LABOR DAY 2013
A pile of people. (about 1,500 to be exact)
A pile of work.
And a pile of fun.
So many memories made this year!
With all that said..enjoy this post of the day in pictures!
It all ended with volleyball til the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
{read: aching feet}
Praise to the Lord-great things HE has done!
We are so thankful for all the answered prayers and His faithfulness that was evident in every details of the day!
Oh my Stars!! I can not believe you had so many people there. We were at your celebration about 3 years ago – and it's hard to imagine how you managed it all with that many people.
Blessings to you for your faithfulness!
Lv,
Sheri
Looks like a wonderful time of fun and fellowship! Wish our family could have been there!
Those are some COOL pics! I love them!! It was SUCH a wonderful day.. you guys are so wonderful to host such a big thing like this! 🙂 Such a blessing! <3 Mary
Hello to all of the Bontragers,
I'm so glad that Labor Day went smooth!
In Christ,
Lexi
Am i the first to comment?? how exciting!! WOW!! Looks like you had the time of your lives!! and there must have been so many blessings!! Thank you for posting!! Would have loved to be there too! 🙂
Many blessings!!
Looks like fun!! wish we could have been there!!!
Volley ball was a lighlight! 😉
Wow!!! What a neat day, can't imagine how much work ya'll put into it. 🙂 Thanks for all the pics. Miss you all and hope to see you soon! God be with you.
Whoa! This is amazing! We're hoping we can come in 2015! 🙂 Bring the Duggars back! ha
This is incredible. We can only imagine all the work that went into this – what a true labor of love on behalf of your entire family, to bless so many families on your farm. Sounds like a wonderful day!
Looks like lots of fun! We'll have to make it out some year…
How did you get the aerial shots?
Awesome pictures! Looks like loads of fun and encouragement! (And a bunch of preparation and hard work!) Out of curiousity, where did everybody sleep? I can't imagine your house and bus being able to contain that many people…
Hi Anonymous,
We didn't have everyone staying overnight at our farm.:) Some folks stayed at motels, campgrounds, etc.
blessings,
Allison
Hi Spencer!
The aerial shots were taken from our silo.:)
Allison
I am totally blown away!!! I cannot imagine all these people on your farm! Did you guys do all the food?…and did you know how many to prepare for? Neat pictures! All I can say is,"Wow…nothing is impossible with your family!"
Aunt Karen!
Yeah, it was a crazy and fun day. The Washington County Beef group did the hamburgers and Chels made pasta salad and friends pitched in with cookies. And we served chips and baby carrots. So we kept it as simply as possible.:) And we sold hard ice cream (my job:). You guys really should come some year!
Nothing is impossible with God, and we had SO much help from amazing friends!
love,
Allison
lol just curious…were some of those pictures taken from your silo? since we live on a farm, i can kinda imagine how that would work!:)
Katrina-
yes! Several folks climbed up to get some fun photos.:)
Allison
Looks like y'all had a lot of fun! 🙂 I hope our family can come some year!
Looks like lots of fun! Any more new posts coming up? We miss your posts! (Although I'm sure you're "Recovering" from being busy with all that company.)
Yes, we have lots of pictures just waiting to be posted! We had company after Labor Day, were preparing for family camp, then left for two weeks of concerts/leading a family camp.:) We're home now, though, so hopefully the blog won't be silent much longer!
thanks for reading!
Allison
It was such an encouraging day! We came away so blessed, encouraged, and grateful for all your family does to put this event together. Loved looking through this picture re-cap of the day. 🙂 Blessings!