Thursday, January 15, 2009

Joe's Crab Shack

One of my all-time favorite places to eat is Joe's Crab Shack. On New Year's Day, we did a little shopping at the mall, ate at Joe's and then went to see Quantum of Solace at the big IMAX theater. I don't quite get the IMAX thing, and this wasn't technically an IMAX movie (?), but it sure was BIG and LOUD!!
We realize that now that the kids aren't with us all the time, they may have fogotten how goofy and silly we are and might think we are getting old and senile and maybe they should start making plans (behind our backs of course), to put us in a home or something...so we tried real hard to be on our best behavior and act just old enough AND young enough at the same time.
But hey...when at Joes....you gotta wear the bib!
And then you gotta take pictures to show what a great time you had!

The only down side to having the kids visit, (if you can call it that), is how much we miss them when they go back home...the tousled look when they get up in the morning, hearing "mom" throughout the day, the laughter in the other room when they see something funny on tv, hearing the conversations with their Dad when I'm in the kitchen...then there's the hugs, looking in their eyes and remembering the 4 year old who's eyes sparkled just like that. But in order to not go through the pain and sadness of missing them after a visit, we would have to not have any visits at all, and that will never be an option! It is worth the pain to remember how much we love each other...and remember all of the years, hills and valleys, we've been through together to make us who we are today.
We love you Andy, and can hardly wait for you to visit again!

3 comments:

Laura Carson said...

Your hair looks cute both short and long! You are very lucky!

Laura King said...

Thanks. I love my short hair! Crystal did such a great job and it takes me half the time to get ready to go out.

Crystal_King said...

Great pictures! I'm glad you had a great visit. Can't wait til we can come and join you! After we get taxes back, maybe we can plan something?? When's the best time in the year to come? I NEED a tan! :) That would be a blast, and I would love for Camden to see the ocean for the first time with his grandparents...

Love you both and miss you tons!