Din-din with the W-Fs

After spending the day at the coast Tuesday, Eric and I grabbed a Hermiston watermelon (the perfect food for a hot summer evening) and headed to the Wilson-Feys for dinner. We always have a great time hanging out with Dan and Kathy, and Max and Noah (who will both be in high school within just a few weeks--crazy) are each charming and funny in their own ways.

Kathy's quinoa dish and broccoli salad were excellent, but the main dish was definitely the sangria. When the W-Fs returned from Spain earlier this summer, they kept talking about how great the sangria was (and had some funny stories, of course) and around the same time, I came across this recipe from my Project Tranformation friend Ali's blog, Gimme Some Oven (you should really check it out--she's got some amazing recipes and food photos that will make you drool). I passed it along and a sangria-centered gathering was in the works! It was tasty!

It cooled off a bit after dinner--it had been in the high 90s in the valley--and we wandered through the field and blackberry bushes behind their house, staining our teeth with our first dessert and watching the full moon rise over the farms. Of course, dinner with the W-Fs is not complete without Tillamook Mudslide, so we headed back for brownies, hot fudge and ice cream. Yes, our third time eating Tillamook ice cream in three days! Did I mention that we also stopped at the cheese factory on the way to the coast as well? We did. Yum.