Today, I taught a group of 12 church ladies how to cook 3 different Japanese meals. We made somen, gyoza and tonkatsu. It went really well! I set up three different cooking stations and the ladies chose where they wanted to go. At the end, we ate all three meals! It was so fun and everyone really enjoyed it.

On Saturday Dan and I decided to go down to the beach and have a picnic. We went to this great place called Captree Park and found a little secluded area and layed out our picnic. It was so romantic! Here are some of the pictures.

Coffee Time!

This past Friday night Dan's cousin, Laura, took Dan and I to this great coffee shop called The Cup in Wantagh, NY. It was great and we had such a nice time catching up!

The Apple Festival

I know it's been a LONG time since I have blogged anything, but that's because we haven't been doing anything except working, eating and sleeping. We are pretty much always exhusted and just now, do I find myself with some energy. It just so happened that this past weekend we were busy with lots of fun things too!! Great timing...

On Friday Dan and I decided to treat ourselves and go out by ourselves to the Olive Garden. We had a great time and it was so great to spend time just the two of us!

On Saturday a friend of ours took us up to the North Shore of Long Island to an Apple Festival that was raising funds for the deaf and hard of hearing. It was a fun new experience for Dan and I! They had everything from fresh apples to apple cider to pies! The most interesting thing was to be around LOTS of people who were communicating by sign language. It was a whole new experience for me.

Here is Dan and I eating bratworsts. Yummm....
This is the building that is now a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. It is an old renovated mansion! It was gorgeous!!
Stephanie and Dan tried out the grilled corn on the cob.

Oktoberfest

On Sunday afternoon we went to an Oktoberfest party. For those of you who are German, you probably know what the is, but I had never heard of Oktoberfest until 3 weeks ago. Oktoberfest
is a celebration of making beer in Germany because in the 1800's they could only make beer in the summer, so they made it and drank it within a month. Our friend Stephanie and her mother are German and had a huge party. Stephanie's mother is actually first generation to America.
The desserts....
Me and my German princess....
Dan and his nephew Ryan.