A Deer, Lefse, and A Whole Lotta Pink

Big weekend, last weekend. Big weekend.

Mike got himself a deer. What? You didn't know he hunts? Well, he does, people. And he's a good shot (he hung his target sheet from sighting in his rifle on his mother's refrigerator.)  So yeah. Need any venison?

While Mike and his dad (and his cousin and her husband) were out doing hunter-ly things in the woods, I was in the nice, warm house making yummy things with Mike's mom (and our awesome helpers, Tanya and Andrea—the incredibly adorable children of the afore-mentioned cousin and her husband.) Namely, turning 15 pounds of potatoes into lefse.

Double-meanwhile, Eva was having a fun weekend with her (second?) cousins. I think this was largely due to the gigantic bag of pink plastic girly things they brought with them.

Eva spent hours digging through that bag—playing with the fake blow dryer (it really blows air!), the combs and brushes (all pink!), and piles and piles of pretend make-up (which she carefully "applied" to her belly.)

It was one fabulous weekend. For all of us. And tomorrow morning, we're heading right back there! I love holidays.

I can't promise much as far as posting goes for the rest of the week...we'll be doing a lot of traveling (Eva will get to see BOTH sets of grandparents in one weekend!) So, just in case:

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you all have lots to be thankful for.