocks for making it! xo