animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

easter

We spent today with Brian’s dad, mom, and grandmother. We went to their place for dinner and spent the rest of the afternoon chatting and drinking wine. It was a nice day, but couple the wine drinking with getting up at 5:30 am this morning in order to go to …

dinner with the laws

We went to dinner at Brian’s parent’s place tonight and had a delicious meal of manicotti, salad, bread, and a chocolatey dessert. We took some homemade wine for the meal and Brian’s dad provided some port to go along with the dessert. He generously sent the remainder of the bottle …

more socialization

My parents watched Jake a couple of days this week so I asked them if they wanted to stay for dinner one night. Tonight worked best for them, so we had a little cookout this evening. Nothing fancy–just burgers (and the fixin’s), kielbasa, and some of my famous freezer pickles. …