Dinner Party at Grace's

After living in Utah for a little over a year and a half.. I finally decided to have an official dinner party at my apartment. I had seven friends come over for dinner on Saturday. I felt pretty excited .. because this was my first time really making everything and getting ready all on my own and for a good amount of people. I cleaned up the apartment as much I could.. and tried to make the food not too early but not too late either. I give my mother a lot of credit! She's very good at timing what she makes and getting things ready for a get-together.

I made pansit (Filipino noodle dish), green bean casserole ('cause it's easy), crab rangoons (imitation of couse! hehe), and this chicken wrapped in bacon dish from Harmon's(a nice grocery store nearby) that I just had to bake. I also served caesar salad, chips & dip, fruits with fruit dip, and some bread from Great Harvest Bread Company. I made some sweet tea and cucumber water too. Yum yum. I was pretty excited with how the food, that I actually cooked, turned out. I've never made pansit before, so I was worried in how it would taste. I'm far from a cook! But it's exciting to try.. sometimes. ; )

The picture turned out more reddish.. 'cause of my wall... anyway, that's some of the stuff I served

After dinner, Neil set up his RockBand. I love that game, more and more. It was nice of him to bring it over for entertainment. We all played that for awhile. It was fun =) I played the guitar mostly. My arms hurt now =P It was really nice to have people over at my place. It was kind of cute to play the official hostess. heh

We were really concentrating!

Posing for a girls group shot before Mel & Stephanie left