Sunday, August 2, 2009

Dinner At Mom's

We went out to dinner with the mom's tonight. Jerry chose Smokey Bones because they had a $10 off coupon for checks of $20 or more. It was such a good deal that they had loooooong waiting lines. Luckily, we got there early and only had to wait 25 minutes ;) Butm, let's talk about last weekend!

My Mom cooked dinner at her condo instead of us going out last week. Doesn't she set a lovely table? She searched high and low to get that set of dishes because they are sold by the piece and no store had the whole set. I believe it was worth it because they seem to make her happy and may have brought out some creativity (lots of new recipes).

Erica & Sarah. They weren't feeling well but they joined us anyway. Poor Erica felt so poorly that she slept on my mom's couch after dinner. Despite her feeling awful and not wearing makeup, she is still a cutie! She definetly got the cute gene in our family :)

Fried chicken with some Polish sausage and red potatoe wedges. Yummy!

My Cousin Lea & Jerry. Lea is dishing out some fried okra. Now don't turn your nose up, my mom makes good fried okra. Lea is my first cousin and Cousin Erica is her daughter (and Sarah is cousin Erica's daughter) so I had my first cousin, my first cousin once removed, and my first cousin twice removed at the table. How cool is that?

Marge waiting for the rest of us to sit down. Those are pinto beans right above the text. Love them. Amaizing how bad they smell when you burn them though. It's an odor you will never forget.

4 comments:

Aunt Debbi/kurts mom said...

We don't ever turn our noses up at okra. It's a favorite. Pintos too.

Julie said...

Oh what a gorgeous table...love those plates! I'm glad you are seeing new recipes coming out of your MOM! That's always a good thing! :)

The pinto beans are one of our favorites!!! I love keilbasa also!

FoxyMoron said...

I have never eaten okra, must hunt down some recipes as I've seen it in the shops.

I love those dishes too, and a blogger who photographs dinner wins my heart as well! ;)

CiNdEe's GaRdEn said...

What a beautiful table setting. The food all looks tastey too! Yummy!! I don't do fried okra but I know folks who love it!!!! What a great family gathering!!!!