Party #1
Yesterday was Jenna's birthday. There were no big plans so we decided to ask the girls (Jenna and her roommates) if they wanted to come out and just hang out. They seemed more than glad to come out so we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon with them. After the events of the last couple weeks we were all pretty much ready for something more low key.
The first item on the list was to open birthday presents. I won't elaborate but this was the look on Jenna's face when she saw what she was about to unwrap=)
We all sat down to some smoked chicken tacos, another benefit of having Matthew and his smoker around=) It was VERY yummy!
That morning Alana was not feeling that well so I stayed home from church with her and, as a result, had time to make up a birthday cake. Chocolate cake roll with a cream chocolate filling....quite tasty, if I do say so myself=) And no, she did not turn 6, but I didn't have that many candles!
Since we missed the picture of the actual blowing out of the candles, she posed for another shot=)
The the rest of the afternoon was spent catching up on some computer time, lounging on the couch, the birthday girl getting lots of phone calls....
which she enjoyed from the hammock outside in the 70+ degrees, sunshiny weather.
Jodie and Rachel came out as well - Logan has thought Jodie was pretty special for quite some time so he had fun sitting on the couch and chatting with her. He even invited her to come and live with us, offering to go sleep in the garage so that she could have his bed....=)
Party #2
Now that Matthew has completed the smoker he built we are hoping he'll get to use it more and more. He seems to be making contacts here and there and getting the word out some and he was asked to smoke meat for a birthday party for the owner of the Blue Bison. Jenna works there so, thanks to having someone ' on the inside', Matthew set up outside and fed probably close to 100 people last Friday night.
He started at 11pm on Thursday, stayed up all night, and had the meat done and ready to go by 5pm on Friday evening. (As a side benefit he threw some steaks on the smoker sometime during the night and he and I, along with Kendrick and Jenna, had steak and eggs for an early morning breakfast before Kendrick headed to the airport).
Yep, he's quite a guy!
The Blue Bison is probably the coolest hangout place in town and they serve sandwiches, soups, ice creams, coffee's.....definitely a favorite place of the CBI students=)
That night, along with the pulled pork sandwiches, they also served up free ice cream which Logan and Jesse patiently waited for! Alana wasn't feeling well or she would have been in line as well, I'm sure.
The place was crowded with people but, thankfully, the kids all behaved very well and mostly stayed corralled in the corner with some Calvin and Hobbes books.
And here are is the work crew.... Except for the girl in glasses (who I do not know) they are all former CBI grads and now currently roommates as well as coworkers!
Their menu is full of lots of goodies!
Now that Matthew has completed the smoker he built we are hoping he'll get to use it more and more. He seems to be making contacts here and there and getting the word out some and he was asked to smoke meat for a birthday party for the owner of the Blue Bison. Jenna works there so, thanks to having someone ' on the inside', Matthew set up outside and fed probably close to 100 people last Friday night.
He started at 11pm on Thursday, stayed up all night, and had the meat done and ready to go by 5pm on Friday evening. (As a side benefit he threw some steaks on the smoker sometime during the night and he and I, along with Kendrick and Jenna, had steak and eggs for an early morning breakfast before Kendrick headed to the airport).
Yep, he's quite a guy!The Blue Bison is probably the coolest hangout place in town and they serve sandwiches, soups, ice creams, coffee's.....definitely a favorite place of the CBI students=)
That night, along with the pulled pork sandwiches, they also served up free ice cream which Logan and Jesse patiently waited for! Alana wasn't feeling well or she would have been in line as well, I'm sure.
The place was crowded with people but, thankfully, the kids all behaved very well and mostly stayed corralled in the corner with some Calvin and Hobbes books.And here are is the work crew.... Except for the girl in glasses (who I do not know) they are all former CBI grads and now currently roommates as well as coworkers! 
Their menu is full of lots of goodies!And the special of the day is....
Of course everything is quite trendy,
Of course everything is quite trendy,Along with lots of buffalo 
PS*- This post is a bit out of order as the birthday party took place on Sunday afternoon and the Blue Bison party was on Firday night.
1 comments:
It looks like so much fun! I wish we could visit you guys sometime.
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