Mom's Italian Summer

So, Kevin left in mid May for Afghanistan. He will be gone the entire summer, and seeing as Mom teaches school, we thought it would be a great plan for her to come out this summer to keep me entertained! The first week she was here was very busy, I had lots of activities on my calendar, so she got drug along on most of them...she was a good sport though. Honestly, they were all pretty fun.

One of the most fun things was our AOCSC luncheon. We get together once a month for lunch and this month was at a great resturant called Grizzino's. Mom must have asked me 5 times what we were having (it was a fixed menu set up ahead of time). I read her the menu at least twice, but she appearently got stuck on the asparagus lasagna (which was the first course) and didn't hear the rest. In "real" Italian lunches and dinner you get multiple courses, and they are all huge and awesome. Mom was so excited about the huge peice of asparagus lasagna she got that she ate the entire thing and could not believe that there was more food coming!...two more courses actually. It was great fun to have a real "fancy" Italian meal and the company was great. She listens better to the menus now, and she knows that the first course, while delicous, will be followed by something just as delicous...you must pace yourself in this county.

Here is a photo of the resturant before everyone got there. There was a huge table, and Mom and I both loved all the colored glassware. It made it seem so summery and festive. I'm sure there will be many more awesome meals this summer, but there's nothing like your first Italian meal:)