Oakleaf

Recently we found out that Nonna had a second cousin who owned a very nice highly rated restaurant in Pittsboro, NC and as a special birthday treat for Nonna we thought it would be a great idea to make a trip out to NC and check it out.  It was pretty close to Grandma and Pappy's house too so it was a great way to also get to see Pappy for his birthday too. 

Here is everybody looking over the menu getting ready to decide what treats they were going to have:

 Mommy (looking excited to try some delicious eats) and Daddy:

 Here are some of our delicious dishes:

 At the end of the dinner service we got to back into the kitchen and talk to Nonna's cousin, the owner and head chef.  It was sooo cool to get to go back into the kitchen and see everyone getting everything ready for dinner service.  Everything was delicious and it was also great to get to go back and tell the chef personally how much we like the food and service.  It was also neat to find out that he majored in history at St.Mary's College of MD, and owns his own farm where all of his farm-to-table ingredients are from.  Such a cool place!!! I am already psyched to go back!!

The next day we celebrated again with a tour around New Bern, NC and then brunch at Morgan's Tavern, one of Mommy & Daddy's favorites in New Bern.

Then we walked around and did a mini-bear hunt:

It was a great way to celebrate Nonna & Pappy's birthdays and to show everyone around all the cool places in New Bern.  Plus in New Bern they started setting up the set for the taping of the mini-series Sleepy Hollow that is going to be filmed there.  It was cool to see the beginnings of a new series set getting all prepared as well.  After a tour of Grandma and Pappy's we headed back to MD.  It was a great trip full of lots of deliciousness and family fun!