Grilling Season

We officially opened the grilling season this afternoon.

The deck had snow on it. The grill cover was covered in snow but we felt the need. Actually, one of the more winterish days of this unseasonably warm winters - snow, cold wind, low temperatures. Nonetheless, we gathered for burgers and hotdogs off-the-grill; winter is a mindset.

the gathering

robert & laura

Lunch was followed by dipping berries.

joseph was more into licking cream than eating berries

kate won the moustache contest

the berry beginnings

A delightful Saturday afternoon meal.

Grill On

One of the changes from Minnesota to Illinois is the shorter grilling season down here. We always had a direct gas line to our grill in MN and grilled no matter the weather. Here we use a propane tank and are more constrained by the weather.

Today we had Tyler and his relatives over for burgers on the grill. He ended up being the only one not to eat one - so much for sophisticated baby taste - they were great.

Also enjoyed playing a new game Dixit (2010 Spiel des Jahres Winner) - a nice creative thinking game in which I unfortunately did quite poorly this time round.

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