Below you can see the "work in progress". The amazing talented Elizabeth is going to make something wonderful out of all of our artistic contributions. And I can't wait to see (and post) the final product.
For the occasion I tried my hand at some (not so) authentic Ethiopian food. The doro wat (thanks Jody) was really good, the lentil something or other was blah and mushy, and the injera, well... let's just say I was very thankful that Heather had a fresh package of tortillas in the fridge because my cheater injera recipe didn't work out so well. Heather is an excellent host that way and always anticipates my shortcomings.
I am so blessed by all these wonderful friends. I made them each a little "thank you" gift to take home. And I received the best compliment of all "You freehanded this? It's not a die?", yep, I've got some mad skills with the scissors. It's not often I can impress the craft queens. Now if I could just get Jen to open hers up, I promise it won't bite :) (You might even find something you like.)Then, immediately after the shower we headed back to my house (me, my sis and my good friend Jill). We said our good-byes, and my dad headed off home with Belinda, leaving my sleeping boy in my car. We packed all up to "take Jill home", and promptly sped off down the freeway while my dad got gas.
We arrived at my parent's house 55 minutes later to find this...
That would be most of Belinda's good friends from High School and College. My mom planned a little surprise party for Belinda's 30th. And boy was she surprised!
It was so much fun to really surprise her, I think she was shocked to see how many of her friends my mom had tracked down. We had dinner and a Bunco party. Christian played the gracious host and kept everyone's drinks full and made sure they had the proper fruit garnish.
And at about seven we finally called it a night and drove back home. It was so nice to go back to work so I could sit still today :)
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