Fat Tuesday

This is the 6th February Jon and I have been in our house and I started the tradition of making Jambalaya on Fat Tuesday a year or two before we moved in. That means we are on our 7th or 8th year of our Cajun tradition. Another tradition for the month of February is my Dad's college roommate comes to visit and attend the Farm Show with my parents. We usually go to my Mom and Dad's for dinner while Albert is in town, but this year when my Mom called to invite us over I realized that the night that worked for them was the Jambalaya night. I was especially excited about it this year because I wasn't going to have to alter the recipe at all (it is sausage and chicken) for Reed which is a rare occurrence with special occasion recipes. Long story short, my parents joined in our Jambalaya tradition and we had a great evening catching-up with Albert, being entertained by The Monkey, and eating way too much food. To top it all off Reed LOVED dinner and ate a ton. He was great through the entire night, but was extra cute when his shoe obsession landed him walking around in Grandma's clogs and Grandma walking around in Grandpa's sneakers.