Happy WhAt??!!

40th Chrissy Stafford!!

(A trio of creme brulee - vanilla bean, grand marnier & rich chocolate - YUM!)

And you look oh so FABULOUS!!

Amy Jo, Amy and I had a fun evening planned to celebrate Chrissy's 40th.

Thursday we met at Kent Station and started the evening with a little coffee and Amy Jo brought us some festive decorations - glowing princess rings & a "Birthday Girl" headband for Chrissy. :-)

(Amy got all the great photos. Here are just a few that I got.)

Then we were off to Palisade Restaurant!

It was quite an adventure getting to the restaurant. We all got in my car. I had programmed my GPS with the address and hoped that it wouuld get us there. I really had no idea how to get there. When we were on I-5 it wanted us to get off at an early exit and we decided not to follow it. So it recalculated. Then we got off at Seneca and it was a fiasco. The thing wouldn't talk to me enough or say which street we were going to turn on. I'm sure it is an operator error because I really have no idea how to use it. We missed a turn and then tried to get back on track and have it recalculate. It kept telling us to turn right when we thought we should be turning left. So then Amy Jo got her GPS out and it was then telling us different instructions, but still wanting us to turn right (maybe we should have turned right). I finally decided just to follow my GPS and just when I thought it had taken us to a dead end, there was the restaurant. It is located on the water, but kind of tucked away. It was a "fun" adventure!

We were there a little early, so we got a glass of wine (which I needed after that stressful drive) and toasted to Chrissy and her 40th birthday. We pray that her next 40yrs are even more blessed!

We had a nice table overlooking the marina. It would have been a beautiful picture during the day.

We got MANY compliments on our glowing rings and Chrissy's headband. :-)

We got Chrissy a hand painted wine glass that we also wrote our own little messages to her.

I picked it up, so I had time to think about mine.
"You are a blessing! Prv 18:24 (NLT) Love you, Heather"
(and yes, the version was important LOL!)
"There are 'friends' that destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother."
Of course, Chrissy is the latter.

We have another gift for Chrissy, but unfortunately it didn't arrive on time. Oh well, I guess we have to meet again. :-)
The food was SO good!

We started with macadamia nut crusted brie.
I won't post the picture of Amy thoroughly enjoying hers. LOL!

Our dinners were to die for!

Can you tell?!

This is my meal below. I took a bite of the salmon and barely was able to swallow (I'm not a fish eater, but I try). The girls finished it up for me! :-)

Then when we were finally ready to leave, we walked outside and my car was waiting for us. I was all prepared to give them my ticket, but they had already figured out we were coming. It sounds funny, but we were all in shock and trying to figure out how they did it. It was funny.

It was such a wonderful evening! We had so much fun recalling funny stories and catching up on current events. I really cannot believe that we are to the age that one of us is forty (me next year - we won't mention the young'uns). It sounds so old, but we feel so young - and look it too!! :-) I now understand the saying, "you're only as old as you feel." I think you have to be old to get it. LOL!

I'm so thankful to have these wonderful life-long friends to share this adventure with (and so glad that Chrissy gets to pave the road for us! hee, hee). I'm so looking forward to the stories we will be recalling in another 40 years!

Here's to you, Chrissy!

Happy 40th!

Enjoy and Embrace this Fabulous Day!!