Grandmama Visit

Grandmama, aka my mom, Jana, came into town on Thursday and we've been having a great time with her. She arrived about 11 that morning, so we immediately headed downtown, picked up Jasen, then to eat, of course! We dined at Saffron Cafe/Bakery which was great!! Mom and Jasen had she-crab soup, which none of us had eaten before. It was delish, full of creamy goodness, which means we only need to eat it once in a blue moon! After that, we returned to The Citadel, where we looked around campus a little. FYI, ALL Citadel students have to live on-campus, although not all of them have to go into the military after school. Who knew?? We also met Jasen's boss' boss, COL Townes and Jasen introduced my mom before me! Big no-no!

After that, Mom, the kids and I came home. Once Jasen got home, we cooked dinner (fresh tuna, salmon, and salad -- yum!) and just sat around visiting.

Friday, we had a full day. Mom, the kids and I went to the gym, where Justin helped me "show-off" (ouch!) for Mom. not fun. Then, she let Justin talk her into joining us for a workout on Monday. What was she thinking?? So tomorrow, instead of skipping the gym to go straight to the beach, we are going to the gym first. Should be fun...not!

After working out and coming home to wait for Jasen, we headed back downtown, where we enjoyed a horse carriage tour. Now, I don't have to do that particular one again, but it was informative and really neat. The kids were great on the ride and we had a good guide. Davis fell asleep on the way so he slept part of the ride on Jasen's lap. Grace said she didn't listen to our guide, she just looked at the pretty houses. We picked out some houses we want to tour, too.

That night, Mom took the kids to McDonald's. Jasen and I had our first date since moving to Chuck-town. We went to a delightful Italian restaurant, Il Cortile Del Re. It was really good and it was so nice to have a quiet dinner. It was also a little weird, not having the kids with us. We were tired pretty early, so we had dinner, grabbed some Italian gelato and headed home. It was so nice to get away and we decided we didn't want to wait so long to do it again!

Saturday, we got up and headed to The Glass Onion for brunch. It was DELISH! And such a groovy, neat place. Whoever can guess where the name came from, you get a big kudos! Anyway, we had a great time, then went back downtown to board a boat and head to Fort Sumter. I will leave you with that little teaser for another time! I don't want to be on here too long! I'll post pictures soon!