no party like a dinner party!

our dear holly and her crew moved to orifino. and we have been missing them.

well, they came to town for like a month starting tuesday. so we invited them to dinner last night.

boy... i sure like setting the table and having appetizers and company and little giggly boys in the house playing with my old doll house. one of those boys saw my old teddy bear and asked me if i still sleep with it.

uh... you bet i do! jk

i do hold him from time to time still.

ok... anyway...

so we had all sorts of stuff. and you bet it was one of ryan's italian meals. oooo doggy!

what's on the menu?

oh we had mushroom balls (you know, like meat balls, but mushrooms) for appetizers.

then we had broccoli pasta.

with some really yummy bread.

asparagus cooked in olive oil and parmesan cheese to top it off.

 and we had some oh so yummy lemon chicken.

ethan was ready!

along with owen...

both wearing ryan's bibs he got from italy.

ethan's - buon appetito

owen's - da domani faccio dieta (translated - i will start my diet tomorrow)

kamden was too distracted by my old doll house...
glad they enjoyed it so much.

see him in the background?...

which is surprising because he LOVES food. he came around when he heard the word cake for dessert.

oh yes... CAKE!

this was an apple cake.

it was a little over done for our loving. but it was delicious.

the best way to describe the flavor is it reminded me of cornbread.

it was yummy.

then we watched megamind before the GIANT thunder, lightening and rain storm hit.

it was crazy and loud.

thanks for coming you guys!

off to roaring springs tomorrow and shopping on saturday... WOO!!!!