Well, it's official. I'm 40! And did I enter it in style! My husband surprised me with the biggest party I have had since the roller skating party I had when I was 13. I'm still in awe....he's apparently been planning it since December. Compared to me, I consider Ken to be very spontaneous, so for him to have planned this for more than 5 days is in-and-of-itself a wonderful surprise. (my neighbors told me to be aware of the fact that he's apparently more sneaky than I thought!) My mom and dad, Terri and Chris were all in on it as well. And they totally orchestrated and executed a master plan.
First, we planned a few weeks ago to all have dinner together on Sunday night to celebrate my birthday. Terri 'made reservations' and we were set. I even had my new dress dry-cleaned! Then my mom called last week and offered to take Logan home with them after his basketball game on Saturday and would bring him to 'dinner' on Sunday. That gave Ken and I the evening to ourselves, since Madison, Joe and Tom were at their mom's. (PS..the culprits are seen in the photos below enjoying the basketball game the same day this all occurred. I can't believe they didn't spill the beans)
So Saturday came and Ken asked me where I wanted to go for dinner. I was undecided...nothing new. He offered to take me for sushi since I love it & he doesn't and will never go with me to enjoy it. So that was a nice offer. He just asked that I choose someplace that had food (like steak) so he could eat, too. So I chose, after some deliberation, my favorite restaurant, Oishii. They have wonderful Japanese fusion cuisine and a very nice select menu. He thought that sounded good and agreed. So if you haven't caught on yet, don't worry, neither did I ! He got me to choose (on my own) the place where he had 35 people waiting for me. I picked my own party location!
Naturally, I was convinced that this was a quiet dinner for 2 because up until 1:00, we supposedly had no idea where we were going. Needless to say, my family, friends and all 4 kids were there to surprise me. As Tom said, "the tears of truth" said I was surprised!
What a wonderful night...As you can see. I am so very fortunate to have so many wonderful people in my life...not the least of whom is my loving husband. He totally got me!
He's in pretty good shape going into 2008, I'd say!
Thank you to everyone who sent me a card, gift and well-wishes for my birthday. I appreciate the fact that you thought of me.
