7 Course Dinner

This year we wanted to do a fun tradition that Jake's family used to do with their family around Christmas--a 7 course meal. Thanks to Jake's mom and dad we had one of the most beautiful and delicious meals we've ever had!

Jake, Lynnadele, and Craig preparing the meal

Kids were not invited to this meal so we tried to get the boys down for their naps when we started the dinner but Graham woke up just in time for it to start (of course!). So we banished him over to his high chair and luckily he was very good. He enjoyed everything we ate and he just sat their feeding himself the whole time. It was great!Bridger fell asleep on the couch and he did sleep while we ate dinner. He woke up just in time for dessert.I didn't have any pretty silverware or pretty decorations of my own so luckily Lynnadele was nice enough to bring all of her stuff and decorate our table. This is what our place settings looked like.

And here is the beautiful table!
And this is how we had our meal--by candlelight. We also listened to some gorgeous Christmas music that my brother and sister-in-law made. It was perfect ambiance!

The guests (minus Lynnadele who is taking the picture)

I wanted to take a picture of every course but I forgot to. Here are the 7 courses we had: 1-We started off with some apples, crackers, and cheese. 2-Then we had a shrimp cocktail. 3-Next we had the most delicious homemade French Onion soup ever! 4-Time for the salad and a roll (pictured above- yum!). 5-Then it was time for our cranberry/tangerine sherbet to cleanse our palette. 6- And as if we hadn't had enough food already, next came the main course--Chicken Cordon Bleu, twice baked potatoes, and asparagus (pictured below). And finally, 7-dessert- THE most delicious raspberry cheesecake I have ever had made by my wonderful husband, Jake. Let's just say by the end of the meal I felt like I was pregnant with triplets!

Here's Bridger enjoying his cheesecake.
And here's baby Graham sitting up to the table with us.

What a fun meal! We lasted over 2 hours at the table just chatting and enjoying our meal. It really was so fun. Brooke and I can't stop talking about how much we loved it. Thanks, Lynnadele and Craig, for sharing your tradition with us and for making us the meal and serving us. You're the best!