dinner with friends

we had some more new friends over for dinner saturday evening. lindsay and michelle are in the same position, but in different offices with the same company. michelle's husband jason mowed our yard (and the big hill aka 'the plantation') last week because i'm too busy / lazy while in school. he did a great job and the my time and energy might be worth the money spent as the summer goes on. they have a son who is just a few months older than jake and they had a real big time playing together. they also have a 9-month old daughter that i got to hold and play with for a long while which will hopefully temporarily placate my desire to have another kid. we'd like to but with jake, time, and finances, we really shouldn't until i'm out of school and jakes into school. luckily, lindsay is the reasoned one.

we grilled out for the first time this year and once i got the gas tank to lowe's, i realized it wasn't all the way empty. actually, the new one was only slightly heavier. oh well. the burgers, beef hot dogs, and brats were very tasty alongside lindsay's baked beans with sausage, chips and dip, and that yummy pasta i made the last time we had friends over for dinner (don't worry, it was a fresh batch).