Dinner Party - Katie Learns How to Cook

So - I am not a cook. I am not your typical wife who cooks and cleans, etc. It's not that I don't like cooking or don't want to cook - I just haven't really been interested in it and it's the last thing I want to do after a day at work. If I didn't work... I would absolutely be cooking at night! (I know, that's a bold statement... but I hope this would be the case)

Mrs. Cindy Maas (our ring bearer's mom) gave me "Free Night of Cooking" coupon for one of my bridal showers and I had never used it. We had talked about scheduling it many times, but never put it on the calendar. So - we decided to finally make it happen and it was SO.MUCH.FUN. She and her daughter Kayleigh (& her boyfriend, Ben), my parents and Tripp and I had a great time!

However - it was a LONG experience. Poor guests didn't get to eat until 10:30pm! We cooked for 5 hours straight...had NO idea how long it took to chop up so many ingredients!

We had a roasted pear salad, shrimp scampi, grits and creme brulee. Mrs. Maas really made me do everything so I could learn... and it got me on a cooking spree! Tripp and I have been cooking a LOT more at home and I have actually cooked meals all by myself :) AND Tripp eats it and enjoys it!

Here are some pics of our fun night... we need to do it again soon!