February in the Mountains

We enjoyed a relaxing and fun-filled weekend, February 15-18, when Jen flew over from Portland and joined, Joey, Gary, the boys, and me up at the cabins. We met Maggie and James in town on Saturday for the annual Chili Contest, which was delicious and fun, though gas-inducing. :) There were 17 different stations with 17 different, homemade chili varieties, ingredients ranging from garlic to cinnamon, beany to meaty, and spicy to mild. We were all full by the time we'd sampled about 7 or 8 different chilis. Saturday night, we invited our neighbor Paul over for a turkey dinner and some entertaining rounds of "Catch Phrase." It was a fun time! Here's a little slide show from the weekend....