I Can't Believe I'm 50!

I can't believe I'm 50!
Thanks to my family and friends it was a fabulous day!

Lacey, LindsayAnn, Me, Britta, Leslie and Kendall

Eric, Lacey, LindsayAnn, Kendall, Me, Aidan, Britta, Leslie, and Coco

Aidan and I blowing out my candles.
Britta made the chocolate/chocolate cake with raspberry filling...yumm!

Hostess -  Cousin Jan with the family in her kitchen

Roses, Jan sent me at work on my birthday!
Boy did this get everyone talking wondering if I had a secret admirer.
I do, but it's not a secret, it's mutual between Jan and I.
She also gave a very special gift I will post about tomorrow.

My girls gave me a gift certificate to my favorite knitting store!

Much to my surprise Leslie got me the cupcake pincushion ring!
I didn't know that she knew I wanted it.

 My cousin Jan called me a couple of weeks ago and asked me to help her with a catering job. She wanted me to come Friday, July 8th spend the night and spend Saturday preparing the food. Lincoln (her husband) took us to dinner at a really good Thai restaurant on Friday. Saturday we got up and started making the food. We took a break and went to Shorty's pizza parlor for lunch and then returned home to finish up the food. The client was coming at 6:30 to pick up the food for her party. At 6:15 I was cleaning up and happened to look out the window and to my surprise my whole family was coming down the drive way. They froze like deer in the forest when they realized I had seen them. It was then that it occurred to me that I had spent the day preparing food for my own party.  I love cooking for my family, so that was just fine with me.  It was so wonderful to have them organize the celebration! Everyone is so busy now, so time to be together is precious!  I had an incredible birthday! I am so blessed