My dad, sister, and I took my mom out to dinner for her birthday this past evening. We've pretty much tried every single famous restaurant in Arcadia (Tony Roma's, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, etc.) except Macaroni Grill, so guess where we went! I was super starving since the last thing I ate today was a breakfast croissant before the Clippers and Heat game earlier in the day. Since the restaurant was pretty quiet and dim, I decided to wait until they brought the birthday cake at the end to take photos since I didn't want to disturb the other guests with the flash.

We got the Romano's Sampler as an appetizer. My mom got the Simple Salmon, my dad got the Chicken Portobello, my sister got the Mama's Trio (primo chicken parmesan, lasagna, and chicken cannelloni), and I got the Chicken and Shrimp Scaloppine...YUM!!! After we finished our meal, one of the waitresses brought out a small cake and sang Happy Birthday to my mom in Italian. We ended the night with some few photos :).

One of the perks of going to Macaroni Grill is you get to draw on the table with the crayons that they provide:

Make a wish mom!

Even my dad participated but he kinda signed his name in the wrong place:

We all stepped outside the restaurant for some fun family snapshots; here's one of my sister Shelly and the birthday girl:

No way we're leaving until my mom gets some photos with my dad as well :).

Can you tell how much my sister loves being photographed? Shelly, I really like your hooded jacket!

This photo is courtesy of my sister, good job Shelly. Oh yeah, I shaved my head (again) a few days ago.

So this is a totally random photo. I asked Shelly to turn around and...snap! And that's my dad walking away. I've pretty much made it a life long goal to harass Shelly with my camera every chance I get :).

As far as presents for my mom, you'll see right here in about a week what I'm going to get for her. Happy birthday mom, I love you! Please remind Shelly to clean her room and feed her dog, hamster, rabbit, and your fishes :P. Thanks!