Last night, Bryan and I had such a fun evening together. I was totally worn out after we put the kids to bed, but instead of curling up with a book or hopping on the laptop, Bryan and I talked about parenting for a while. I’d mentioned that I was in the mood for a big piece of chocolate cake with chocolate butter-cream frosting. Instead of that, Bryan suggested that we make a batch of cookies together.
We made lemon sugar cookies (recipe and the Penzey’s dehydrated lemon peel) from Maretta. Bryan and I almost never…REALLY almost never cook or bake together, so this was a lot of fun. And oh, my, that butter-rich batter was yummy! Here’s a blog post describing the cookies, showing scrumptious pictures, and giving the recipe.
After our cookie-baking, we sat down and played a game of canasta. It’s been years since we played canasta. It used to be our favorite game. On our honeymoon in Japan, we played it obsessively. Then it got where Bryan beat me soundly every time and we (I) decided that we needed a break from Canasta to maintain marital harmony. So it was fun to play again!
An evening having fun with my sweetie was the perfect way to start the weekend. Hope your weekend is off to a good start too!
LuAnn Dotzourat 4:47pm on September 12th
That makes me smile to think of the two of you spending a fun evening together enjoying each other's company. A momma couldn't hear something more fun!
Althea Babler Dotzourat 8:08pm on September 12th
Glad you liked hearing about it! I was thinking that you'd enjoy that little story:)
Jennifer Smith-Leeat 12:13am on September 13th
so… who won and hows the marital stability? I'm guessing that the "date" was so good that it wasn't so important who won…
Althea Babler Dotzourat 11:26pm on September 13th
Hey Jennifer, Since you asked, I won. Pretty soundly. Mostly due to getting amazing numbers of jokers. Ahh, let me think back on my win. ahhh
Bryan Dotzourat 9:04am on September 14th
I was going to say .. all's well that ended well since Althea trounced me! 🙂
That makes me smile to think of the two of you spending a fun evening together enjoying each other's company. A momma couldn't hear something more fun!
Glad you liked hearing about it! I was thinking that you'd enjoy that little story:)
That makes me smile to think of the two of you spending a fun evening together enjoying each other's company. A momma couldn't hear something more fun!
Glad you liked hearing about it! I was thinking that you'd enjoy that little story:)
Hey Jennifer, Since you asked, I won. Pretty soundly. Mostly due to getting amazing numbers of jokers. Ahh, let me think back on my win. ahhh
so… who won and hows the marital stability? I'm guessing that the "date" was so good that it wasn't so important who won…
Hey Jennifer, Since you asked, I won. Pretty soundly. Mostly due to getting amazing numbers of jokers. Ahh, let me think back on my win. ahhh
I was going to say .. all's well that ended well since Althea trounced me! 🙂