Pine Wood Derby

It's Pine Wood Derby Time...

Tuesday night.

A Serious Look at the Serious Line Up

Check out the Awesomeness of Wes' Car!

Okay, even I am impressed.

(I'm so glad there are people willing to do these things for our kids.)

Both of these shots are priceless, correct?

Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about!

(Technically I have no idea what I am talking about)

1st Place in 3 out of 4; 3rd Place Overall!!

1 Pinewood Derby Down, 3 (?) to go!!

Feasting at the Fest

Buckner Pig Fest 2008

 So, time for a little update on our end of year activities. Before the ultimate 

"New Year's Eve Egg Roll Fest".  I made such a big deal about our Christmas Eve Pig Fests of years past I thought this year deserved some special attention. And now that we have a blog I can give it the special attention it deserves. Gotta love technology. (Just a note...these pic's aren't the best...the candle light just wasn't enough for my camera or picture taking abilities.)

 Kristen and Wes and me (hiding behind the chair; right where I belong).

Jake and Jessie looking happy. Or perhaps delighted?

This is a fine example of the delicious fare for our fest and a fine example of Jessie eating it.

Pass the cheese ball and meat. NOW.

Just a shot to show the beautiful display of culinary delights. We had crackers of all shapes and sizes, cheese balls and cheese slices, ( including a new kind we tried, "Boursin" & oh my it is good), crazy flavored deli meat, sprite mixed with juice (tasty), (and as I write this I am embarrassed at the excess), and shrimp. 

So, yeah, I am pretty sure we succeeded at making this an epic Pig Fest.

I love family traditions.

Pig Fest

Every Christmas Eve it is our tradition to have a bunch of crackers, various cheeses and cheeseballs, crazy deli meats that we wouldn't buy any other time of year, and whatever treats we happen to have still around. Or maybe I make some treats just so we have some around. We just generally pig out. (Long time ago we also had cheese soup, but that just became just one more thing to cook, and I am tired of cooking by that point.)

So, I am watching/listening Good Things Utah (kind of embarrassed to admit that; I don't know why) and they are talking about some the show watcher's Christmas traditions. Well, someone wrote about their tradition (which consists of all of the SAME things as ours), but they gave it a name. Which had never occurred to me. They call it the "Christmas Eve Pig Fest". 

We now have a name for one of our Christmas Eve traditions. It is now officially "The Annual Family Buckner Christmas Eve Pig Out Fest". The goal or point is to eat nothing that is healthy for you. (I changed up the name to make it more personal.)

Here's hoping that this year is the best "The Annual Family Buckner Christmas Eve Pig Fest" ever.