V-day

is really just another day, and I've never really been that into it.  But, for this year I really felt like making a special dinner for my family.  I don't think I've made a "special" dinner at home for us since we got married.  By that I mean a holiday or special occasion meal.  I make dinner all of the time:-p

I intended to get more pictures of the food that I made, and I had visions of much more than this, but once the candles came out, Sam became VERY interested in dinner preparations, and I had a hard time just getting the food on the table.

For the main course I made chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy and peas.  Yes, this was a man's meal for sure.  I've never fried anything before, and I had fun trying my hand at it.  I overcooked these a little, but Pete still liked them.:-)

Here's a candid shot of some of the other food.  Like I said, I was just doing my best to get it all on the table while keeping little fingers out of the candles.  The crazy thing with Sam now is, that if I move things out of his reach, he just grabs a kitchen chair and goes to it, ah, good times!

For dessert I made a buttermilk, chocolate cake with white chocolate frosting.  I don't bake much beyond cookies these days, but I really wanted to try my hand at a cake.  So, here was the result.  I did make it a little boyish in honor of the men present.

Yum!

It was fun to make something special for these two special men God has given to me.  I truly am blessed!