Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a great start to 2014. I am about to go cook our New Years Day feast–collard greens, cornbread, and black eyed peas (Texas caviar) but you’ll have to wait a week to get those recipes!

Wednesday: Chinese Food

Rather than slave away on a traditional Christmas dinner, we decided to go the route of movies and Chinese food! We shared some tofu and vegetable dishes, all delicious!

Thursday: Chipotle

We drove from Atlanta to Myrtle Beach and stopped off at Chipotle for dinner. Ben and I split the tacos with beans, rice, cheese, guacamole, and salsa. The kids split the taco kit kid’s meal which was adorable! You should check out their kid’s meal if you haven’t already!

My dad, his wife, and my grandpa made a detour to Myrtle Beach on their drive down from Minnesota to Florida so we went out to dinner with them. My mom and Jerry stayed home with the kids so we could have a nice adult dinner out! The food was delicious! My sister and I shared a salad and 4 sides: truffled mashed potatoes, 5 cheese macaroni, sauteed spinach, and grilled asparagus.

Saturday: Pirates Voyage

We went out to a pirate dinner theater event. It was kind of like Medieval Times but with pirates. the kids loved it! We got the vegetarian option so we had a baked potato, pasta with tomato sauce, broccoli, bell peppers, & corn, corn on the cob, cream of vegetable soup, and an apple turnover. You definitely don’t go there for the food, but the show was fun!

Sunday: Tacos

Ben made bean and cheese tacos for everyone and my mom made guacamole. Easy and delicious!

Monday: Chuy’s

After finding out a month or so ago that one of our favorite Texas chains had opened in Virginia, we have been trying to find an excuse to go to Richmond (about 2 hours away). Our drive back from Myrtle Beach was the perfect excuse! We were so excited to eat in a Chuy’s! Other than the salsa being a lot milder and the prices being slightly higher, it was exactly the same as it is in Texas!! Can’t wait to go back!!

Tuesday: New Year’s Eve Party

We went to a very fun New Year’s Eve party at our neighbor’s house. We dined on all kinds of delicious party food, including the Texas caviar that we brought over. Gotta get those black eyed peas in!! Oh and we made a double batch so we can have some for dinner tonight!