Good Food and Good Friends (we hope)

I just wanted to tell you about what is perhaps my favorite past time in the world. I love to invite people over to my house for dinner. I love laughing around the dinner table, sharinng good food, and getting to know new people. Pretty much anyone! If I see someone who I think is interesting I will just invite them over on the spot. Sometimes that includes saying something like "you don't know me, but I do want to get to know you. do you want to come over for dinner? There have been times when I have set up three "dinner appointments" for my husband and I by the time our church meetings are over. It is not my fault we have such talented, interesting people in our midst! I behave mostly normal if I extend these dinner invitations in person. If I am calling over the phone, the message sounds something like this:

"Hi Jenni, this is Rachael Rose from the ward...My husband and I wanted to invite you and Lassie...is that how you pronounce his name?...I think it is somewhere between Lassie and Lasso...but I am leaning more toward Lassie (in fact it is pronounced Lassa!)...so anyway, we wanted to have you and your husband over for dinner, because, dadgumit (yes, I ACTUALLY said this word), you guys look really fun and I want to get to know you better...so its kind of like I am asking you out on a date...."

That is a direct quote! Would you be surprised to know that this couple still talks to me? They were just as awesome as I thought they would be, and the dinner was great (probably because almost a whole jar of peanut butter went into that stirfry). In addition to the Ljungs (husband is from Denmark-- I know-- cool!), we also had the REimers over. I don't know if I have ever met a more complementary couple...very Yin and Yang, and SO funny!