August 15, 2008

Its about time...

Well, It was off to Delaware last week. As I explained to you in our last email, Michael and I have been married 12 years. What I didn't explain was in all that time our families had never met. Michael and I went to Las Vegas to get married. His family is pretty strict catholic and we didn't think Vegas would quite be their cup of tea. I also don't think his parents thought we would stay married. He did ask me to marry him within 2 months so I can't quite blame them. Anyway... you can't keep my family away from Vegas (my mom was actually raised there) so they were present for the happy nuptiuals.
So last week my Mom flew into Philadelphia, met Michael and I then we drove to Newark, Delaware. Michael was pretty nervous but I think it went really well. My Mom got to meet his father, brother Joe and his family. We told some stories had some laughs. It was a good time. She also got to try a Delaware staple, Scrapple. It's a kind of soft sausage loaf made from pork parts, cornmeal and sage. Generally it's sliced and fried. You either love it or hate it. Not much else comes out of Delaware.