Dutch Oven Birthday

One of the great things about being home for Christmas is that we're also usually there long enough to celebrate my dad's birthday on the 30th! This year for Christmas my parents gave dutch ovens to John, Tyler, and my brother-in-law, Dave. So for my dad's birthday dinner he decided that he wanted them to learn how to use their ovens and make him a yummy dinner. The dinner cast included barbeque chicken, sweet and sour meatballs, cornbread, potatos, apple crisp, and peach cobbler. The meal turned out awesome!! John and I made the cobbler and we are determined to go camping more often this year so that we can put our dutch oven to good use!

After dinner, we all gathered together in the family room. My dad is really big on skits at family reunions so my mom thought it would be fun for each of the kids and their families to prepare a skit about my dad to perform for him that night. We all laughed SO hard during these skits and little Cade (age 4) definitely stole the show when he started his skit with the phrase, "When I die..." This can only be appreciated if you know my dad, but we were all rolling with laughter. Even though I wasn't ready to leave to come back home, it was a great night to end our trip. As soon as the festivities were over we packed up our car and prepped ourselves for the 15 hour drive ahead of us. Yes, we are crazy for driving during the night (especially when you don't check the weather and you end up in a snow storm), but yes, it was completely worth it!!