Christmas With The Grumps

Well things were hopping around here. Dork Boy's family came out to check out the pad and see how things were set up for The Kids arrival. First to arrive were the Crazy Aunt 2 and Fire Fighter Unc. They were of course a great deal of fun. Next to arrive were Grumps and Grammy Goose, who made it despite having to spend an evening of fun in the Denver Airport. As is often the case in Grumps family get together, there was a great deal of drinking and football watching. First the kids went to check out The Rosenblum Winery in Alameda, which is very very tasty wine, especially for a wine made in a former naval base. Then they tried to visit the Hangar One Distillery, to taste vodkas and scotches. However, they were foiled by the release of Absinthe, which, despite being by all accounts, a truly disgusting drink, some how or another lured mobs of people to taste it. Since the kids didn't have any desire to wait for 4 hours to taste a bad tasting hallucinatory beverage, they went home and drank beer. T-Bear and Monkey did not really understand the fascination with things not beer and banana related.

The next day, after collecting Grumps and G. Goose from the airport, the family once again tried the Hangar One Distillery to see if they could find find some good scotch for Grumps (he is remarkably less grumpy with some good scotch.) The family quickly learned Vodka tasting not quite the relaxed tasting experience of the winery. First, there were are a lot of alcohols to taste. Second, they all had completely different tastes: lemon, lime, rasberry, black tea, white tea, scotch, plain vodka, dessert wine stuff. The combination of these can be a bit rough on a stomach. Monkey was a bit annoyed there was no banana vodka. T-Bear was a bit weirded out by the honey-white tea concoction. In the end, the family decided they preferred to drank beer and eat boiled peanuts.

The next day was devoted to smoking turkeys, drinking beer, and eating boiled peanuts. Then the next day was devoted to unwrapping presents. Dork boy was very excited to get a meat cook book, and a new drill. The new drill was especially exciting as it may avoid some of future blind type disasters.

Here Pack Leader, Monkey and T-Bear recover from the Grumps visit.