Italian Fun Weekend

So Katie and Wil came into town this weekend. My mom really wanted to go Geocaching, especially since we haven't been in quite some time. The only problem with this plan is that it was REALLY cold outside. We tried a total of 3 caches, the first two were quick finds.

Katie and Wil drove us around and Anna, my mom and I enjoyed our time in the car...away from the crazy cold wind!

By the third cache we were completely frozen. My mom and I were determined to find it, but Katie, Wil, and Anna had a different plan. They drove around to pick us up right when we figured it out. The cache was hidden UP a tree. We are so going to have to go back to find it!

Here's a picture of one of the ones we actually found:

So after our Geocaching adventure we went to dinner at an Italian restaurant my parents just found. Let me start off by saying, if you're Italian-you'd feel right at home. When my dad walked into the restaurant he was greeted with a "Hello Chuck!" That's right...greeted by name. There was a lot of talking wth hands and even some "Mama Mia!"s thrown in there! We then ordered 2 appetizers, but ended up with 5 somehow. The owner kept bringing over more food for us to try. He even brough over a meat platter especially for Anna.

Now this food does not include the actual entres we ate, just the appetizers! We got a meat platter, meatballs, bruchetta, fried pizza dough with cheese and meat, and pepperoni with some pepper olive oil. After we were all stuffed from this food, our real dinner came out. I was so full, I saved most of mine for leftovers.

All in all this was a pretty fun family day!

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