animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

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. …

mackay’s baptism

We spent much of this weekend on the road as we trekked to upstate New York in order to attend our nephew’s baptism. We left here after lunch on Saturday and arrived around 6:30pm. After getting settled in at the hotel, we went over to Jenn (Brian’s sister) and Bill’s …