lapp it up

last night we hung out with our oldest 'couple' friends, ryan & jodi. i have been friends with both ryan & jodi since high school, and we have all 4 been getting together since 2000. they are solid! anywho, we decided on a very impromptu date night and after much indecisiveness (which is the norm) we landed on going out to eat at vinola's restaurant in leola. (one reason being, we dropped kennedy off at a sitter's in leola...the other reason being, it was the only place ryan wanted to go). the astmosphere was cozy in vinola's and the menu was appetizing. keith & i ordered the southwest spring rolls (chicken/cheese/blackbeans/peppers/onion/corn) to start. they came out a little extra crispy, but were quite tasty & had a bit of spice....a little kick to the mouth. ryan & jodi enjoyed the stuffed mushroom app, which was stuffed with crabmeat. for the main dish, i ordered the roast beef asiago melt which was basically a small amount of roast beef on a big sub roll topped with way too much melted provolone. the sandwich came with au jus for dipping, horseradish, and french fries. the fries were good, but that's about it. a bit disappointing honestly. keith ordered the chicken & shrimp carbonara. after finding only 3 shrimp in his entree, he was saddened. he claimed that the pasta tasted like the water it was cooked in (let's be clear-i do not understand what this means)...but he's got some crazy tastebuds, so basically he didn't like the way it tasted. he ate most of it though. jodi ordered the fish & chips which came out as a good 12-14" piece of fried tilapia hanging off the sides of the plate, with fries & cole slaw. i think she said it was good. ryan had a spinach salad. i know, weird. but apparently it was very tasty. i guess we should all have ordered spinach salads and delighted in the creaminess of the goat cheese as ryan did. maybe next time.

following dinner, we went to dunkin donuts for dessert. we all enjoyed coffee & donuts while reciting nacho libre quotes. (you'll notice this is a running theme amongst my friends. you've been warned...this is a prerequisite to being my friend. if you don't like nacho, you don't like me.) our donuts were superb! but then again, when isn't a donut superb? when it's a fasnacht. that's when.

after dd, we had to go pick up kennedy from john & heidi's. their daugher mckayla watched kennedy for us and we were very pleased with the job she did! hooray! mckayla's youngest sister, corrin, offered to give me a full body massage, which i quickly agreed to. it was quite wonderful actually. she might have a little business going soon. (heather, beware!)

thanks ryan & jodi for another fun night! can't wait to do it again in september. :) (we hang out with ryan & jodi every month, once a month. whenever we have our get-together, we put our next get-together on the calendar so that our dates are always set in advance. a very good idea).