Anniversary Dinner

 Craig and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary on November 20. As a special treat, Curt, Vanessa, and the kids treated us to a very special dinner.

The family piled into the kitchen and promptly told us to shoo.

The Maitre'D, wearing a suit and tie, set out the china, crystal, and sterling silver place settings. 

And, he gave us each a copy of the menu (which he had hand written himself.) Such service!

A close-up of the menu. Love the fancy letters!

Vanessa streamed romantic music from her phone through our TV.

The Maitre'D brings us an update from the kitchen. He was very good at keeping our water goblets full.

Mila helped, too. She was wearing a pretty dress to honor the occasion.

Mila carrying out salads out to us on a tray while Chef Curt confers with the Maitre'D.

This was a time when I put kids over crystal, so to speak. In other words, I decided I would not worry if some of my crystal or china got broken and would simply enjoy the occasion. People are far more important than things. (And nothing was broken.)

A close-up of my salad. It was really good!

We were served rib eyes (they were huge; I cut mine in half and had a great dinner two nights in a row), green beans, and sauted mushrooms. All favorites of ours.

Dessert was a Keto peanut butter pie with ice cream on top.

A funny that happened during dinner. When Mila heard us calling Ian "Maitre'D," she announced that she would be "Cruz." It took me a moment to figure out what she meant, and then it hit me - Disney's Cars movie character!

She heard "Maitre" as "Mater" (the brown tow truck) and decided to be Cruz, the female car (yellow) in the story! 

Being served a delicious dinner in our home by people we love was a wonderful way to celebrate our anniversary and so thoughtful of Curt and Vanessa. We asked them to pencil us in for next year.