Fulfilled Promises

For the past few weeks, I have bored you with my thoughts of the day and promised to soon post pictures of our dinner-party adventures and Spence. That promise is finally being fulfilled. As background, in larger cities, a trendy, new restaurant concept has emerged. They're called "underground restaurants." Basically, once a month, a well-known chef holds a restaurant "underground" - either in someone's home or a cool location around the city. The patrons don't know the location or menu until hours before the event - and you never know who you will see while you're there. We're fortunate that the "underground chef" in St. Louis is Jarrod's good friend from high school & college.

So, early last month, we got a call asking if he could host March's underground dinner at our house. Without a single picture hung and no realy furniture to speak of, we agreed. For the next few weeks, I frantically hung pictures, cleaned (okay - hired a cleaning lady), and planted flowers - all in anticipation of having 20-30 people on both Friday and Saturday nights dine at our house. The weekend finally came and this is what St. Louis brought me:



Needless to say, my pansies had seen better days and my spring-themed decorations seemed slightly out of place. However, the dinner was a success. We cleared out to Jarrod's parents Friday night and stayed to enjoy the dinner on Saturday. The menu is ALWAYS adventurous yet incredibly tasty. This time was no different.



In addition to the dinner party, we've been creating our own dinners lately. Spence's favorite is to make pizza which everyone's favorite too(including the dog - who gets to eat the mess)!



Finally, we come to the biggest fulfilled promise: Easter! Spence isn't quite getting the actual reason for the Easter celebration but really what 2 year old (or 80 year old really) can truly grasp that concept. Our easter egg hunt was rained out on Saturday so instead we decorated our own eggs.



Spence is at an incredibly fun age. He's sweet, smart, funny and yet completely rotten. The longer we have just him, the harder the thought of #2 becomes! :) The next month is ridiculously busy - with work travelling, Clint's graduation, beach vacation, and more! So, prepare yourself for more of my thoughts because downloading pictures is exhausting. Love to you all! The Taylor Trio