That's a Dubbel Gobblah!

Part One. Dad arrives and is immediately put to work. Enter, the Albers.



The table was set days in advance - many test runs and configs. Note the oil lamp has been hung. By professionals.

Food prep and KP duty. Extra points for the Gen 1 BBQIAN victory tee.



Smithfield country proteins. Sixteeen pounder.



Becks and Bryces, Newmans and ladies.

Desert was taken on the porch.





Gary B doing Gary B stuff.







Casualties and swing session.



Closers!

The epilogue. We have work to do.


Part two - tanks and wedgies, up next.

Are Darth Vader's Adenoids Broken too?

Polling all Carolinians.

Ping me on the twitters @kingklam re: yer favorite NC tune from the golden years of yore. Choices:

Emaline (Mojosha)

Fishing (Superchunk)

Plumbline (AoL)

Fire and Rain (JT)

Suagarcane (Dillon Fence)

To the Bone! (Sex Police)

Another six next post kids. We'll do the brackets and settle on the champ, Lexington style. I'll also take suggestions. Mildly.

Gearing up for baby #2. Ungearing from Halloween. We've just introduced STAR WARS to the living room. Jane obsessed with Chewy and Carrie Fisher.

This fixes surgery.



Before I could get the Halloween box back in the attic.

Taylor TX, bbq brunch with team Perakos.










Waiting for tacos with the auto traders.



Sunday wedding.


The taco geisha.


A few house snaps, these bookshelves just delivered.



MUDHONEY!


Plywood rangers.



And, the dream team.


Dad is about to ripen, 11/28.

Hallowectomy

I think I did alright executing Her Highness' wishes. There were some last-minute changes of course. Like how, after cutting out the red sparkly crown, the art director suddenly decided she wanted green, and the change to white ballet shoes, but overall, it turned out well. She had 4 opportunities to wear it, and by night-of, hair was in a bun and the necklace was added. Trick-or-treating was a hit in the new neighborhood.



Daddy really stepped it up on the pumpkin carving front this year. All FOUR family members are represented.

Here's our sweet nephew/Jane's cousin: Chicken McNugget.


Early the next morning, we arrived at the Pediatric Surgery Center for Jane's adenoidectomy!
She was very calm in the pre-op room...


Came out looking like this:


Then there was this:


We came home and took naps (all of us), and she woke up like her old self. We already see a difference in her nose stuffiness, and she's doing great.

Other stuff we've been up to lately.... Cooking!
She loves getting on her stepstool and having "jobs" in the kitchen.




This is what breakfast often looks like:


And finally, a spooky shot of the ghost baby we're cooking.
Just over 6 weeks to go.

xo, Winz