Last night I celebrated my 40th birthday party with a bunch of good friends & family. Fari & Mansour graciously offered to host the party in their home. The snow was nice enough to stay away so we could party away the evening without worrying. A BIG thanks to everyone for all the great gifts!
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Beverage center. There was also water, beer, & the hard stuff.
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Omid: Main caterer of the evening.
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Prosciutto pinwheels by Brenda.
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Brenda explaining the finer points of puff pastry to Fari.
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The buffet.
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Tammie & Cynthia
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Mike & Cynthia
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Brenda & Omid
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Lin, Ward & Francis
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Arnita, Mansour & Frank
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Frank, Alan & Lyn
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The Gygis Three
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Me & Fari
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Father B & Father Z
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Grammy
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Mansour, Papa & Tom
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B
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Cayden, Nas, Omid & Mansour
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Papa & Erin
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B, Nas & Papa
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Naseem, Ward, B, Tom, Kari & Lin
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Talking about what makes a good pistachio.
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Cynthia, Francis, Tammie & Lyn
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This is my nervous face! Tammie was acting very suspicious and was begging me to open the gift she & Lin brought. I really didn't want to and tried to get out of it. I knew she was up to something. So...while Omid was holding court, I tried to open it really fast and Tammie had to alert everyone to that fact. The gift was in a Victoria's Secret box and I just knew it was something...naughty. So....I opened the box (red-faced) and....
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Whew! Relief! Nothing from Victoria's Secret but a beautiful North Face jacket from REI instead.
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Jodie & B
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Arnita
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Ward & Tom
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Omid & Frank
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Birthday Queen
2 comments:
Happy Birthday!
That was sure a fancy feast. Isn't it wonderful to celebrate happy days with the ones you love.
Happy Birthday! Lookin' good, a young 40 you are.
Too bad Rowan didn't want to share the day with you . . ..
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