Halloween 2018

                                HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

tea parties & baby dolls....

Saturday

10.27.18

Julie dropped us off at Lindsey and Kamry's house so we could visit for a few hours before catching the boat. Kamry is really loving her baby these days, so I picked her up a cute baby bottle and bib while we were shopping. She loved it! :O)

We had planned to go out on the evening boat, but when we drove down to the dock, we were soon turned around by the TIDE! It was wayyyy too high to get to the boat without wading and with all the bags we had, it didn't take much convincing for us to spend the extra night! 

It's always nice to get some extra time with Kamry and family! <3

Lindsey made us a yummy dinner, then Gran suggested a tea party!

Kamry LOVED it!!! 

Her baby joined in too! :O)

When we get together, Kamry loves to play and read books and watch "Fwozen" and eat popcorn and     have "picnics" and build "campfires" and draw and color! She also loves to make me laugh and is the biggest ham. She just has the sweetest little personality. <3

Not the best picture of me, but this is how I want to remember these moments, curled up in a chair with monster slippers on with books and baby...just chatting away! <3 

"Nana, we are best fwiends" <3 <3 <3

The icing on the cake for our little get -away, an extra night spent with this sweet girl! 

XOXO

mom + daughters get-away 2018 [part two]

We had dinner at The Shark!! 

Peter and I have eaten there several times, but neither Mom nor Julie had. 

I was excited to see if they loved it as much as me. 

We started with the bread basket (always get the bread basket!!) 

It's always something different (and I can't for the life of me remember 

the selections we had) LOL I just know it was delish!

Julie got the shark bites - blackened mako (capt. kerry of the f/v sea born) / salsa verde / pickled cucumber and tomato salad / benne seed (GF)

I got the beet and berry salad pickled beets / berries / 

black garlic whipped triple cream brie /micro greens / truffle vinaigrette  

and the crab cake sandwich FRESH lump crab (a.e. phillips, fishing creek, md) / alabama white BBQ / multigrain whole wheat roll (crack of dawn bakery, berlin, md) / tomato / fries

 Mom shared my salad and got the country fried chicken sandwich pimento cheese / vidalia slaw / pickles / multigrain whole wheat roll (crack of dawn bakery, berlin, md) / fries

 

We were sooooo full!! We did find room to share dessert though!!

our sundae best caramel fudge and french vanilla ice creams (chesapeake bay farms, pocomoke, md) /warm miso caramel / candied pecans 

yummmmmm!!

*****

It was starting to get a little nasty - a nor'easter was on the forecast for tonight and it looked like it might be coming through. We checked in at The Dunes Manor - another favorite place!! 

I woke up super early and even though it was breezy and drizzly, I had my coffee on the balcony.

Julie was ready for breakfast as soon as she got up. Mom was going to skip it and be getting ready, so we had breakfast alone. We got the buffet and the omelet station was my favorite part. 

It was delicious!

It was nice getting a little time with Julie as we rarely ever get to just sit and talk. 

Our lives are super busy and our usual is texting instead of talking, so these are the moments when I want to just slow down, enjoy, and SAVOR!! 

It's so funny, because I was never a picture person until the past few years. Now, I always try to capture the special moments to look back at and remember these wonderful times!!

funny story that Mom won't want to admit---- she ALWAYS picks the ground or lower floors...give me the top floor. I pushed the limits and chose the 3rd floor. It was windy--so she wouldn't step a foot on the balcony. Me---had coffee in the dark out there. It really wasn't bad at all! So for picture taking, I wanted balcony pictures!! :O) :O) She's a good sport though and only rolls her eyes occasionally at me! :O) :O) and even takes mirror selfie pics.....

XOXO

This trip was much needed by all three of us! I love that we carve out this time every year just for us! We try to keep it local and visit places new to us, eat some really yummy food, laugh and be silly, and just enjoy our time Mom / Sister time together!!!

Until next year.................