Our Memorial Day cookout actually went pretty well after all. It did rain a little, but not enough to prevent me from firing up the grill so the guys could cook. Younger Daughter and I stayed in the kitchen, preparing some foods. For example, we wanted to have kebobs but Youngest Son couldn’t find any skewers at Walmart. He called and said there was one package of four steel skewers, and it was expensive. An associate told him they were sold out!

Apparently, everyone in the county did kebobs yesterday. So, we opted to cut up the vegetables and meats as if we were making the kebobs, but we put them in a baking pan with some pineapple and seasonings, covered it with aluminum foil, and baked it instead of grilling it. Surprisingly, it turned out really delicious and the meat was fork-tender.

We also put burgers and brats on the grill along with a nice salmon fillet Youngest Son picked up while shopping. Everyone brought food of some kind with them - chips, drinks, burger patties, dessert. The children had fun upstairs in Son’s room, playing Guitar Hero. It was a bit too rainy for them to play outside very much.

It was a wonderful day, though, and I’m eager to do this again around Independence Day!

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