Part one of our Mother’s Day celebration occurred yesterday when we arrived in Sarasota in the early afternoon. We spent a few hours hanging out in my mother-in-law’s backyard, chatting away and catching up while Sadie ran around hunting lizards and shadows and Billy the cat tried to coerce us into lots of back scratches.
Sadie loves my mother-in-law’s backyard because she has little mirrored decorations hanging up all over the place that catch the light and cause reflections to dance all over the place, creating Sadie’s hunting paradise.
At little before 5 p.m., we drove 1.5 miles to Ryan’s grandmother’s house for a Mother’s Day feast featuring crab claws!
Hi, Dottie!
A dinner that centers around seafood is basically my heaven.
Ryan’s mom made cheddar biscuits that tasted a lot like the warm cheese biscuits from Red Lobster and I had no trouble polishing off two of them before it was time to dig into the crab claws.
After dinner, we ate a delicious dessert that featured homemade cookies, maple walnut ice cream and white chocolate raspberry cake before moving our little party into the living room. We hung out for another two hours before calling it a night and heading home. It was so nice to be together!
We have a Mother’s Day breakfast planned for this morning, so it’s time for me to get dressed and join the festivities.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers, moms-to-be and mother-like figures out there!
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Mmm cheddar biscuits & crab claws?? Yum that is one tasty meal!!
Your mother in law’s cat is so cute! Those cheddar biscuits look yummy.
On a completely other note I just prepped tuna salad for my lunch this week using the recipe you posted last week and it is delicious! I am really looking forward to my lunches this week as a result 😀
Yum!! Those crab claws look amazing and I literally LOLed at Sadie in the bushes.. She reminds me of my Vizsla more and more every day!
That sounds like my perfect meal! What a lovely way to spend a Saturday evening. It’s not Mother’s Day here in the UK – ours was in March, but I happen to be lunching with my Mum anyway 🙂
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Ahh that sounds like a FANTASTIC dinner. I love any kind of seafood as well, so any seafood-centric meal sounds heavenly to me!
Also, Sadie in the bushes reminds me way too much of my puppy in our plants. We have to pull her out of them so often.
It looks like you had a wonderful time!
Haha Saide ALWAYS cracks me up. It should be illegal to have so much expression and personality in one pup!
Happy Mother’s Day! Hey, pet owners are mothers, too! 😉
are those stone crab claws? SO yummy! That whole feast sounds delicious, and the day super fun for all!
-AJ
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My dog is scared of her shadows haha. I love having seafood. Lobster is my favorite!
Those cheddar biscuits look awesome!!!
Sounds like you had a great day! I definitely love seafood dinners too…they’re the best!
Sadie reminds me of a toddler- always getting into things! 😉
Dessert sounds amazing! Hope your having a good mothers day! We celebrate it here in March! Father’s day in June!
Those crab claws look amazing! What a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day. I would love the recipe for those biscuits 🙂
Is Dottie a Shih Tzu?
she’s a maltese 🙂
That dinner looks amazing- can you share the recipe for the biscuits?
I love cheddar biscuits! Red Lobster’s ones are so dangerous!
Can’t go wrong with seafood…We actually had a shrimp boil for my mom for mother’s day (my dad is from Louisana) so it was amazing!! And white chocolate raspberry cake?! Um, Yes.
Wow, crab claws and cheddar cheese biscuts! Talk about delicious!! 🙂
If I were there, those crab claws would be gone in a blink of an eye – and then I would have been kicked out… Or kicked out until I caught more crabs! – AHHH HA HA HA! WHAT did I just say?
My dogs are scavengers as well! I hope you enjoyed your Mother’s Day!
WAH! Love Dottie she is SOOOO freakin cute! I am obsessed with Maltese’s I had one growing up and his name was Oliver! So happy you enjoyed your weekend! Have an amazing week 🙂 Love + Shine CourtStar
stone crab claws are hands down my favorite food EVER. If you find yourself in the south florida area, y’all have to go to Sailfish Marina in Palm Beach or Joe’s in Miami – both are incredible!
Cheddar + biscuits = heaven. on. earth. And little Dottie is just too cute for words <3
Looks like a lovely mothers day, I especially like the look of the crab claws yum yum 🙂
Awww love it 🙂 x
Yum! I am a HUGE crab fan and haven’t had real crab in quite a while….a craving has been sparked!!
Yum – cheddar biscuits! Looks like a great Mother’s Day!
I’m trying to get into more seafood! I’ve never eaten crab.
Those biscuits and crab claws….need. now!