Chili cook-off

We had the annual ward Trunk or Treat last night, including the chili cook-off. We had heard about the success in the Ft. Wayne ward with just buying Wendy's chili and putting it in a crock pot for judging. It didn't work out for us though-- we tried that and despite an exciting name like "Old-Fashioned two-step chili" we still didn't place in the top three. We'll try again next year. (Note: The "two steps" in two-step chili are #1 buy and #2 reheat in a crock pot.)















The picture is of Teresa eating our non award-winning but very delicious chili. She is holding Dan the skeleton who really enjoyed whacking people with that giant plastic bone that you see sitting on the table. Allie and Tyler were both bats, Hal was a spider web, and Courtney was a fly.

We get cheap candy through our Nestle channels, which always comes in handy this time of year. We can get cheap candy, dog food, contact lens solution, Power Bars, makeup, frozen food, hot chocolate, and Nesquik at the employee store.

Harry spent the morning at Andrew Rickoff school yesterday morning teaching 1st graders a half-day program through Junior Achievement. It's an inner-city Cleveland school with a lot of needs, but the program went pretty smoothly.