Last weekend we headed up to Bass Lake for our annual Giardiniera-making weekend. Every year, the process gets LARGER but easier! This year, our friend Lukas (Mr. Lukas as Abigail calls him) joined in on the fun!
The weekend began with a couple of "projects".
Fixing something in the basement...not sure....
No more yellow wall! We did a blue strip, and the rest of the wall will get painted next visit.
Then, the fun began! The boys had to head to the "store" and returned 2 hours later with lots of stories from the local VFW and an invitation to attend a fundraiser that night....
Papa and the girls enjoyed Snow White, and more Snow White, and more SnowWhite! Big Hit!!!
This bug just makes me smile!!!!
Time to start making giardiniera...which means time for mommy and auntie mo mo to walk across the street to the local drinking hole...we left before the first cut and returned to a clean kitchen....that's the "deal"....
Auntie Mo Mo and Uncle B
The finished product...don't even ask about the clothing...I know it involves fishing vests, belt buckles, and a racoon hat....
Men at Work
That's a lot of giardiniera! I know a lot of people are going to enjoy the guys hard work!
(Ha Ha...as I reread this post, I saw Kramer made the picture)
Nana made a GREAT dinner of macaroni (that's pasta in the Italian family) and then it was time to play....
Auntie Mo Mo is so fun
Airplane rides
Nana and Papa stayed home and watched the kids (Thank You So Much) while the rest of the crew faced the smoke (you can still smoke in Indiana bars and I am SO SO SO grateful Illinois changed that law) and LOUD music for a fundraiser. It was a live auction and classic rock bar mixed together...always interesting. Always more interesting when my husband walks away from the auction with a Jeff Gordan ride-on car for the girls, ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE sweatshirt (and comment by girl that Rob won't get shot on accident with it...so we've got that going for us), and Lebron James basketball jersey (because we are HUGE NBA fans...or NOT) that luckily some guy bought off of Rob on the walk out (for less than we paid, but so happy that didn't come home). Luke left with some Irish Whiskey, gift certificate for the bar, and RANDOM tae kwon do lessons in Indiana....can't wait to hear about those!
It was a hilarious night (as bars in small towns usually are)...
The next day, before we left, Rob measured the girls as he always does. He started this tradition with Abigail's first visit to the cabin so we can watch the grow (shed small tear)...and I realized I never documented it.
Abigail's side
Caitlin's side (Caitlin's first visit was giardiniera weekend last year...so you can see how much she has grown in 1 year...again, shed small tear)
It was a great weekend. Rob has had some really long weeks at work and really needed the weekend to just unwind! As always, thank you Nana and Papa for EVERYTHING!!! We appreciate it all so much!!!
We can't wait for our next trip up there....and we hope it's warm enough to go swimming because Abigail was very confused where the "lake" went.....
1 comment:
Abigail, some day you will know that in the winter the water in the lake freezes and Papa doesn't take the water out of the lake. All weekend you asked me "why did Papa take the water out of the lake". How cute is that.
Caitlin, I love cooking for you. I think you ate more macaroni than everyone there...was that 5 or 6 bowls of macaroni she ate??? I lost count.
Nana
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