28 March 2026 Sanford: Lindsay Birthday #2

 

All the families came over to Laura's house to celebrate Lindsay's birthday.  We toyed with the idea of all going to Opa but figured that we could make many of the Greek dishes ourselves and have even more fun.  The two McLane families and the Griffin family all came over and a feast was laid out for everyone to enjoy.  I took some pictures at the very beginning but as more and more folks showed up I put the camera down and enjoyed myself

A very overloaded fridge

Grape leaves

Unroll the grape leaf, lay out on a paper towel, allow to dry

Then roll up the rice stuffing and cook

Trying out the meta glasses

Candid action shots

Food is everywhere

Jaxon setting up shop at the chicken

Mini stuffed peppers and two kinds of meatballs

These are the lamb meatballs

Matt is ready

The birthday girl

Dance the birthday dance

Dance the shy pony

And the monkey

Great fun

That is how the entire evening went!

27 March 2026 Sanford: Dinner with Maxine and Charles

 

Pot roast sounded good and we thought that sharing a pot roast with Maxine and Charles would be a great thing.  We invited them to dinner and they agreed.  The roast took most of the day to cook and the smell filled the entire house.  We had a great time talking with those two and having them to ourselves was quite nice.  

Please drop some tasty bits...

Dinner is ready

Smile all around

Pot roast, mushrooms and sweet pea!

Charile

Maxine

All gone!

Yummy, a fine meal.

 It has been 3 years and 292 days since we began our Migration

24 March 2026 Sanford: Lindsay Turns 40 With Tacos and Tequila!

 

Lindsay is turning 40 and we drove to Mt. Dora to a Taco and Tequila joint to celebrate.  Laura chauffeured us and the drive there was easy and smooth. We were the only second table at the restaurant and so we had extra time with the server.  When Leslie revealed her aversion to tequila, our server asked if it was bad tequila or "user error" that was the genesis of her aversion.  Happy hour delighted us with three nacho plates.  Each plate had a different dipping bowl, two were cheeses and one was guacamole.  no sooner had we loaded the table with food then Matt, Lindsay, Jaxon and Evan arrived.  The restaurant was filling up but our stomachs were not so we ordered more food.  We had a few drinks and so when it came time to salute Lindsay, it is no surprise that tequila shots suddenly sounded reasonable.  Oh my!

We have arrived

Floral chandelier

Spooky

More of a floral motif

Nacho nacho nacho!

Taco taco taco

Hi sweetie!

The boys are playing outside

I thought that there was an ordinary shot glass...

But the glass was three inches tall and was a large amount of tequila

https://youtube.com/shorts/APrgew5Lpbk

 

 It has been 3 years and 289 days since we began our Migration

22 March 2026 Sanford: Sunday Evening Dinner

 

Shaun and Erin had a Sunday Evening tradition and we were lucky to get invited on this Sunday.  We had a lovely pork loin grilled on the egg!  Great times were had by all, except for the dog Hemmingway, who was wondering what all the fuss was about.

Zac truing on the pulsing pressurizing leg apparatus

This small table will transform into a gathering of epic proportions

Epically large dog

Hey!

Hemingway resting her head

A little bit of Paupa New Guiniea 

Cooking in the egg

My old canoe!

Time for dinner

Which salt and pepper set shall we use

Hmmm, let me think

So amny choices

Food prep is in earnest

Setting the table

Hemingway retreats while we eat dinner.  Thanks Shaun and Erin!

 It has been 3 years and 287 days since we began our Migration