Ribs and other goodies - Friday, August 21, 2009

On Thursday, Aug 20th, Chris, Amber, Isaac, and Abigail went to Seaquest State Park in Washington to go camping in a yurt.    The Springers, Christina, Steven and their kids Alora and Elijah went with them, and all 8 stayed in the same yurt.   DeeDee and I stayed comfortable at home in Scappoose in our house, happy to be sleeping in our own bed.   The plan was that the Korenthals and Springers would then come to our house Friday afternoon and spend the night, so that Amber and DeeDee (with me if needed) could watch all four children on Saturday while Chris went to work and Steven and Christina had a "day without children".    

So, Friday evening, after all the campers had finished bathing and showering, washing 37 1/2 tons to dirt off of their bodies, we all sat down to a feast of BBQ ribs, home made potato salad, and corn on the cob basted in a butter/cilantro/lime sauce.    I guess I underestimated how good my ribs were, cause the four little kids (with Isaac the oldest at 3 1/2) ate twice what I thought they would - there were 9+ pounds of ribs, but next time I will cook one more 3 lb rack, just in case.   We all had enough, but everyone would have kept eating ribs if there were more.   Several times during dinner Isaac looked over at me and said, "Papa, you make the best ribs."   We didn't get photos of the ribs being eaten, but from the photos you can tell that the corn was just as big a hit as were the ribs.   Isaac is doing a number on his corn and has some BBQ sauce on his cheek and right hand to show that he knows with to do with ribs also - as you can see from the rib on his plate; Abigail in the pink bib at 19 months does a good job with her corn; and Elijah in the blue bib at 21 months took care of his corn as well.

After dinner, great campers that they are, the Springers were going to sleep in our tent in the back yard, as while they had been camping in the yurt, the kids had never actually slept outside in a tent before.   Well, Elijah lasted about 20 minutes, so Steven brought him back inside and they slept on the couch in the living room, while Christina and Alora "roughed it" in the tent on air mattresses and in sleeping bags.   After a make-your-own breakfast in the morning, they all went home, and again DeeDee and I said to each other, "WHAT'S THAT SOUND --SILENCE!!!"