Dinner at Diane's

There really is no joy greater in life than a truly great meal.  They don't come around very often, even when you go out to dinner.  Our dear dear family friend had us over for fast Sunday dinner.  Her meals are better than the finest restaurants where we live.  When she invites you over,  you should avoid all food the entire day and make sure you are really hungry.  If you have eaten,  the food will be so good, that you will kick yourself because you will eat a lot.  It is that good.  

We had a fire pit and outdoor dinning with candle light.  My parents were there as well.  

My parents and my immediate family started having dinner together each fast sunday.  Then we started inviting Diane.  So she invited us over this fast Sunday.  Fast Sunday meals are always good, but this is a special treat.  

We had the best soup ever.  It was some sort of carrot creme soup.  It was soooooo good.  I could have just filled up on soup all night, and been in heaven.  We also had the most awesome rolls that were flaky and layered.  We had a salad that I brought, (it was ok).  Then we had a pallet cleanser, a citrus sorbet.  So good.  Then we had chicken, jello, green beans and rice.  It was all sooooo good.  At the end we had brownies with ice cream and dribbled with chocolate sauce.   Man, talk about good.  It was also fun to talk and enjoy the fire and be outside.  The kids stayed inside and had chicken nuggets and fries.  It was so nice to just enjoy the meal and not worry about the kids.  Ayden slept through most of it, but he woke up about an hour and a half before we left, so he still got some food and had fun.  

Another great thing about Diane (she has so many great qualities), besides being a great cook, she is not a food snob.  Sometimes I will have her over, and my cooking turns out poorly, or I will just cook a frozen Lasagna, and she is content with what ever I serve.  It is nice, I don't feel insecure with my cooking around her, even though it isn't very good.  She has the best of all areas with cooking.  She is an awesome cook, yet she is not picky.  

Diane is also like my children's second grandma or another aunt.  She is so kind and giving to my kids.  They love her so much.  They get to sit with her at church if they  are good.  Their big punishment if they are not reverent is to come sit with me and not sit with her.  That is a good motivation since they love sitting with her.  She is such a wonderful woman.  

We are so blessed to have her in our lives.  We love you Diane!