A birthday party ....

I know it's been forever since I blogged....

life is busy!

I had a birthday....it was one of the big ones

I turned 60, oh my!

And it kind of feels weird but I'll tell ya

it makes me work harder exercising and harder

eating right. I want to see my grandchildren 

grow up so really need to take care of myself.

And here's what happened 2 days before

my birthday....

Johnny and I went to Maggianos for dinner

he had made reservations and Jacquelyn and her crew

were going to meet us there

we get there and the hostess starts taking us down the

hallway where I know the private banquet rooms are

and I made a comment to Johnny.....

"this is weird, the private rooms are down here"

and without missing a beat, the hostess turned around

and said "Oh we are packed and using the private rooms

for overflow". Well, that made sense to me

but then we get there, they open the door and

there is all of my family, my siblings, 3 of my best friends

and everyone yells surprise!! wow, I was shocked

totally 100% surprised!!

and my sweetheart grandson Maddox (he is non-verbal) comes

running up to me, gives me a hug and runs back...haha.

Well it was just the most wonderful thing that has ever been

done for me on my birthday....except I did have a surprise a few years

ago when Jake and Jacquelyn

 surprised me by cooking dinner for us.

I couldn't believe Johnny could do all of this but he told

me he was just paying for it all, that Jacquelyn our middle daughter

had planned it all, invitations, ordering the dinner, getting the cake

and even had some sweet flowers 

and she did an excellent job!!

It was wonderful and I loved it

here are some pictures......

later.....