Coastal Oaks

Anything creamy and my husband and kids are front and center come dinner time. Surprisingly my family also loves asparagus. Crazy I know... but they do. Today I've taken a moment as a point of reflection. I'm so thankful for my family and life! Sometime we forget what luxuries in life we have or even how lucky we are to be surrounding by such wonderful people. I love cooking for the people I love. Its my way of saying I love you. Perhaps you can make this meal for those you love. My little helper chef! I'm sure Anna will be up on that stool helping very soon! When my husband and son run in the kitchen and see this on the stove they literally scream for joy and so "Yay, Mommy's making that yummy cream sauce"! =) My silly girl on the fort! She loves making faces at me thinking I can't reach her! Little does she know Mom's have octopus arms for their children. Derek loves "mowing" the yard. He even asks the neighbor...

This past weekend Matt and I got to have a Date Night! It's been awhile so we were pretty excited and spared to expense in a lavish night together. We went to Opus Seafood in the marina district here local. Its a quiet and romantic place with excellent food. When you go, go, go all the time with family, work, T-ball and all the details in between its a real treat to spend some time one-on-one with your spouse. The entrance to the restaurant! Here we come and relax and enjoy ourselves! My handsome date... After 10 years dating this man its still exciting to spend time with him! We started off with some white wine. Super crisp apple flavors! Our appetizer was eggplant brushetta. The eggplant was crispy topped with tomatoes, feta, red onion, and shrimp. There was some spices but I could not quite tell what they were. I got the salmon special with roasted potatoes and green beans. The salmon had a vodka cream sauce on top. I'm also a big fan of their Chilean sea bass. ...