Notes on the Smith Family Reunion for those who might be interested. We all arrived Sat, 7/26, checked into our Cabins at Branson Woods West and after lots of hugs and other greetings, we gathered for a Shrimp Boil. Mark brought Jumbo Shrimp from Kemah (near Houston), I brought Corn, Earl Campbell Sausage and New Potatoes from Texas, Jed Cormier (long time friend and pure blood Cajun) from San Angelo sent me a generous supply of seasoning which was his own special concoction and Mark cooked it up with lots of supervision. :) Julie, Angie, Donna,(all from Oklahoma) and Lynnes crew from So. Carolina and Minnesota brought delicious desserts and all the eating utensils and the party was on! Linda had Merlot, Buzz, Chris, Mark and Chuck provided brews that ranged from Bud Light to Modelo Especial to cool our throats and lips from the spicy seafood, sausage, potatoes and corn...We had so much food from that one cookout that we ate it all 4 days. 2nd night Chris and Jenn brought Brats (exotic ones) from Minnesota, Chris made homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream and we still had desserts, so the feast was on again. Sunday Morning Theresa and I cooked Biscuits, Gravy, Hash Browns, Whole Hog Sausage, Scrambled Eggs and Jenn made her famous Sweet Monkey Bread and we had a great brunch. Meals later were awesome as well, Theresa made brisket, we had hot dogs for the kids, Julie made an awesome Potato Salad and the best Pasta Salad I ever tasted. I made Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream one night..Chuck had stopped in Eastern Oklahoma on the way up and bought a Black Diamond Watermelon (a long time Smith favorite) and a Yellow Meat Melon and we had that going on for a couple of days.....Wait...do you notice that this is all about FOOD! No wonder we all look like retired NFL lineman....Next post will be about activities and other details...no mention of food...Linda read her Weight Watcher Leaders Manual all the way home...I think trying to figure out how to make us all look like the After pictures instead of a large group of Befores :)
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:30:21 +0000
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