Dear God....just one request....

What started out as innocent emailing between my cousins and I turned into a long list of "What food we hope to see in Heaven" when we get there. We discussed whether there would be food (we think so- we don't think you'll 'want' for anything in Heaven!); whether you'll gain weight in heaven (we don't think so because you are deliriously happy and worshipping God so much you'd obviously burn calories at an instantaneous rate); whether our Gma could still cook for us in Heaven (while we do want Gma to actually not have to cook for once in her life, we also believe God will insist that her and Paula Deen do the majority of the cooking once He tastes her potato salad). So, like I said, it started out as "Happy Birthday Kelly! I love birthday cake!" turned into this list compiled by the Remsburg cousins: Jenny, Heather, Kelly, myself and our adopted cousin-in-law, Kim. I just had to post it for all to see. We hope you get to enjoy these favorites with us someday, too!


Buffalo Wings with Dressing
Crab Rangoon
Jalepeno Poppers
A huge assortment of cheese
Cupcakes (Giant ones would be preferred)
Pizza
Anchovies (only for my cousin Kelly, the rest of us will pass)
Lollipops (see-through kind or the chalky-powder kind we get at Spirit Lake)
Orange Hi-C out of the fountain pop thing at McDonalds
Krispy Kreme Donuts - glazed only please
Soft-serve ice cream
Crab legs with yummy warm butter.
Cheddar Bay Biscuits from Red Lobster.
Corona with Limes (but Gma Phyllis can't be around when we're drinking it)
Grandma Phyllis's Fried Chicken
Grandma Phyllis's Chicken Salad
Grandma Phyllis's Potato Salad
Grandma Phyllis's Eggs
Puppy chow
IOWA SWEET CORN!! (This is from my cousin, Kim. I'm not sure why she is putting a vegetable on our list, but I'm letting it slide because it also has butter on it)
Grandma Phyllis's punch!!
Grandma phyllis's carmels
Laffy Taffy
Peanuts
Cheese balls!!!
Beer (I realize someone said it, but Heather just wanted to make sure there is enough)
SpecialK Bars with chocolately 'frosting'
M&M's. Plain and Peanut, please.
Mongolian beef.
Steak
Onion Rings- hand-breaded, stringy, greasy
French fries
Nachos- loaded!
Wings from Kathy Beckman
Coffee Cake
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Gorp!
Chips and salsa
Margaritas.
Daiquiris.
Jenny's Bruschetta (really it's Dawn's but she wants to pretend like it's her recipe so we let her)
Sheila's Beau Monde or Vienna Swiss Bread
Dawn or Becki's Ham Balls
Dawn's cheesy veggie soup
Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza.
Canadian bacon and sauerkraut pizza- Happy Joe's
BLT pizza- Happy Joe's
Heather's monkey bread (preferrably unburned - Heather started her oven on fire one night after she made this for us)
Kelly's tortes or cheesecake
Holly's sweet chex mix
Salted nut roll bars
Cavatelli.
Heather's homemade salsa (or my mother-in-law's!)
Strawberries in a yellow bowl (inside cousin joke, sorry)
Chicken from the Wagon Wheel (we're ordering this for Gma Remsburg since she'll be so busy cooking, we wanted to order something just for her that she doesn't have to cook)
Yogurt (Seriously, why does Kim keep putting healthy crap on our list?)



Here is a photo of my cousins when we were younger! I love this photo. From left to right is: me, Jenny, Heather, and Kelly.

More on our Labor Day weekend to come!