VALENTINE'S DAY was a lot of fun this year, we went to dinner & watched movies w/friends! It also made me miss my mom though! That probably sounds strange, V-day is not usually a holiday in where one misses their parents.... but I did! My mom has a tradition that she does for her kids every Valentine's Day that she calls our Hearts Desire Dinner! Each person in the family gets to choose ANYTHING from a restaraunt that they want for dinner that night. She started this tradition after I left home (we used to have a silly supper for V-day, but she moved that tradition to April Fools Day) but still every year I wish I was home for it :) . She is so awesome and I love that she puts in an effort to make holidays special & memerable for us kids!
This year I know that little sis Ashley wanted lettuce wraps from PF Changs; brother Adam wanted a chicken cordon bleu sandwich from Arbys; and his fiance Ally wanted chicken alfredo from The Pizza Factory. I didn't ever find out what my other 2 brothers wanted. My mom had plans on running to all these different places until she couldn't find the time. She then changed the rules (for this year) that they could pick any restaraunt inside the American Fork (Utah) city limits :) I hope they all had fun eating thier take out boxes together around the table! I sure wish I could have been there. It got me thinking though what I would have chosen..... hhhmmm...... in the AF city limits, I probably would have chosen the margarita grilled chicken (minus all the extras that come with it like the beans and all that) from Chili's or the braised beef and tortoloni from The Olive Garden. Both are DELICIOUS!!! If I had to choose something from inside the ML city limits (hahaha lots to choose from there) it would definately have to be the chicken & beef fajitas from El Rodeo. YUM!
So let's have some fun! If we had our own Hearts Desire Dinner... what would everyone choose?
DANG!.... NOW I'M STARVING AND IT'S ONLY 9:27AM .....
Easy!!! Mushroom Ravioli and a Raspberry lemonade from Michael's. . . .best ever! What a great idea I'm totally writing these down, because those ideas are great!
ReplyDeletehaha fun post! ooo the margarita grilled chicken, good one. I will have to say a honey lime chicken quesidilla with sweet rice and a side of limes from Bajio or the fajitas from Chilis with chips and salsa of course. If it was outside of American Fork I would have to say Rodizio Grill although I dont think anyone would want to walk around offering me slices of different kinds of meats and delicious pineapple. What a fun tradition!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea!! Your Mom is so fun. I miss her.
ReplyDeletefrom moses lake...seafood burrito from inca with a virgin pina colada.
ReplyDeleteoutside moses...spaghetti with browned butter and mizthra cheese from old spaghetti factory
oh man...my yogurt is just not going to satisfy me now.
AUBREY!! How are you??? It's SO good to hear from you! You and your hubby are so cute! WHat a cute post. YOur Mom is so cute! I just love her. I would choose CAfe Rio or JCW's for sure! They're my FAV!
ReplyDeleteAubs! It was good to hear from you. I haven't seen you in forever! What a cute valentines tradition. I think I would have to say the Quesadilla Explosion salad at chili's or just a pork cafe rio salad. I could eat both of those probably every other day! Your little family is so cute.
ReplyDeleteAubs! It was so good to hear from you. I haven't seen you in forever! I would have to say that I would pick a Quesadilla Explosion salad w/ chips and salsa from Chili's or a pork salad from cafe rio in the AF limits :o) What a fun v-day tradition!
ReplyDeleteHey! I did not know you had a blog! I love it!!! Mine is aimeessmith.blogspot.com if you want to check it out!
ReplyDeleteI miss you!