My sister the Domestic Diva & My Fantastic Father!

So Lin had us all over for dinner in celebration of Dad's birthday last night. I am SO proud, and slightly jealous, of how fabulous she is in the kitchen. Where as I learned how to make fajitas when the kids were in town, she's whipping up things like stuffed mediterranean chicken. It was SOOOOO good. And her house of course was all beautiful with candles and crate & barrel plates. HOW DID I MISS THIS GENE? I really have got to commit to taking a class or something! I don't necessarily believe the woman's role is in the kitchen--actually i don't believe that at all--but I do think there is something to be said about being an excellent host. So my new goal for the remainder of 2008 is to either take some sort of cooking class, or convince my sister to teach me herself. I don't need to make my own ice cream. (hello Emily Johnston, the world's most talented and crafty best friend in the whole world. Talk about feeling incompetent next to this woman, she has herbs in her house that I have never even heard of. Even her dog eats gourmet raw pet speciality food.) But I would like to make something that didn't come in a box with microwave instructions.

And if that wasn't great enough, the meal that is, she went and made the coolest book for Dad of our trip. Where does your talent end?

I'm surrounded by geniuses!!

Finally, I end this post with a toast: TO THE MOST WONDERFUL FATHER ON THE ENTIRE PLANET! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!