{"id":1395,"date":"2013-11-18T05:03:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T05:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2013-11-18T05:03:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T05:03:20","slug":"food-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/18\/food-and-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing I did this morning was run to the kitchen to bake a lemon pound cake. Don’t ask me why; I just woke up and knew I had to get it baked before 9am church, and so 7am found me frantically melting butter and grating lemons so I could get the thing out of the oven before we left for church.<\/p>\n

When we got back from church, we all ate leftovers for lunch, and then I rolled up my sleeves and got to work on dinner. Just as I was about to stick the lamb in the oven, Misty called me and invited us over for dinner. How convenient! So I told her I had lamb in the oven and asked if she could come over instead. She agreeably acquiesced, and at 6:30 she, Rich, Sophia and Max brought over a ton of delicious potato leek soup to supplement our lamb and glazed carrots. I also baked my favorite dinner rolls <\/a>(amended with whole wheat flour), and by the time we were done eating, I was feeling pretty fat<\/del> full.<\/p>\n

Whenever we get together with Rich and Misty, Abe and I spend the next week discussing how they are the salt of the earth and how fortunate we feel to have them in our lives. We replay this discussion over and over to the point where I should just transcribe a script and save ourselves some breath by periodically waving it enthusiastically under Abe’s nose. In a nutshell and to state the obvious, we love them.<\/p>\n

Our cousin, Balu, joined us for dinner too, and we love him too–so much, that it was only with great reluctance that we finally broke up our post-party party (at almost 10pm).<\/p>\n

Basically, we ate a lot, visited with friends and family, and had a great day at church. Oh, and we took a nap. That’s a great Sunday in my book. (Although even though I cleaned for an hour, there’s still a lot left to do in the kitchen…oh, well. That’s a small price to pay for evenings like this.)<\/p>\n

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I get way too excited about matching. I would match my daughters every day if I could. (I used to secretly match my companion in the MTC and then act like it was an accident. People started making fun of us, but she would vehemently deny any planning on our part. I have since confessed.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Abe<\/a>
Abe lit a fire in the fireplace for the firs time this season. The girls were mesmerized.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lydia<\/a>
Lydia helped me make the rolls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Sorensons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Finally,<\/a>
Finally, this is for mom. Mom, Gloria is back in town! She brought you a ton of roses, and I promised her I’d take a picture and send to you. There’s a whole other vase of roses that look like this, but so far I have just gotten around to taking a picture of this one. She sends you her love and wants to see you when you’re in town soon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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