I realize my last post was a little boring, sorry! Fortunately, we've had a pretty fun couple of days so hopefully this one will be more interesting. Wegmans had been advertising a crab fest for a couple of weeks and we thought that would be a fun end of summer activity, so we decided to order some. Wegmans steamed and seasoned them so they were all ready to go when Ryan picked them up after work. Ryan's dad thought we should order a whole bushel instead of a half-bushel.
We also had shrimp, clams, corn, and macaroni 'n cheese. It was way too much food! The crabs are a lot of work for a little amount of meat, but they are delicious! Ryan saved some of the shells and extra claw meat and he's going to make some sort of soup out of them - I vote for crab bisque!
Connor dressed the part in celebration of crab fest
Connor and Evy
Connor and Evy are really starting to take an interest in each other. It is really cute - Connor was all smiles and staring intently at her. Next week they will get to see a lot of each other while Connor is at Gramma's so it should be fun to see how they interact.
Yesterday we had our annual fantasy football draft, and this marks the beginning of the most wonderful time of the year! Bring on the chili, pumpkin coffee (and beer), and jeans and sweaters! Before we headed up to our friends' house, Ryan went up to his dad's to help them with the two bushels of corn they bought to cook, blanch, take off the cob, and freeze for the winter, so Baby Linn and I got to spend the morning hanging out and running some errands.
As much as I love participating in our fantasy football league, it is quite time consuming - you have to do the research every week to make sure your players aren't injured or on a bye week, and then there's the "need" to watch every game every weekend to see first hand how many points your players are getting! (I think we'll be able to get away with watching football all weekend this year while Connor is still little and not mobile, but next year we might be in for a rude awakening - running after him and watching the Wiggles instead of The Eagles). But without a doubt, the MOST time consuming part about fantasy football is the draft. Our league is 12 people and we get together to do a live draft. In previous years, we picked individual defensive players instead of a team defense. 23 rounds x 12 people = never finishing in less than 5 hours. This year, we finally convinced Nick, the "league manager," to try a team defense approach. This cut the draft down to 15 rounds and we were able to get it finished in a little over 3 hours.
Our teams:
Jen's Juggernauts Ryno's Wrath
Drew Brees, QB Tom Brady, QB
Ryan Matthews, RB Frank Gore, RB
Victor Cruz, WR Beanie Wells, RB
Marshawn Lynch, RB Dwayne Bowe, WR
Vernon Davis, TE Hakeem Nicks, WR
Jeremy Maclin, WR DeSean Jackson, WR
Tim Hightower, RB Antonio Gates, TE
Philadelphia Defense Steelers Defense
Danny Amendola, WR Garrett Hartley, K
Joe Flacco, QB Michael Floyd, WR
Danny Woodhead, RB C.J. Spiller, RB
Coby Fleener, TE Owen Daniels, TE
Chicago Defense Mario Manningham, WR
David Akers, K Andy Dalton, QB
Delone Carter, RB
**Ryan also picked Golden Tate, but I think that was in the last round and I'm not sure that his pick was entered in the computer yet. But, I would like to point out for the record that there would be TWO Notre Dame alumni on his team.
The rest of today and tomorrow are going to be spent (1) watching the Little League World Series championship game, (2) laundry and packing for our trip to Ireland and Baby Linn's trip to Gramma's, and (3) trying to make the house look presentable for the Open House at our place next Sunday while we're away. Or, maybe just taking a nap with Connor, so I can get as many snuggles in as possible since I won't see him for a week.
Sorry my blogging bored you, bud. Notice his "lovey" - I hope this Ellie fares better than mine did!
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