The
Seattle Crew (Michelle, Chris, Andre’, Morgan and Kodie) decided to spend Labor
Day weekend at the Martin Homestead on Whidbey Island. Was nice having the whole family
all together, had been a while because we are all so busy during the summer
months.
The
following teams were set up for evening meals: Andre’ and I took the Friday
evening, Chris and Michelle had Saturday evening. Everybody participated in the
breakfast menu. Lunch menu was
derived from any leftovers we could find.
We
applied various types of cooking equipment to achieve our assigned meals. I cooked the beef ribs in the oven;
Chris used his new Concave Plow disk (Roswell 22” UFO Discada) to cook bacon,
hash browns and eggs. Andre’ made
homemade bread in the Dutch oven, in addition to roasting garlic on the grill. Chris, André and I smoked salmon, pork
chops and hamburgers in my new Kraeger Smoker/BBQ wood fired grill. The kids insisted that
I needed to replace the 10-year-old Weber BBQ propane grill that they gave me
for Fathers day in 2006.
Kim
had to relax, she was recovering from carpal tunnel surgery, we just let
her bark out orders so she would feel like part of the group in addition to entertaining
Morgan. In the evening we roasted
“s’mores” on the open fire, then after Morgan’s bedtime we played board games. The
game of choice was Ticket to Ride (the cross country train adventure game). If my memory serves me correctly , I let others win !
It
goes without saying that we consumed some adult beverages, OK a lot.
Friday night beef ribs " Can I help Papa? "
It goes without saying, Chris was excited, he got to cook using his Concave Plow Disk for the first time.
Push Uncle " Dre Dre"
Bring on the hash browns
"next" English muffins " Life is good"
Time to assemble the new Traeger Smoker /BBQ wood fired grill. Chris and Andre' were excited, the manufacturing instructions provided guidance on how many beers you should consume at various steps of the process. After a few hours and 2 six packs later, believe it or not, we were smoking salmon.
"Don't need no stinking instructions"
"Out with the old (2006)" "In with the new"
"Ready to Cook"
Play time with Uncle " Dre Dre"
"Nap Time"
"Father / Son time" "Sister / Brother time"
Kodie had a great time also.
Friday night beef ribs " Can I help Papa? "
It goes without saying, Chris was excited, he got to cook using his Concave Plow Disk for the first time.
Push Uncle " Dre Dre"
Bring on the hash browns
"next" English muffins " Life is good"
Time to assemble the new Traeger Smoker /BBQ wood fired grill. Chris and Andre' were excited, the manufacturing instructions provided guidance on how many beers you should consume at various steps of the process. After a few hours and 2 six packs later, believe it or not, we were smoking salmon.
"Don't need no stinking instructions"
"Out with the old (2006)" "In with the new"
"Ready to Cook"
Play time with Uncle " Dre Dre"
"Nap Time"
"Father / Son time" "Sister / Brother time"
Kodie had a great time also.
