Selamat Ulang Tahun Untuk Saya!

For all of you unfamiliar with Bahasa Indonesia that means... Happy Birthday to Me!  Or literally translated "for me"!

What a great birthday week I had!  On my birthday all my lady friends threw me a card party while the kids were at school.  Then that night our family went out to the Lupe for "Hot Stone"!  No, BJ and Brandei, that is not a massage!  "Hot Stone" is where you get a raw piece of meat on a very, very hot stone and you cook it yourself.  The kids LOVE it!

Then Saturday night, Chris had asked a few of our friends over for dinner and another card game with me!  This week reminded me so much of home when our family would always get together for someones birthday or anniversary and then we would play cards.  I loved those time and I truly appreciate the friends that we have here, who have become our family!

And for all of those who have asked me if I had to make my own birthday cake, the answer is NO.  I had FIVE made for me!!  I guess that makes up for all the birthdays that is didn't get one! ;)  My husband and friends are great!! :D

Below are pictures from all my "parties" this last week....

The first two are from the Card Party on my birthday.  I am sorry to say I do not have a picture of the Pavlova (sp?) made for me that day. :(

The next set of pictures are from "Hot Stone" at the Lupe.  The smoke makes the pictures unclear but I thought I would post them anyway. :)

The next two pictures are from the nights entertainment.... Mr. Mick... aka The Gingerbread Man.  What a hoot!  He serenaded me with "Happy Birthday".  Lets just say he had lots of help from "Liquid Courage" that night!  Oh, tooooo funny!! I had tears streaming down my face!  The party in the next room at the Lupe had to stop their karaoke because Mick drowned out their music!!!

The last photos are of my cakes...
The first is from Hot Stone night.

The next is the "Decoration" at the Saturday night's card party.  When I walked out of the bedroom and saw it all I could say is "WOW"!!!!

And now for the edible cake... The cake above was decorated on a Styrofoam mold. :)

What a great week!  Many thanks to all those who pulled off all these parties!  And a huge thanks to Chris for making the week special!! :D
Until next year... one year closer to the BIG 4 OH! ;)
Robin