40 Years Young!

Wow.  I had the best birthday ever yesterday!  Could not have imagined anything better.  First of all my parents were here to share it with me.  They surprised me on Christmas Eve by showing up at our door right around dinner time.  It was an amazing surprise!  Yesterday my day began with Jeff sharing with me videos that several of our friends sent to him wishing me a happy birthday.  My favorite of the bunch is this little gem from my brother, Andy, and Colleen.

Yesterday's evening plan (as far as I knew) was for us to drop Quinn of with our friends, Jeremy and Lisa, and then to head out to dinner around 8pm.  Then Jeff received a phone call from his sister, Jaime, that she was down in San Diego and wanted to wait out traffic and wondered whether we would like to meet Phyllis and her for a quick pre-dinner drink at KnB (our favorite local wine bistro).  When we arrived we found Jaime near the front of the restaurant, but Phyllis was not with her.  Jaime ran off to "look for her mom".  After a few seconds we walked back towards the back of the restaurant and into a large party room to find all of our favorite people waiting.  I was greeted with an enthusiastic "Surprise!"  It was amazing!  I could not have dreamed up a more perfect evening!  Thanks to everyone who was in on this....and there were a lot of you!