The Chef's Table

Just wanted to make a quick post about the best meal out Shane and I have had in a long time, The Chef's Table right here in Rochester. Yelp reviews recommended making a reservation, so we did. When we got there there was only one other party in the restaurant. Because we had a reservation we were seated right up front with a nice street view. We noticed those with out reservations were seated closer to the kitchen.

Each meal includes 2 starters or choice. I started with a spinach salad with craisins and candied pecans. The pecans were still warm. So yum! I also had a crab risotto. Also delish.

Shane had a chef salad with homemade cucumber dill dressing. He appreciated that the salad was actually tossed in the dressing and not just poured on top. His second starter was a French tartine that had ham, spinach, tomato, and mozzarella on it. It was big enough to be its own meal!

By this time we could have walked out fat and happy, but we wanted to leave obese and happy, so we moved onto our entrees. I had an amaaaaaazing steak tenderloin with mashed potatoes and roasted carrots. I don't eat red meat often, so I am easily disappointed if I waste my time on substandard meat, but this was he best steak I've had in ages. Perfect medium, not chewy at all. The carrots were super yummy too.

Shane had pan seared scallops over linguini. The scallops were cooked perfectly, cut like butter, no toughness. We were both satisfied.

I'd had my eye on the creme brûlée all evening so we made room to split one (you know Shane was full if he was willing to share his dessert!) unfortunately there wasn't enough brûlée in the creme. The sugar shell was so this as to almost be non existent. The actual pudding part was good, though, so not a waste of a dessert. An Andes mint was brought out with the check and it was the perfect end to an almost perfect meal. We're excited to go back soon!

Sooo....

Lily is terrified of Jesus. I know.

It all started last week when we had an FHE about Easter. We talked about how Jesus died and came back and then went to heaven, but that someday he's going to come back. Apparently all Lily heard was "Jesus is coming" and took it as a threat.

She won't go sleep at night.As soon as I leave the room she goes into historical about how Jesus is coming and that he's a bad guy.

I think the bad guy part has to do with the other part of our FHE lesson. We did an object lesson where we put a marshmallow in a crescent roll and cooked it. The marshmallow is Jesus, the crescent; a tomb. After it is baked, you cut open the "tomb" and the marshmallow is gone! Just like Jesus from the time! Wonderful! Miraculous! Right? Lily's reaction? "Hey, Jesus took our marshmallows!" Hence, bad guy.

No amount of us reassuring her that he's not coming any time soon and that he is actually a good guy will convince her. It also doesn't help that we watched a video about Him today and it made me cry, so now she claims that Jesus makes her sad, too. I just can't win!

Does anyone have any ideas of what to do? Has anyone else's children gone through the "I don't like Jesus phase"? Help!

Easter Crayons

For an Easter treat for the primary kids this year (I'm the primary secretary) I wanted to avoid food because all the kids get so much of it on Easter anyway. I found a fun tutorial for homemade crayons that you make out of old, broken crayons. After 2 weeks of searching and 7 stores, I finally found a silicone egg mold I could use to make the crayons. 250 degrees and 20 minutes later, these little beauties came out of the oven! I'm so pleased with them! I think I will probably include a few small coloring pages that involve Christ and the Resurrection just to keep it in the church realm. We will be at Shane's parents for Easter so I won't be able to give them out to the kids, but Im still excited for the children to get them!