Yesterday was amazing. I guess I would call it perfect. The sun was shining all day with a nice breeze to balance out the 80 degree heat. Our lawn is nicely mowed... not over grown like it sometimes gets. Our garden looked beautiful, with it's very neat rows of vegetables and plants and such growing very nicely... and there were the cows out in the pasture calmly roaming about.
I spent most of the afternoon cleaning out our vans... which were very dirty (but you didn't need to know that), and I felt very productive. For dinner we invited Dan, Jacqui & Brad and Jed, Kendra & Meadow over for a little birthday party for Kendra a day late.
So we were all visiting, the boys were flying a kite and everyone was sitting on the deck enjoying the evening. The view from our deck is awesome... you can see the whole little valley to the East of us... and the beautiful hills, fields and trees to the North. Everything is so green and fresh.
For dinner Jacqui made the delicious marinated chicken... the best we'd all ever had. And we had Spanish rice, and cucumber salad as well.
Here is a rough recipe for Jacqui's Chicken:
1) small bottle of Worcestershire sauce
2) Lemon Juice (small bottle)
3) Orange Juice (small drink size bottle)
4) Red Pepper Flakes
5) 1 fresh garlic cloves
6) 2 onions (any kind)
7) Chicken parts of your choice
8) garlic powder
Doesn't it just make your mouth water? lol
My Grandpa Row is up to visit from Ohio and he's a professional chef so he was helping out in the kitchen. If he ever moves up I'm going to have him teach me to cook. =)
There is nothing more enjoyable then a fun and happy family gathering where everyone is just chilling and having a good time. =)
The Lord has been gracious.
