Our First Dinner Party

Everyone enjoying the food.
The Gang
The Girls...Val, Jordan, Me, Rachel

The Guys...Daniel, Scott, Keith, and Kenny

The Table

We had our first dinner party Friday night. It was so much fun. First let's start with the food. We started with cheese and sparkling. Next we had a tomato, cucumber, and red pepper gazpacho. Then a watermelon and mint salad. After that our main course was Lamb chops on a bed of grits with bacon Brussels sprouts. We finished the meal with strawberry short cake and home made vanilla bean whipped cream. Yum! We invited 3 couples over. Val and Kenny, Jordan and Keith, and Rachel and Scott. We had a wonderful dinner and great conversation. After dinner we played the game catch phrase...Boys against Girls. The Girls won of course! The party went late into the evening. In the morning we woke to a dirty kitchen and eight empty bottles of wine. The sign of a good party! We had such a great time and can't wait to do it again.

Mom and Chris Visit Baltimore!

Robin and Daniel at Dinner
Lynn and Chris at Dinner
Daniel, Lynn, and Chris at the Inner Harbor
Daniel and Lynn at Max's Bar
Candid shot! Daniel and Chris giving each other the look.

Mom and Chris were able to stop in for the weekend on the way to Florida for spring break. It was great to have them in town, show them our house, and take them to some of our favorite spots. Thursday night we went to Mama's on the Half Shell. Yum....it's one of those local places that is a "must go". They have the best crab cakes and seafood in town. Friday we spent some time at home, then went to Pazo for Pazo Cinco (the best happy hour spot downtown). After a few drinks and some awesome appetizers we made our way back to the neighborhood to Clementine. Clementine is our favorite neighborhood restaurant...in the summer we can walk it's so close! After dinner we went back to the house for a friendly game of pictionary...Mom and Chris won with "peter rabbit" (ask me to show you the picture sometime :)). Sunday we had to say good bye. It was great to have family in town and we miss them already...now who's next?!

Valintine's Day at Home

In love
Cheese and Sparkling to start

The table :)

Daniel re-living his New Orleans House Days

nice...1/2 of the surf and turf dinner

We spent Valentine's day out of the hustle and bustle of the restaurant world and at home together. We cooked a wonderful meal starting with a cheese plate and sparkling wine. Then we had lobster and steak with carrots. Lastly I made a chocolate molten cake from scratch, which by the way turns out not to be so hard. :) We were able to go at our own pace and just enjoy each others company. Wonderful!!!!!

HAPPY New Year! 2010

Daniel and Robin
Keith and Jordan

Robin and Jordan

Jordan spilled her drink :(

Happy New Year everyone! This new years eve we had some friends over and spent the evening playing catch phrase. Awesome game if you haven't played it, lots of fun! Small party, nothing crazy but it was good to ring in the new year with some great friends. 2009 was hard for a lot of people. I think through the grace of god we were able to make 2009 a really great year. We were blessed with the time and ability to be able to do some fun things together, as you can see in looking back through the blog. We look forward to 2010 with great excitement. This time of year is always so much fun for us. It's a time where we can look back at our accomplishments. At the same time there is a bit of anticipation for what great things wait for us in the up coming year. Thank you everyone for following us this past year and continuing to support us. It's your love that keeps us going on the hard days and makes us smile on the good ones. We love you and wish you the very best in 2010. Here's to making this next year the best year yet!

Merry Christmas 2009

A little fuzzy but here we are...Daniel and Robin waiting for the

BSO Christmas Spectacular to start (12.23.09)

Daniel and Robin with their Petit Louis Dinning Buddies (12.24.09).
Daniel opening his stocking
Robin opening her stocking

Reggie and Sam trying to open their stockings :)

What a crazy holiday season. Man, Christmas came and went so fast this year. We celebrated in many ways. First we went to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestras Christmas spectacular show on the 23rd. It was a great show with dancing and singing...our favorite part was the Tapping Santa's. Then on Christmas Eve Daniel had to work so Robin stayed home baking and setting up the new TV we purchased as a "Family Gift". Later that evening we met some friends for our now annual Petit Louis Christmas Eve Dinner. Petit Louis is a small French Bistro that many say is just like being in France. We love this place and it has become a big part of our Christmas tradition here in Baltimore. After dinner we went home to go to sleep so Santa would pay us a visit. Christmas morning we woke up and opened some fantastic gifts. Thank you to all of our family and friends for sending us such wonderful gifts. We really appreciate it! After gifts, we made breakfast and loaded up the car with our blankets for the homeless. Another tradition we have is to go out Christmas day and give warm blankets to the homeless. Once all of our blankets were handed out we made our way down to D.C. to have dinner with Robin's family. We arrived in D.C. had a wonderful dinner and spent the evening watching "Julie and Julia". It truly was a great Christmas. We are so blessed and thank God every day for our blessings. We hope your Christmas was a magical one. Peace and Love, the Senecals.

Baltimore Blizzard of '09

Our house in the Snow :) The heart we made in the snow.

Daniel Shoveling.

Our warm fire.

Our back yard.

Well Robin said all she wanted for Christmas was snow and boy did she get it. It rarely snows like this in Baltimore. We know you are used to it in Indy, but we must admit it's been a while since we have seen this much snow. The pictures above are from yesterday (12.19.09) at 9:00am. It didn't stop snowing until 9:00pm. We received anywhere from 20-30 inches. Wooo hooo Robin is excited! We had to shovel a place for the dogs to go out, otherwise they would be lost in the snow:) It's been a great weekend....Merry Christmas to us!

Thanksgiving/Wedding/Cruise Vacation!

Daniel and Robin at the Wedding Reception!
Chris and Lynn the Happy Couple.

The whole family on the Beach.

Daniel and Robin swimming with Stingray.

Daniel and Robin on the Beach.

We spent our Thanksgiving on a cruise ship sailing the Caribbean. Yes, it was as great as it sounds! Daniel's Mom Lynn married her new husband Chris on the ship the first day we set sail. After the wedding we had a lovely reception to celebrate their marriage and to kick off the vacation. Our ports of call were Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica. In Cozumel we swam with stingray, as you can see in the picture above. It was so fun, surprisingly. Then in Grand Cayman we did what is called "Sea Trek". It's where you put on a moon man looking helmet and walk on the ocean floor. It was awesome! After that we rented some snorkel equipment and spent the rest of the day snorkeling on our own. I was the best snorkeling we have ever done, we highly recommend! Lastly in Jamaica the whole family spent Thanksgiving together on the beach relaxing and having fun. Later we had dinner together on the ship. Lots of fun things took place on the ship during our sail days but we can't reveal it all. After all what happens on the ship stays on the ship :)