Tables of 8

Last night, Tony and I hosted a Tables of 8 meal. I took the day off work, since there were no students, and I needed LOTS of time to cook and clean. Our house has been a disaster since our wedding. There were wedding gifts everywhere along with the wrappings they came in...

Here is our table set-up. The nice fall decorations were stolen from my parent's dining room table...

Here's the one half of the table.

and here's the other half!

I also took my parent's table runner that my Aunt Christa made for their 25th wedding anniversary. I think it looks really nice there! (Mom already came and got it back however...)

This is the plate my Aunt Elinor made for us as a wedding gift. I've always wanted my own lovebird plate, so I was very excited she made us one!

Luna thought we should get rid of all the pesky bugs before our company arrived. Tony had to help her reach that one!

She got it to the ground, and now she's playing with it before she eats it. What a friendly kitty!

Now all of our guests have gone home after a delicious meal and dessert! Tony is so wonderful and does most of our dishes. Luna wanted to help, but Tony kept knocking her off the counter (number 1 rule in our house: No cats on the counters!). So, she decided to sit and wait for him to finish.

I needed a snack. Luna sat watching me. Then she stretched out to see what I was eating, and before long, she jumped up to have a better look.