what i forgot to mention

is that I have been searching for raspberry extract EVERYWHERE. FOREVER. and have had ZERO LUCK. yesterday, Devin took off on some secret errands (christmas shopping???) and came home with an icing spatula I was in desperate want of, and RASPBERRY EXTRACT. 

he knows me too well. he just gets me. i could try and expand, or go into detail, but it's not like it would make any difference to you, and it wouldn't do him justice anyway. i can't describe how great he is in words, so maybe i'll just stop trying. he just GETS me. nobody else does like he does. nobody. he gets me. (i'm not just talking about the raspberry extract here :) ...)

SO, those sugar cookies i made? amazing. they tasted so good! and i made the frosting raspberry flavored. just slightly. it was the perfect amount of flavor, and so tasty!

also? Devin made his chicken and gnocchi soup. it was AMAZING! he did it all completely from scratch. he created a broth our of like... butter and flour and chicken stock. and it was creamy and delicious. he made his awesome homemade ghocchi, which i still think is better than anything i've had in a restaurant (except maybe communal. but com'mon. it's communal. he'll forgive me for that one ;) i think..). and he added carrots and onion and chicken. it was so amazing. i can't believe how good of a cook he is. 

and i don't just mean my husband makes a mean pan-seared chicken (although he DOES). i mean, he goes out of the box like nobody i've ever seen. he tries new things. he experiments. he teaches me about so many different types of foods and combinations i never would have thought of! and he pulls it off! he loves to cook, and he's GOOD at it. i love it!

having the burrell's over tonight was so fun! joanna was all over the place and all the cookies we gave her probably didn't help, but she just cracks me up! molly is such a good baby. she is so giggly and cute, and christian and sarah are some of the best friends we have! it was good to spend some time with them. we even watched one of my favorite outdoor film series, First Ascent. so good! 

good night. 

hopefully this week goes by fast, because next weekend is going to be pretty great!