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Date night: Italian. That's amore!

On January 15, Tracy and I enjoyed switching form the Thai food we made during 2010 to an Italian meal for date night. So, here's proof that we did such a thing.



Asparagus and sun-dried tomato risotto with meatball surprise (sounds so Italiany). Then we finished the meal off with chocolate zabaglione (not pictured). We pulled out the nice China for this Italian food.

Merry Christmas

Here's this year's limited edition Montgomery Family Christmas postcard. Some of you got these in the mail. Hold on to them. You can give them away on ebay one of these years.

Aidan and his Chowder

Tracy and I were dating for Saturday afternoon, and, upon our return, Oldest and Youngest had made a chowder and gluten-free breadsticks. They're good kids.

Pad Thai! Pad Thai! What a crépe!

Soooo, Tracy and I finally had a third Thai date.

On the menu was Pad Thai (apparently Thailand's most popular dish) and banana crépe for dessert.

Tracy says, "The Pad Thai was very tasty — a different and good flavor."

Tracy adds this about the banana crépes, "I had two. It's a good thing I ran a 10K this morning."

Daniel joins in, "We didn't add nearly as much cilantro as the recipe called for. I think it worked out. The dish was very tasty. I concur with Tracy."

He continues, with his thoughts about the banana crépes, "I had two. I wish I had run a 10K this morning."

We cooked these dishes based on recipes from a cute little series of cookbooks Tracy picked up at a tag sale or something — maybe Marshall's. We picked out the meals last week when we sat at the coffee shop drinking non-coffee beverages. You might get the impression from the photo that we're thinking about moving to a new continent for another cooking date this year. But first, we've gotta use up our jar of fish sauce.

14!

Here's a shot of Oldest from our photo shoot for his school pictures (he looks like such a nice kid). He is! Bride and I are excited to watch him grow up. He turned 14 this month.

Julian's Dream List

A couple of years ago, I asked Oldest, Youngest and Bride to spend a couple of days jotting down what dreams they have. It's great to see them on paper so we can all help each other fulfill our dreams.

Youngest recently updated his list.

Tasty Dates: 04

Almond chicken in the house. Video!