Sunday night I gathered a small group of friends to go eat at El Taco, the restaurant where Zach works. We ate our weight in chips, queso and guacamole. We drank Sangria and Margaritas (and the delicious pineapple shots the bartender sent over) and had a great time laughing.
** For some reason I can't get blogger.com to pull the pictures from my birthday album in iphoto. Dang computer. So here are a few that Cristina sent me.
[The flan pictured here is Zach's creation.....coconut flan in passion fruit syrup. Delicious!]
As you know, I spent most of Monday relaxing at my apartment. Then dinner was at Mom and Dad's house. Taco Salad's and Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake. It was perfect. Zach and Cristina made their way north to Marietta and Sara came over after work. We hung out on the deck and enjoyed the warm weather, feasted tex-mex style and then ended the evening with a Farkle competition that I won. OK, so it was only one game, but I'm still claiming it! It was so great to be at home with my family.
This has been such a great birthday with so many little treats. I'm currently sitting among 6 different flower arrangements that have popped up throughout the week from friends and family. One was even left for me at my apartment office by a little birthday elf. {Come to think of it....maybe this is why I feel like I have hay fever.} Jenni and Beth treated me to birthday tacos on Thursday (I promise I eat more than Mexican) with an Irish Cream Cupcake for dessert. That was heavenly. My thoughtful Aunt Carolyn sent me a piece of my grandmother's silver and the creamer and sugar bowl from MaBet's tea set. I was too young to pay attention to the things around me in my grandmother's house growing up. So when my mom and her siblings went through her house, I just put my name in for my favorite chipped coffee mug. Since then I've always thought back to what I would choose now if I had the option. Without speaking the words, Aunt Carolyn picked these pieces out from her collection of things she got from MaBet and I'm so excited to have them.
Phone calls, emails, texts and packages. Everyone was so sweet to make sure I felt celebrated. Now let the count down begin to September 14. aka: The Party and a Half! aka: a great excuse to all get together in the same town again!
4 comments:
What a wonderful birthday! Did you know flan is one of my all time favorite desserts? Zach's coconut flan sounds amazing!
I got the bubble in my toothpaste last night and thought of you :)
Countdown to September is on!
What is Farkle?
Liz--Add coconut flan to the September list for sure. I've never been crazy about coconut and this is the first time I've had flan. The combo is to.die.for. Wait--do you love that more than Key Lime Pie??
Megs -- Farkle is a super fun dice game I discovered at Target around Christmas time. I bought it because it was cheap and the name was funny, but it ended up being really fun to boot. My fam played all Christmas (and now anytime we're together) and I took out to Colorado to teach the girls on the ski trip too. Farkle is sweeping the nation!
Farkle will need to make it in your suitcase to the Palm Beaches.
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