I love to eat at my husband’s restaurant (well he doesn’t own it, but runs the kitchen. So you know what I mean.) However, with 3 kids and a 1+ hour drive to get there (without traffic) it doesn’t happen as often as I’d like.
Last week the restaurant rolled their new summer menu. So tonight, I got a babysitter for the kids and headed up to Seattle with a friend for dinner. (more…)
It’s finally the last week of school for our two older girls. It’s been weeks of seeing friends from around the country post their end of the school year pictures on Facebook and it’s finally our turn.
While summer vacation is a great thing for most families, for the family of a chef it’s AMAZING!! Why? Because no matter what days my husband takes off (which change weekly, daily or hourly based on what’s going on in the restaurant) we are all home and can do things together. Or we can just hang out. (Although that’s something our younger two haven’t really figured out yet. They still think that if Daddy is home they need to be right on top of him every second of the day. We’ll have to work on that a bit.)
Every month on the 10th day, I grab my camera and capture my day with 10 pictures.
Today I’m linking up with a few photographers as we all share about our days. After you read about my day, I’d love for you to click over to their site (without comparing my photography skills to theirs please!!!!)
So here’s a glimpse of my day on June 10th in 10 pictures. . . a day in the life of a chef’s wife. At a quick glance, you’ll notice my chef/husband is only in one picture. This is a perfect example of life as a chef’s wife . . . he worked a VERY long day and I was home.(more…)
So ladies from church and guests who joined us for the evening, this post is for you. 🙂 (And everyone else who is reading, feel free to keep reading.)
As promised, here are the recipes Tom used last night (scaled down to home quantities as best as possible.)
Feel free to email any questions you have or leave a comment on the recipe post and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible with an answer!
(And special thanks to my sweet friend Becky for taking some pictures for me (and for the AMAZING family pictures on this site!! I probably owe you another meal . . .) (more…)
Until I lost my mother to cancer 12 years ago, I never knew Mother’s Day was a hard day for anyone. For me, it was a fun day to celebrate my Mom and my Mother-In-Law. While my chef/husband was always working, (hello busiest day of the year – no Mom wants to cook) we just chose another day to celebrate and that was that.
I have no idea why it never occurred to me that this would be a very hard day for so many women. My Mom lost her mother to cancer when I was 9 months old and my Dad lost his mother when I was 7. I’m sure all those Mother’s Days after they died were hard. But either I was oblivious and didn’t notice, or they did a pretty good job of hiding it from me. (more…)
