We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year. Members from both of our families were in attendance for a total of 13 people. This may not sound like much, but typically our family gatherings are eight or less in number, so this was a pretty big affair for us. Ironically, …
One of Brian’s friends invited us to a pumpkin carving party last night. It was quite the event–there were probably 30-40 people there, mostly kids. And, these people cooked up a storm. They will probably have enough leftovers for a week! They had multiple pumpkin carving stations set up. And, …
We took full advantage of the holiday weekend and actually did some fun stuff for a change. On Friday, Brian and I went to the Ethnic Fest for supper (Jake was at a birthday party). Brian had pierogies from St. Mary’s, which is usually what I get, but I ended …
We attended a couple Independence Day-related events this week/weekend. We kicked off the fourth by going to my brother’s place on Wednesday night for a cookout (fire, hot dogs, mountain pies, beer, you-get-the-idea). While unrelated to the fourth, we went to a bloodhound demonstration at Canoe Creek State Park this …
We kicked off the Memorial Day festivities by attending a cookout at my in-law’s yesterday. Today was dedicated to doing things around the house. Brian and I went plant shopping in the morning and then I spent the afternoon planting said plants while Brian made a batch of beer. I …