Winter Weekend Fun

Some dear friends of ours came all the way from Chicago for a visit this weekend, and we had a great time holing up in our house, playing games, eating junk food, watching the Vikings, and laughing a lot with each other!  It was a fabulous way to spend Eli's full weekend off.

We played some card games, including Monopoly Deal.  It's one of our new favorite games!  If you've never heard of it, check it out.  It's a card version of Monopoly, with lots of familiar elements but some new twists too.  And it doesn't take twelve hours to play!  It's a fairly quick game and we love it.

Caleb really wanted to eat the cards, er, I mean, help Eli play his hand.

I couldn't resist sharing this picture.  

"Do your cheeks hang low, do they wobble to and fro....?"

Despite the cold weather, we did get out of the house twice.  Yesterday we ventured to the new Canal Park Brewery and loved it so much that we went back again today!  The food was fabulous and apparently the beer was something to write home about (although I can't attest to this myself since I still can't stand the taste of alcohol).  Dustin and Amanda are beer connoisseurs of sorts, however, and they raved about the brewery's offerings.  It's nice to know we can be proud of the fine brewed beverages here in Duluth!

Caleb really wanted those sweet potato fries...

Yay for good friends!

No yay for our Vikings losing badly to those mean Packers :(