This weekend was another full one.  My parents came on Friday night and we had a good evening with them.  I made maple glazed salmon, grilled veggies and Mom brought some fresh strawberries that we paired with angel food cake and fresh whipped cream.  Yum!  We had some good wine and good conversation.  We stayed up until 1 am just sitting on the deck and talking.  It was so nice. 

The next morning we had a good breakfast and then they took the kids home with them.  We had a wine tasting/drinking at our house on Saturday night so we thought the kids would actually get some sleep if they weren’t at home.  I made a ton of food, which took me around 3 hours, so it was nice to just be able to focus on that.  The menu? 

  • Sirloin tips and mushrooms in a soy and worcestershire sauce
  • Hamburger/sausage meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce
  • Mushroom caps stuffed with cream cheese, bacon and walnuts
  • Brit’s pub artichoke dip
  • Caramelized onion and goat cheese dip
  • Caprese salad
  • Strawberry shortcake dessert
  • Cheese plate (aged gruyere, dubliner and brie cheeses) paired with red grapes

The amount of wine we went through was ridiculous, but then we think everyone had a good time.  Brian had such a good time that he couldn’t get up on Sunday to go get the kids with me.  He had a little headache.  I left at 12:30 to get them, so it wasn’t like I was moving all that fast either.  😉

It was really nice to have people over with our yard blooming.  There are tons of flowers blooming right now, and we finally get to see our Asian Iris bloom this year.  The bunnies usually de-bud them before they bloom.  For some reason they haven’t done that this year and have only eaten about 1.5 of them.

asian iris

peach roses

Gratuitious kid shot. 😉

what again??

I actually made a few things tonight.  Another swim suit for Anya (the one she was wearing in the pictures last week is from last summer – it’s pretty difficult to get on her!) and a baby blanket for a neighbor.  I’ll actually have something to post on Tuesday!  And in getting ready for the house guests we thoroughly cleaned the house and weeded the garden, so I feel like life is in order a bit over here.  It’s a good feeling. 🙂