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Greek Festival

I was sitting at home the other weekend with Jeff when I got a phone call from my mom. She said that she saw on the news that there was a Greek festival in downtown Raleigh. Now if you know my mom and me...you know we LOVE Greek food! We probably gained about 10 pounds when we were in Greece because we just couldn't stop eating! So she called me back not too much later and told me to meet her there in a couple of hours. As soon as we got there we saw all of this delicious food:
 

 
My mom and I were in Greek food heaven! We got a couple of things to share for lunch. I love feta and moussaka!!
 
 
So after the lunch food we HAD to get some dessert!
 
 
 
My dad and I each had a special Greek dessert that included a lot of honey.

 
Jeff and my mom had some Greek fried donuts.
 

I had so much fun with my parents and Jeff at the Greek festival. Luckily this only comes around once a year....otherwise my mom and I would be in trouble!
 
 
 
 
 

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