Monday, October 15, 2007

birthday extravaganza

it was a weekend of celebration that began thursday night with birthday dinner. this is a tradition in our family. the birthday boy/girl chooses the meal and everyone that can, gets together to eat, talk, laugh, and eat some more.

the special guest for this particular birthday dinner was my cousin lisa.



it was a milestone birthday that deserved LOTSA celebration...she turned 40! after the birthday dinner kickoff, there was a happy hour event friday night at a lounge in belltown called amber which turned out really lovely. there were lots of people from her work that came by along with my mom that came to town to surprise her!

I had a drink that is now my new favorite. it is a fancy martini called "lush" with two different kinds of flavored vodkas and raspberry and lemon sugar around the rim...yum! of course it's a drink that only is served there so I guess it will have to become my new hangout.


the birthday continued with a saturday morning breakfast at salish lodge near the snoqualmie falls. cousins and great aunts we don't see often enough also came. the food was delish.


lisa is now in portland having a short sabbatical at a resort where she loves to go. I pray her time is joyful and she returns refreshed. I hope she was happy with her birthday extravaganza...she deserves it.

happy birthday lisa beth

3 comments:

Marilyn said...

Jennie, I haven't checked here in forever, and now I see that you are blogging more regularly. I will be sure to check more often.

You are one of my favorite commenters :)

Whitney said...

This looks like so much fun! What are you doing for your upcoming birthday extravaganza?

pinklady said...

marilyn...I love reading your blog and am thrilled you are visiting mine!

whit...thanks, the weekend was really great! I don't have any plans for my birthday yet. it's so close to thanksgiving so I'll probably do some celebrating when I'm in TC. what are you doing for the holidays?