Grandparents Visit - Outings

I've posted before about trips to RHS Harlow Carr and Knaresborough Castle. We liked them so much that we wanted to share them with my parents during their visit. I won't go into detail, but here are some highlights.

RHS Harlow Carr

Knaresborough Castle

This was a first for Miles and Lily, and they were excited to share the experience with Meemaw and Da.

Grandparents Visit - Food

Why yes, I am going to do a whole post about the food we ate during my parents' visit.

Of course we wanted them to get a taste of England (at least our favorite English food). And we had several other amazing meals out.  Here are some highlights.

I didn't get pictures of the fish and chips, but we did test two different places to see which my parents liked better. I don't remember if they had a favorite, because both are really good.

On my birthday, Matt and my dad took Miles to a birthday party while my mom and I took the girls to afternoon tea. We had the traditional tea with Prosecco, and there was a ton of food.

This was the reaction to receiving the children's tea

This was what my mom and I shared. We couldn't finish it all, but it was all great.

And Clara ate the ham off of the sandwich

After that, I don't know how we even thought about dinner, but we did. We went to a wonderful little Turkish restaurant to celebrate some more. I don't remember what everything was, but I think this was one of our favorite meals.

Turkish coffee and Turkish Delight. The one thing I remember.

Next, we hired a babysitter and had an adult dinner out. We went to one of our favorite restaurants (which has a Michelin star), and it did not disappoint.

Of course there was wine!

Oops, forgot to get a picture of the dessert board

A bit of traditional food in Knaresborough...

Ploughman's lunch

Sausage sandwich with chips

Fish fingers, beans, and chips

I'm pretty sure this was some kind of quiche

Here we are at a restaurant in York. It took forever to get our food, so we ate quickly and forgot to take any pictures.

And last, our final meal together before my parents left. We did make them try black pudding here, and they liked it!

Bangers and mash

Mom face

More mom face. Probably why my pint was empty.

Grandparents Visit

Just before school started, my parents came for a two week visit. In the weeks leading up to the visit, the kids could not contain their excitement (okay, so Matt and I were a little excited, too).  And finally, after not seeing them for more than a year, they arrived.

They stayed for about two weeks, and we had a really nice visit. I'll be honest, I've forgotten much of what I wanted to say here because of the broken computer issue, so I'll be very general and mostly post pictures.

I'll be posting more about their visit, including the quick trip we all took to Amsterdam. It really was a whirlwind, and I think the kids started school two days after they left. Living so far away is hard, since we don't get to see family very often, but I guess it did make for a really exciting trip.