Bruce & his lobsters

Bruce was on a team at work that won a contest. Their prize was live New England lobsters. They shipped them overnight to our house & we had to cook them the same day.

Here's Bruce with his little friends. They aren't really red until you cook them. Good thing they had those rubberbands on their claws or they would have pinched him.

This is after we cooked them in boiling water. Now they are red.

I'd never had lobster before. It was good. Luckily they sent bibs and a tool to crack open the shell or we would have been lost. It's work to get the meat out but that was part of the fun. Here's Bruce enjoying the spoils of his win:

Notice the kids aren't in the picture. Ryan was umpiring and Megan was out with friends. This was like "empty nester" practice for us & we did just fine :)