Birthday Celebration Weekend
17 May 2010 Leave a Comment
Woo hoo – what a great and SUPER BUSY weekend I just had.
My friend Courtney and I have birthdays that are just one day apart so for the 2nd or 3rd time, I think, we decided to have a BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WEEKEND. The schedule was as follows :
Friday – May 14th – No Frills Grill in Fort Worth
We had a great time and thanks go to Lisa, Kristen, Jen, Mandy, Zach, Tom, Kurt and Jinni for making the trip out and spending the evening with us; playing trivia, eating good food and even singing. A special thanks to Kristen who brought CUPCAKES for the occasion.
Saturday, May 15th – Dinner at Chuy’s Mexican Restaurant
My day began with a wake-up call from my sister, niece and nephew letting me know they were on their way to see me and I had better get up and get ready. Once they were there, we went and had lunch at The Candlelight Inn in Arlington. My niece was “starving” so it was our top priority. We then spent the rest of the afternoon running around doing errands and picking up stuff that my sister needed while they were in town.
Around 5:00p we made it to Chuy’s so we could get our names in for a party of 14 to arrive at 5:30p. A big thanks to Tom, Kurt, JoLynn, Mason, Morgan, Curtis, Kristen, Mandy and Zach for making it out to this event also. No singing, thank goodness, but there were presents and cards and Kristen picked up my check at the end of the evening. We had really great food, some good eye-candy in the waiters and busboys and another fun evening was had by all.
Tom and Kurt came back to my place after dinner WITH A BASKIN ROBBINS ICE CREAM CAKE, as if we weren’t all already stuffed to the gills, and we sat around and talked and munched for a bit. Fun family time.
Sunday, May 16th – Lone Star Park
Sunday morning was off to a great start when JoLynn, the kids and I met Tom and Kurt for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel. We set off after breakfast to finish our errands and spent some extra time with each other before it was time for JoLynn and the kids to head back to Abilene. They hit the road a little after 2:00p and then the rest of the birthday celebration weekend continued for me.
We were off to the races !! People started gathering around 1:00p at the race track in Grand Prairie. I was a little later as I spent some extra time with JoLynn and the kids before they left that day. I arrived a little before 3p. It was SUPER hot out and the sun was beating down on everything. Thanks to Jen, Jessica, Angela, David, Ryan and Harley for enduring the heat and spending the day at the races.
I ended up breaking even with a big win in the last race so the day ended well. Last stop of the night, a quick bite to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings where I met Mandy and Zach.
AGAIN, thanks to everyone that shared the birthday weekend – it was VERY busy and a lot of fun.
Can’t wait until next year.
