Be Our Guest!

As I'm sure you've figured out, my parents came for a long weekend visit.  Dad had sprint car tickets for a weekend race in Volusia.  They came into town on Thursday so Mom could drive with me and Sis to her meet at Disney on Friday.  Friday night Ra went to the race with my Dad.  He picked him up from school and they headed south for the race.  Ra had a great time at the race but his only complaint was it was too late.  He was exhausted all weekend from being up so late!

Dad went again on Saturday night solo while the rest of us hung out at the house.  Mom played numerous games with the kids - board games and video games.  Both my parents played ping pong with Ra and my dad threw football with Ra as often as Ra asked!  Both my parents got to go watch Ra at football practice which was fun since they'll miss his games.

We took my parents out for their 65th birthday dinner on Sunday night.  We finally tried Culhane's Irish Pub.  It's owned by 4 Irish sisters who are friends with my English neighbors.  Our neibs have been telling us how good the food is so we finally decided to find out.

Mom and Dad said the food tasted very authentic.  It reminded them of their Ireland trip this past fall.  They even had live Irish folk music.  Everyone enjoyed singing along while we ate and drank!  It was a fabulous night.  The staff was as wonderful as our meal.  We'll be back again for sure!

Mom and Dad stayed until Tuesday morning when the kids went back to school.  They dropped them off at school for me so they could spend a few more moments together.  Thankfully Mom reported that no one cried!  Usually Sis is bawling everytime she has to say goodbye to them.  Maybe the fact that they were at school did the trick to distract her.  She was in tears the night before though...Poor kid.  I wish it wasn't this way, but at least they get quality time together.  My parents are really important to my kids.  They are the only grandparents who they see on a somewhat regular basis.  It's hard for my kids to not have any family around for special moments and events.  My parents make my kids feel like a priority and it shows by how my kids feel about them.  I'm thankful that my kids have my parents to play such an important role in their lives.