Thanksgiving weekend

Jiri hosted the 2nd annual deep-fry fest a couple days after Thanksgiving. Surprisingly no deep-fry food pics! The winner of the evening was the deep-fried pickles. Mmmmmmm. Kevin and I also went to Healdsburg to pick up my wine shipment and saw a bunch of rainbows on the way up. We also saw a cool "bait ball" of birds over the vineyards.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Yari Pilgrim Turkey

Once again we celebrated Thanksgiving at Tony's house. The turkey was too big to fit in the pot so Tony cooked the drumsticks first.



Here's Tony about to deep-fry the turkey.




Heather and her veggie pot pie:

Sparky's Reunion

Many of us, plus a couple of new additions, made it to the restaurant after a several year hiatus. It was great to see everyone together and hard to believe we used to meet up every Tuesday for over a year!

UM - UW Tailgate

Unfortunately, in the only game that matters, Michigan lost to Wisconsin to add to it's dismal season.

Here's the passing of the clock to Kevin for Wisconsin's win. Hopefully Erik can claim it next year.

Phish 8 - Halloween in Indio

Kevin and I drove down to Indio, outside of Palm Springs for the Halloween Phish Festival. We set up camp with a couple other friends in the parking lot.

Hans' super-sized tent.




Even in the desert I can't get away from football!

Fall Visit to Minnesota

Kevin and I spent a long weekend in Minnesota to visit his family and attend his friend Andy's wedding. I finally got to see some nice fall color.

It was sunny the following day so we checked out the arboretum.


We picked up some pumpkins to carve too. Here's Yari's jack-o-latern.


At the wedding.

Bowling in San Rafael

It was a plaid-themed bowling birthday party for Collins. Jiri won the prize though for best plaid!