Our first dinner party

On Sunday night we had our first dinner party at our new house! We invited 3 other couples over.

Andrea & Jeff : Our new friends we met when we bought our breakfast nook table off Craigslist

Erin & Billy : Erin's my first and only college roommate and Billy is her fabulous fiance

Stephanie & Sean : Stephanie is an ARNP that I work with and Sean is her former long-distance and now local boyfriend

We decided to have the dinner early in the week. We weren't sure what we'd make, but Steph offered to bring a salad, claiming that she is known for her salads including homemade dressings; I asked Andrea to bring a dessert and Erin offered to bring a side dish. That left Grant & me for the main course...so we decided to buy a grill!

We were lucky that Stephanie and Sean had done all of the leg work and bought their own grill just a couple of weeks ago. Grant and I headed to the store on Saturday, the day before our dinner party, and I called Stephanie to see which grill she got. It was an easy purchase because it was the grill that Grant liked the best as well. Here is a link to our new grill!

With a new grill, the choice for a main dish was easy. We made some great Hawaiian chicken. Everyone loved it! Stephanie's salad was amazing - almonds, craisins, grapes, gorgonzola cheese, amazing dressing! Erin made great potatoes and Andrea made chocolate chip cheesecake from scratch. :)

It was so much fun spending time with our friends and getting to know everyone better. We loved entertaining at our house too! Stephanie even brought her two Jack Russells over to play with Penelope. It was a shame that Penelope wasn't in a playing mood. She spent much of her time in my lap!