Sometimes We are Fancy

We had our friends the Avenosos over for dinner the day after Christmas, and we served herbed lamb chops with pomegranate sauce over cream cheese potatoes and roasted asparagus. If only we could eat like this all the time!

Farmer's Market Treat

Fall is by far the best time to shop the local farmer's markets, and this morning I got an hour to myself to browse the goods. It was a lovely sunny morning and I couldn't resist treating myself to a bouquet of beautiful dahlias.

2nd Wedding Anniversary

We celebrated our anniversary today with a dinner of buffalo wings and french fries at the neighborhood Wing Factory. We'll be celebrating for real this weekend with a trip to the bay, complete with massages, a nice dinner, and hopefully an afternoon of delicious crabs on Kent Narrows. But for now, the buffalo wings will suffice.

We were even able to do some good in the process, as the restaurant was having a benefit event for a local family whose house burned to the ground on Mother's Day. They had auctions and face painting and raffles, and they collected all of the dinner receipts and are giving a portion of the night's proceeds to the family. The place was completely packed with kids in sports uniforms too, so we're debating whether this is just a regular Tuesday night occurence in Ashburn or if all of the people were there for the benefit event.

New Family Blog

Fernsroth.com is no more. Since we never update it, and Blogger can do the same things for free and doesn't require any special skills to use, it's a much easier and cost-effective solution. The theory is that Joe and I both can update this blog with details from family events, baby pictures, woodworking projects, book reviews, etc. It will be THE place for everything Ferners, and hopefully we'll keep this space more current and interesting. Enjoy!