We drove out on Friday afternoon in what was pretty bad roads between Ames & Des Moines. Between the snow packed roads, the rush-hour traffic that we hit, and the increased number of drivers on the road leaving for the holidays, it took us about two and a half hours to get from our house to I-80 westbound with Des Moines in our rear-view mirror. We were glad when we finally made it out there in what was a much longer trip than it should have been.
Amy made a very nice X-mas meal for us Sunday at noon. Turkey, homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, Italian salad, dinner rolls, crumb cake, apple pie, and chese cake. Well, Elizabeth made the salad, and I helped with the crust on the apple pie, but Amy deserves most of the credit. She also made a Russian cream (like a custard), and homemade whipped cream. That was just Sunday. She also made a big pot of oyster stew, and we ordered Godfather's pizza another day. All in all, there was too much to eat :)
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| How about that lattice crust topping? |
Of course we played a lot of games (Telestrations, trivial pursuit, cards). One game was especially worse than others. We played a drinking game version of hearts, and it wasn't with alcohol. Eben & Lynn had bought a few absolutely disgusting varieties of soda at a store in Minnesota. They gave them to us as a gift, so we all decided to try them. The soda flavors were Sweet Corn, Bacon, and Buffalo wing sause. I think that the Sweet Corn was the worst. It had a very strong smell and tasted like bad butter.
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| Yuck. |
Another thing to note is that Lynn just had her right knee replaced on the 11th of this month. She is doing well, but her knee is still pretty stiff and it will take a while to get all of her strength and motion back. On a couple of different occasions I worked with her and gave her some physical therapy exercises.
