Auntie Shan and Auntie Kimmie
The cookbook is written by a blogger who calls herself The Pioneer Woman. If you haven't perused her site, you should! It's fantastic! She's a city girl who fell in love with a rancher and now lives in the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma. She has 4 kids who are homeschooled and she's very in to photography and cooking. She shares wonderful recipes and hilarious stories of the happenings on the ranch.
We arrived at the bookstore plenty early, knowing there would be a big crowd. We were given numbered tickets which would allow us to have our books signed. Thank goodness we were of the first 40 people there! We took our seats (which we were also lucky to have) and waited. People just kept piling in to the bookstore. I think they estimated there were over 600 people there!
The crowd behind us
Once she arrived, Ree spoke a little, answered a few questions, and did her famous Ethel Merman impersonation:
Soon after that they began calling numbers and quickly we were standing in line waiting our turn to have our books signed. I had put together a gift of Adam's teriyaki sauces to give her. She accepted them very graciously and seemed genuinely thankful to be receiving them. She was very kind and sincere. It was fun to chat with her, if only for a minute!
It was a quick trip but well worth it! It was fun to catch up with old friends and do something spontaneous like driving 400 miles to have a cookbook signed by a random woman I've never met. Little Miss Tolman seemed to like it too; on the drive home she gave me a crazy triple-nudge like she never has before. Plus, it seems she's keeping up with her growing. Shan swore my belly was bigger when we got home than when we left. :)
So Very Fun!!! Miss you guys!
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