Since my parents were coming, my sister and I decided we'd do all the cooking, which was really fun. On Friday night, we did the grocery shopping and put together our appetizer, this brie in crust.
It was soo good! I made it before, at my sister's bridal shower, but I was so worked up about making sure everything went off without a hitch that I don't remember if I even tried it. It's a great thing to do because you can make it the night before, put it in the freezer, and then just pop it in the oven 30 minutes or so before your event and its done and delicious! And so simple too--it's just brie and green onions in there, but you could totally put a bunch of different stuff in there and it would be so delicious when it all melts together. I love brie. Love, love, love.
We also made a bunch of other stuff that I didn't take pictures of because I was too busy socializing with my family. For dinner, I made a roasted red pepper cream sauce that we put over linguine, and my sister made some herb-baked chicken that was pretty awesome, too. For dessert, we made one of my sister's husband's grandmother's recipes--it's called death by chocolate, and its layers of brownies (soaked in kahlua chocolate syrup), chocolate mousse, (which I made myself and was quite delicious), crushed heath bars, whipped cream, and then each layer over again. It was pretty good.
It's probably kind of silly, but its nice to do something for my parents for a change. It was nice to spend the time cooking with my sister, too. She doesn't love to cook or anything (in fact, she spent most of her time telling us that she would never, ever cook), but we had a really nice time and it was pretty fun. My parents really appreciated it, and we were able to spend a lot of time together, just talking and hanging out.
On Sunday morning, we got up early and went to breakfast with Sarah and Kyle. Then my parents came to West Virginia with me. My poor dad is really uncomfortable at any event where he has to dress up, and this was no exception. Plus, as I'm sure you can imagine, in a lot of cases there's a lot of pretentiousness in law school and my dad is a bit uncomfortable around it. Poor dad. But it was still really cool to have my friends get to meet my parents--they hadn't been to WV since they moved me in.
I got my award for having the highest grade in my health care torts class and got called up for being a class officer and then again for getting an exemplary group award for the family law clinic earlier in the year. It was nice, and I had a cute outfit too.
It's blurry because I took the picture with my phone, but you get the idea anyway. Anyway, I hope everyone else had a great weekend, enjoyed the beautiful weather, and spent time with their families, too. Because there's nothing quite as nice as appreciating, really appreciating, all the blessings that make up your life.
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