Fish Fry x 2

Today we were invited to two different Fish Fry's! The first one was held at Shane's cousins' house out in Lee's Summit, MO. We enjoyed spending time with Shane's mom, aunt, uncles, cousin's and his brother visiting and catching up with what everyone has been up to. We feasted on a spread of Spoon Gill, White Bass & Crappie fish which were all caught by Shane's cousin and his 2 boys. I must say that the crappie was my favorite!

We headed home around 6:30 pm, fed & let the dogs out and then we headed over to our neighbor's Melissa & Nick's house for Fish Fry #2. There were plenty of yummy sides to pick from and LOTS of crappie fish to eat! It was all so very good.

One of the highlights about Melissa & Nick's fish fry is that they have a "weird beer" contest & award prizes to the winners of the most unique named beer as well as the best tasting weird beer. Last year the girls judged the event so this year the boys were the judges. Shane & I were the winners last year with the most unique named beer - "Santa's Butt" beer. This year we entered another holiday themed beer called "Bad Elf" beer and well, let's just say it was NOT a hit of the guys who judged it! We ended up losing our winning title and the Moose Drool beer won for most unique name. Oh well, there is always next year!

By 9pm, most everyone had left the party but leave it to this group to stay around and have a good time. The usual "game-night" crew and their spouses stuck around for more beverages, smores and a bon-fire & enjoyed stories & many laughs around the fire!

Here are a couple of pics from the evening:

L-R: Katrina, Melissa, HT, Erinn. Front: Keri & Michelle

All the guys together posing for a "rare" photo-op