The Inaugural Bobenmoyer Chili Cook-Off!

Last Saturday... total blast. The Nevilles, Serdas, Stropps, Pinnells and Corneliuses indulged us in the Inaugural Bobenmoyer Chili Cook-off.

As you can tell by the above menu, there was some serious spice kicking it in the house and the Tums were readily available after our tastings. We had 5 dishes to choose from and some cornbread to help soak up all that chili goodness... after 2 failed attempts at fancy recipe cornbread, Sandra/Katie and I relented and ran to the market for a box of Jiffy Mix. (It was spectacular). After it was said and done though, Heath and Dee's Texas Cold Beer Chili was declared the winner (Bo and Sandra took 1st Runner Up).

The Grand Prize award was the love and company of a spotted border collie named Beckham but strangely enough, was left behind when they parted... will have to ship him to the Stropps first chance I get. Here are Heath and Dee basking in the glory of their victory:

I know! Heath has really changed his look since you saw him last! Either that or they were on their way to a costume party following the ICCO and were dressed as characters from Dazed and Confused. Naturally this lead to some whisky drinking before the night was over...

We also enjoyed some hillbilly golf in the backyard and watching HWB's curls blow in the wind. He's really hamming it up for Aunt Katie's camera in this photo:

The night ended with a drum solo from Neighbor Dave. We think he secretly is pulling for Hunter to become a drum fanatic as evidenced by this photo... remind me to tell him we once kicked around the name 'Bonham.'

I'm demanding the Texas Cold Beer Chili recipe. Stay tuned!