Our Dinner Party

In honor of the great Valentine's day of 2007, we hosted a dinner party at our house. It was very, very fun. We have been planning this for quite some time. With some of closest friends in out Ward, we had a great time. So often, when we have dinners with others, it's a potluck style get together than runs just shy of Chaotic. Which is fine depending on the occasion, but Lee really wanted to do something nice. So we invited 4 couples over for a "nice" dinner. It was great. A special thanks goes out to them for joining us, and I'm pretty sure that some of them are bound to be among my 4 faithful subscribers. :)

To begin, we had baguette style bread topped with pesto, roma tomatoes and Parmesan for appetizers. Dinner started with a wonderful salad created by and through the assistance of the wonderful Allison. The main course consisted a very cheesy smothered manicote, braised kale, steamed veggies, finished with italian sausage & meatballs. What a very delectable meal. To finish it off, we served molten chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, whip, and raspberries. Doesn't it sound like it came off the menu of a fansy restaurant? it was great. And yes, I even helped cook.

Once again, thanks to those that joined us for the great dinner, and embarrassing entertainment that followed. We shall definitely do it again!

Dallas, TX

On Tuesday of last week, I left our great state of Washington for the big state of Texas. I had a meeting there for work. It was one of those meetings where you get to live in a nice hotel for 3 days with the only "breaks" traveling from one room to another, or running to eat mass prepared food that is all but guaranteed to made to stomach churn and your south end sound like a brass quartet. The goal, to remind all of us how to do our jobs legal, and most effectively, and one night spent in grand amens to all those folk who did really, really, really well last year. I had a great chance to meet more people from around the nation, and see some of the people that I went to training with. It was nice to see and catch up with them.

While I enjoyed the trip and great to see everyone, 4 days without the family was a pretty long time. I miss the kiddos when I'm gone, it was nice to come home. My wife, she was missed me too. that's nice. I always tell her to NEVER let me know if she stops missing me when I'm gone. :) I don't think I have to worry though...Who wouldn't miss this. I'm that good.