Sister Time in WA

We were so glad that Margaret had to come to Portland for a work conference... what a perfect excuse for some time with the WA Tuckers!
She arrived Tuesday evening... so after work, we drove down to take her out to dinner at a local brewery, Hop Works Urban Brewery.  It was so good to squeeze our seester.  We were all exhausted by the end of the evening, but it was so worth it to spend a little time together catching up.
Then, Margaret was able to come spend some time with us after she finished things at the conference.  Here is a pic of the boys anxiously awaiting her arrival...

It was a short visit, but we crammed in a lot of love, good food, and fun!
Connor and Mags started things off with a shot of eggnog (non-alcoholic)...

 Then they pushed down the cap on the wine...

 We had planned the menu to try and serve Maggie's favorite foods... chicken with risotto...

 Tiramisu... (Connor prepped this pre-arrival... no recipe to share because he is just a chef genious and whips things like this up off the top of his gorgeous head!)

 Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls...sorry...we forgot to snap a picture.  They are one of Connor's favorites and they really aren't too difficult to make.
Homemade pasta...Margaret helped!

Espresso Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

The cats warmed up pretty quickly... which is definitely odd for Eno, normally he is scaredy-cat!  He looks pretty comfy here!

And here...

Lefty never has trouble helping keep a lap warm...

Margaret and I commented more than once that we felt pretty stinkin spoiled by Connor-Crush... He took such good care of us so that we could just relax and enjoy each other's company.
Can you tell that we like to eat around here??? I think I gained 10 lbs!  And our lovely weather turned cold and rainy just about the time Margs arrived...so we didn't even get to go for a walk.  Oh well. 
It was a great visit... and then we sent our little sister home to get ENGAGED!  We are so happy for her and Matt...and we CAN'T WAIT to be with family for the wedding.