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: Have I mentioned how much I love these ladies?!

I had been looking forward to our next supper club for weeks! And like always, these ladies never cease to be amazing and fun. Casey and Ashley co-hosted our December supper club in the Pearl district in Downtown Portland! Our significant others were also invited which made it SO fun! All of the girls were able to make it except for our sweet Camden who had given birth to her first baby the day before! (Woo Woo Camden! We missed you!) I am sad to say I did not take a picture of all of our food! I’m not sure what is wrong with me! It was a spread like you’ve never seen!

: Beautiful invitation for our December JLP Supper Club!

The theme was surf ‘n turf! Ashley made an incredible pork tenderloin and Casey had fantastic salmon! I brought bacon wrapped green bean bundles (a family favorite) and a mushroom and rice dish. We also had roasted potatoes, candied yams, a spinach salad with pecans and pears, AMAZING cornbread, and spaetzle! I had never had spaetzle before but I loved it! We had a bread pudding dessert and peppermint bark that was melt in your mouth good. And after typing all of that out I’m regretting once again that I didn’t take a picture!

: Beautiful ladies. Courtney, Caitlin, Shannon, and Larissa

: Hostess with the mostess! Casey and I!

: More lovely ladies! Ashley, Kate, myself, and Casey.

William had met a few of the guys before, but I am so glad he got to met the rest of the gang. Everyone mixed and mingled so well…not sure why we wouldn’t but it is wonderful how well we all get along. We do all share one important thing in common…the South (well other than Shannon and she’s our Northerner that we love dearly). One thing is for sure about Southern women, we’ve never met a stranger! There is so much personality in the room when we all get together–makes for a wonderful time!

Funny side note, this picture pose was not my idea, however my mom has a photo just like this of her and her sister and some of their cousins at the beach years ago. They have tried to recreate the picture a few times at different family gatherings and it always made me laugh. Now look at me…doing the can can pose myself, WHICH I might add was no small feat in that pencil skirt! And I would like to give a supreme shout out to Miss Courtney who has an excellently pointed toe in this picture!

: If you only knew how hard this photo was to take…

: Courtney and I…and me with a hilarious face because Ashley’s dog was licking my chin.

: The OTHER hostess with the mostess!

A good time was had by all! Already looking forward to January’s dinner! Love love LOVE these girls!!!

Funny side note about Mrs. Ashley who I’m posing with in the above picture. Her and her husband are amazing and we love them so much already. But, when we were first meeting we realized that we have some really good mutual friends! Ashley grew up right down the street from one of my little sisters in Pi Phi from college, AND Alex is in a program car dealership owners with a good friend of mine from home! Texarkana is a small place my friends…but we get around apparently! (in a good way!) Small, small world!