vino and red meat...

last night was steven's turn to cook...and man does he DO IT RIGHT! it is SO FUN getting to take a night off from the whole grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning dishes thing but still being able to enjoy a delicious meal with a great friend. AMAZING. last night we started the evening with a delightful cabernet (thanks rick and june) while watching the DIY channel.FUN TIMES! I was unaware that Joanie (aka. SNAGGLE) from America's Next Top Model is now a carpenter and has a show! CRAZY! We watched a couple different shows (including the one where the guy dropped the plank on his foot and broke his toe and had to make a big ol' deal about it. COME ON! it's a toe yo!) and then dinner was ready...and it smelled DIVINE. He put steaks on the grill, baked potatoes in the oven, made up some fresh garlic bread and dumped his favorite RanchStyle beans into a pan. It was PERFECTION.We planned to have dessert (eclaires and/or drumsticks) but after filling up on vino and red meat, we were DONE IN. we looked through all his pictures from the cruise (yes I am writhing with jealousy!) and his recent wedding adventures...i dreamed a little bit about my own wedding someday...we laughed a LOT. All too soon it was after 10pm and S. Bux was red-eyed and ready for bed. We cleaned up the kitchen and then called it a night. I truly think it was one of our best dinners thus far...the food, the company, and the wine...it was just FANTASTIC all the way around!ps i told him to make a funny face. i did NOT tell him to make the SAME funny face as me...or to put his tongue the other direction of mine. ha! LOVE the unplanned and totally spontaneous perfection of this picture! ha!