One would think that after cooking dinner for 41 people for Thanksgiving, one would want to take a little breather… oh, no, not us! Well, it did start out as a Franzke immediate family thing, Teresa, Al, their kids, their "significant others" and a couple of friends, 10 people tops. Well, one thing after another, now Jim and I are invited; as are Mark and Johannah, Al’s brother, his wife and kids… and now we are up to 20+ people

The original plan was to do a leg of lamb and a few sides… well, TWO legs of lamb later it was a dinner party to remember. It really was a potluck, so there was a lot of great food. I was too busy out at Lenne on Saturday to help Al, but I did do some of the shopping and lots of the wine.

I do know how to share (even though I did NOT ever get to go to kindergarden) and I shared some fun wines. I did save my Alexandria Nicole Petite Sirah (Mr. Big) for dinner, it was exceptional! Some of the kids went outside to enjoy a cigar (well, late 20′s isn’t a kid anymore, is it???) so I had to help things along and bring over a couple of single-malt scotches for them to try. I am a bad influence in more ways than you can count. Oh well, what are Auntie’s for?

Thanks for including us, it was a GREAT dinner, let’s do it again!