inluminent

This weekend was a blast. We needed a weekend of relaxation and decided that we should spend it in a small town:

The wife and I drove down to Sealy to visit my brother and his wife, and let them cook for us. My brother’s got a very big grill in the back yard that he uses to compete in BBQ competitions, and man, does it cook good food.

We got there on Friday night and sat around chatting and then watched a movie after playing cards grew boring (no money on the table = boring cards).

On Saturday morning we woke up and started a fire in BBQ pit. After it cooked down for an hour or so, we added more wood to get it really hot (the fire box was at least 700 degrees on the outside, and likely over 1000 degrees inside (the thermometer wouldn’t register the heat of the flames).

At 11am we threw on three big briskets and some pork ribs, and later added some sausage.

Some more family members came over around 2pm and we all sat out back waiting on the food to cook. At 3 o’clock, it was finally done enough to eat, and man was it good eating.

After we all gorged ourselves on the good food, we sat around talking and watched a movie, before eating dessert (”ummm… chocolate meringue pie” as described by the wife).

After our guests left we headed out to the Sealy bowling hall and had a good time bowling and visiting with some old school-yard friends (who we didn’t expect to see, but were pleasantly surprised to see). We headed home around 1am and tried to watch a movie before we all fell asleep in front of the TV.

On Sunday we headed to the outlet mall in Katy, Texas, where we all bought stuff we could probably do without, but enjoyed spending our money in support of the economy.

Great weekend, and hopefully we’ll do it again soon.

There’s just something about spending the weekend in a small town that rejuvenates the soul…