Gobble! Gobble!

Whew! What a great weekend! We had my wife's family up from Trenton, Illinois. They arrived late on Wednesday, after a 6-7 hour drive (though St. Louis). All eight of them! They stayed at our house, and utilized our 3 air mattresses well. In fact, Jen and I had our air matress in the living room, and slept by the fire every night with our Weimerainer Hector. We scarificed our bed to her brother and his family, which was the best idea.

Thanksgiving day was filled with deep frying two turkeys (yumm!) and eating all the traditional food. I know some of you think that deep frying a turkey sounds unhealthy and weird, but it is one of the better ways to prepare a turkey, and it seals in the moisture so well! Peanut oil is the preferred type of oil (and the easiest to buy in bulk) and can be reused a couple of times. At cooking the bird for only 5 minutes a pound, our 12-14 pound turkeys took just over an hour each.

The men took a trip up to northern Iowa Saturday, while the ladies kept shopping. I was shocked they still wanted more shopping after Friday, but each to themselves. On our trip to northern Iowa, we stopped at the Family Table Restaurant in Eagle Grove. I thought I was sick of holiday pie, but when my father-in-law order a piece with Blue Bunny ice cream, I had to do the same. Blueberry! Boy was it good! Nice decision Gary!

Now with our weekend ended, we have a little time to ourselves (and a lot of cleaning up and leftovers!) We had a great time and plan to do the same next year.

I am sure this is similar to a lot of stories out there, and we soon realize time flies when spending time with family and friends. That is all for my quick moment of reflection. Happy Holidays everyone!

Bucky Badger to a Bowl?

On Wisconsin! This weekend the Badgers may become bowl eligible! Let's hope so! These games are going down to Arkansas to Mark and Patty! I know they will get put to good use over the holidays.

And how about that Hawkeye victory over the Nitny Lions? I personally think the BCS is a joke, so the more teams that don't go undefeated, the better. I would love to see 2-3 teams that are undefeated (Utah, Boise State, Ball State) stay that way and then NOT be invited to the championship. Just isn't fair.

Anyway, thanks to Heather, Michelle, Ryan and Keith for their orders! And for those of you thinking winter is coming, it's here in Iowa. So we'll be playing cornhole in the garage until thaw!