Today we took our daughter, Shantel, out to Easter lunch, and had to say good-bye to Shantel until we return from our summer hosting positions in South Dakota. She looked so pretty in her new spring Easter dress.
We took Shantel to her favorite place for Easter lunch, Joe’s Crab Shack, in Tempe, Az.
Even though she almost always orders king crab legs, she still wants me to read the full menu to her, just in case they changed, or added, anything.
When the server brings her the bib, she knows some good food is about to come her way.
We started out with her favorite appetizer, great balls of fire, made with crab, seafood, cream cheese, jalapeños, and served with fries and ranch dipping sauce,
and of course, you can’t have seafood, without hushpuppies, which is another of her favorites…
But she got really excited, when the server placed that big bucket of king crab legs in front of her. Served with boiled potatoes and corn on the cob.
I had fish and chips, served with coleslaw. It was more than I could eat, but not to worry, Shantel said she would be happy to take home any leftovers for her dinner.
Bill/Papa had a shrimp sampler platter, and of course, Shantel asked if she could try one, or perhaps two, of his bacon wrapped shrimp.
When we were all served, Shantel wasted no time getting down to the business of cracking open her king crab legs. And she devoured every morsel.
When it was all said and done…, we asked for a take out box. Shantel ended up with one piece of my fish and most of my fries, two of Papa’s bacon wrapped shrimp, and four hushpuppies to take home for her dinner.
As we were leaving, Shantel asked if we would take her to the grocery store to get some things she was not able to purchase yesterday, because she would not have been able to carry all the bags home by herself. We were more than happy to do that. Then, we delivered our baby girl home, with a full tummy, and a full heart, because she knows how very much we love her.
Happy Easter Shantel, we love you, we are so proud of you, and we are always only a phone call away! See you in October.
Stay tuned as we begin our summer travels, I will post along our way.
Love,
Mom and Papa