Our friends Matthew and Alecia are stationed in Alabama with their 1-year-old (!!!) son, Aidan. The three of them (along with Noah the Wonder-Dog) are headed up north for Christmas and stopped here for dinner on their way through.

This is why we like living right off of I-95!

For dinner, I made a recipe from my friend Vittoria’s food blog, which is chock-full of delicious things to make. The spaghetti pie was a big hit. (Thanks, Vittoria!)

Matthew, Alecia, Aidan and Noah are all back on the road now. Here’s hoping we’ll see more of them in 2011!