A Weekend of Celebrating

This weekend we celebrated Frank's birthday. His parents came to town on Friday afternoon, and we had a wonderful dinner at our house. Frank has lately become the best steak chef, and I have been raving about his steaks to his mom. So, she brought some filets and Frank cooked them. He does a special dry rub on the steaks and then pan sears in a skillet and then finishes them off in the oven. He also makes a red wine reduction to go with the steaks. They are oh so juicy. I handled the sides for the birthday dinner. We had steamed green peas and baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon and brown sugar. And of course, we all had a piece of the Boston Cream Pie that I made on Thursday night. On Saturday we did some more celebrating. All week Frank told me that he didn't want to make a big deal about his birthday. But as the week went on, we had several friends ask what we were going to do and mention that they would love to get together. So, we threw together a last minute birthday lunch. We are so thankful for our sweet family and friends that made this such a special birthday.Originally, Frank's parents had planned to go back home after lunch, but we talked them into staying another night and just spending the whole weekend with us. After the birthday lunch, we all rested and then went out for some Little Pea Adventures. Frank and his dad headed to the Hunting and Fishing Expo, and Frank's mom and I waited for Little to wake up from her nap and then headed to Huntsville to go shoe shopping and to meet the guys for dinner.

On Sunday we all went to church and then lunch with friends. It was a great birthday weekend. Stay tuned because next weekend we'll have ANOTHER birthday weekend. This one will be my big 3-0!!!