First Dinner Party

This isn't a typical post for me! Usually I only post events that I have planned or coordinated, but last night David and I hosted our first little dinner party since we've been in Rochester. It was so much fun I decided to show a few of the details.

There are some great running trails behind our house with the most amazing wild flowers. I thought that this would be the perfect excuse to pick some! I'm not sure if you are actually allowed to pick these flowers, so I think my punishment was itching the whole way home!



I just love all the vibrant colors, but I was a little bummed that the started to get droopy so quickly. But, what can you do? They served the purpose for the evening though, and it sure was fun picking them!

I wish I had a pic of the app I made because that did turn out perfectly. It was brie inside an amazingly, golden-brown puff pastry with jalapeno jelly on top! So easy and one of my favs. It was also fun to surprise one of our guests with his favorite beer...


And it brought back some great Kansas City memories while serving it (it's brewed in KC)!

Now David was in charge of the main course, his famous burgers, so I do have to give him credit for those!

Finally, I have to show off the apple pie I made! It's the Pioneer Women's Scrumptious Apple Pie, and you can find the recipe here. This is probably a better fall or winter-ish pie, but dessert is dessert so I figured I couldn't go wrong! To save myself time I didn't make the crust, but if you're looking for a good crust recipe her's is amazing.


We had a great time, and I have to say the couple that came over had the most adorable little girls. If I had pics of them, they'd be up here as favorites too!