Scalloped Potatoes and What Women Want

This entry is dedicated to my very precious son-in-law, Rusty, one of the four awesome men in my life. I tell him often how wonderful I think he is but his latest feat is, in my book, above and beyond..... Read on:

This past week was his wife, my daughter's, birthday. O.K. let me back up and say that he lives under a lot of stress, especially during this time of year. His work moves to a crescendo in May each year and he is right in the count down. Secondly, he is working on his MBA, is an attentive husband, father and landlord, not to mention actively involved in church ministries AND has been quite sick in the past couple weeks.

Back to Lesli's birthday. He decided he would engage their three-year old twins in helping him make a birthday dinner for her. The menu would be steak, asparagus, salad and "scalloped potatoes, Granny Teakell style. Granny Teakell is famous in the family for her wonderful scalloped potatoes. The rest of us don't even try to copy them. Well, I tried once, years ago and they were a disaster so I decided to leave the scalloped potato making to Granny.

Lesli loves Granny's potatoes so in an effort to surprise and delight Lesli, Rusty decided to seek instruction from Granny and make some. Ahem, with the help of the twins! Although, the potatoes, were good, leaving room for perfecting the technique, the meal turned out great. But what was even better was the extra effort by Rusty that showed how much thought he put in to showing Lesli how much he cared about making her birthday special. Now that's what woment want! Rusty deserves the "Husband of the Year" medal of Courage

And check out that photo! What a hunk!