Last Monday was Memorial Day, so for a memorable family day we chose to have an adventure over the firepit in the backyard. It was the most delicious chicken I've ever had in my life!  Recipe here:  https://mountainkitchen.com/green-chili-cheese-dutch-oven-chicken/ *My own recipe notes are below. Jacob and Weston building a lincoln log structure to house the charcoal briquettes while Abby looks on. The structure imploded, but it was still a cool idea and the briquettes ended up doing their job just fine. It's a recipe called Green Chili Cheese Dutch Oven Chicken. It has Ritz crackers, cheese, green chilies, chicken, and mushrooms. We made a couple of adjustments out of necessity. (Recipe link above)  We didn't have green chilies, even though I thought we did, so we substituted a small can of salsa verde that we poured over the top. The recipe also called for a can of mushrooms, but I bought some crimini mushrooms instead and sauteed them before adding them on top. Delicious

Surprise! It snowed on Saturday! Roughly 4 inches of wet, heavy snow that was perfect for building a snowman!  But first things first:  Scott got tested for coronavirus and it came back negative. No surprise there. There was a concern, however, for the military personnel on the base since there were a few cases that had emerged. After 80+ people were tested, less than 10 were diagnosed as positive for the virus. None of them were in Scott's circle of associations.  He described the test process as follows: They took out a giant swab and explained what they were going to do. They told me not to jerk. So I tipped my head all the way back so I wouldn't jerk, and they shoved the swab all the way up my nose, past my eyes, and up to my brain. They jiggled it around for about 3 seconds and then pulled it all the way out. All done. I can't imagine a test that requires a foot long swab going all the way up to my brain in order to get some results. There's got to be a better way!