First Dance Class and Hospitality Venture #2

Yesterday was a busy day at our house. My husband and I were finishing up training for a triathlon we're doing next weekend (so glad to be in "taper" mode now!). In addition, my daughter had her first dance class and we were having one of our church elders and his wife and our minister and his wife over to dinner.

Dance class was WONDERFUL. My girl LOVED every minute and refused to wear anything but her leotard & ballet slippers for the rest of the day. The first half of the class was ballet and then 2nd half was tap.

After dance class, my daughter and I dashed to Bed Bath & Beyond to pick out some linens for the dining room table. Below is the finished product - overall I was pleased.

I specifically picked an easy meal of lasagna & ceasar salad. However, I did try a garlic breadstick recipe (link below) that turned out great! We had a couple of bottles of red wine from a local winery and it went well with the meal. I know my friends and family back east are probably gasping in horror of us offering wine to elders & ministers, but remember folks, everyone's a cowboy out here! We're wild and crazy like that - and so are our elders & ministers! In fact, one of the couples was quite the connoisseurs of wine -we learned a lot! The dish that didn't turn out well was dessert. I made my mother-in-law's apple crisp from the apples that grow in our backyard and it didn't turn out nearly as good as hers. Oh well! I'll try it differently next time.

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/soft-garlic-breadsticks/Detail.aspx