While traveling for work and doing a seminar, I got to visit Seattle and meet cousin Emelia. I only wish I could have brought the kids to meet her as Estelle would have especially loved holding her. She has developed a distaste for the car seat, as expressed by loud crying and arching her back to try to avoid being buckled in, but cooler heads prevail (and she drifts off to sleep after a couple minutes). We got all bundled up for the soccer game on Sunday - UW vs. UCLA - and I was glad they had an extra coat for me!
While I was away, George was notified that he WON the local Red Robin recipe contest. In September while John was away, we went to Red Robin and submitted a recipe for a burger that he would like to see served at Red Robin. He called it a "Sloppy George" - a double decker / with cheese version of the sloppy joe that he likes to help me make at home. He won a $50 gift card and is entered in the national contest to go to Denver to cook his creation at Red Robin headquarters. We'll see if he gets so lucky! This afternoon he's being a baker (one of his life ambitions, along with being a dentist) and making a batch of the Amish Friendship Bread that John brought home.
Here's some pictures of the cutie patootey cousin Emelia from last weekend.
