Too School for Cool

.... Or not.  Yes, it's true. I love school. Call me crazy, but there's something about going to school and learning new things that just makes me happy inside. Maybe it's just because it's been a few years since I've been in school. Ask me at the end of this semester and maybe I won't be as enthusiastic. Ha ha. I wouldn't be asking Jared any time soon though. Poor kid, he's been so burned out lately. This weekend was the longest time he has had off and hasn't needed to study for something since Christmas break, so we tried to make the most of it.

Friday night we stayed at a hotel in Ann Arbor and stayed up late like we did when we were dating. (Even though at 10:30 we were both exhausted and just wanted to lay in bed and watch tv) but we pushed through that funk and went out on the town and had a good time. So we went out and walked around town and ate pizza outside at midnight.

It was so much fun and the pizza was REALLY good! Then we went back to the hotel and chilled in the Jacuzzi that was in our room.  It was so nice to just be "us" again.

The next morning we drove home early to get a start on the "rib-off" that we had with our neighbors.

Jared was pretty disappointed because he wanted to try a new way that he's never done before with different flavors and a different way to cook them, and then realized that they weren't nearly as good as his previous stuff. So then he hurried a couple hours before it started and got another rack and used his old recipe, and we entered them as "my" ribs. They didn't have as much time to cook as they normally do, so they still weren't as good, but at least a good contender.

The contenders and their ribs

Del and Jess figuring out who the won

There were three categories for the scoring: appearance, tenderness, and taste. Sadly, the three boys who were the most serious about this (Jared, Skyler and John) didn't even place in the overall best ribs. The winners were: 1st place-Liam (whose were wrapped in bacon), 2nd place-Doug (who made a realy good bourbon sauce), and 3rd place- Bob (who made some pretty good boneless ribs). Jared's did tie for third in appearance, and "my" ribs were 2nd in taste. Even still, we all had a good time and there was a lot of good-natured "trash talk" going on (although most of it was before the winners were announced...) We will definitely be doing this again in the spring!

Last night we decided to camp out in the backyard with our trailer.

It was so much fun. We had a campfire and roasted mallows, and we had  a movie on the projector on the side of the house for the kiddos. It was so nice to just chill and hang out with everyone.

This week is back to school for both of us though. So long short summer, we'll miss you!