Yesterday was my Mom's 60th Birthday! We celebrated on Saturday by going to a steak place in Amsterdam- wonderful food, but pretty sure we spent MY retirement money on that meal, and I didn't even pay?! haha. Ok so it wasn't so bad, we're actually pretty economical people, but I don't get how some of those restaurants stay open with their prices! Actually, I wonder about that all around the world with some places! The food was superb though!
Moving right along. Sunday morning we went to church, and my Dad and I had sneakily got some Cream Puffs and other assorted cookies into church on Saturday, and Sunday morning we surprised my Mom by having it announced that it was her birthday and that the cookies were in her honour for everyone! See, here in NL people have it right.. they have coffee, tea and cookies after Sunday morning services--- it helps since most people have somewhat of a commute home, no matter where they live and it takes time of course so it tides them over... PLUS it provides great time for fellowship... and above all, it's Coffee, Tea and FOOD! Who says no to that? Exactly.
So then we came home, had some hamburgers and brussel sprouts.. I've learned to eat those little cabbage-looking heads by some miracle, haha- and then relaxed for awhile. My Dad and I were tired from all the PLANNING we'd been doing. See, we decided to throw a little surprise party Sunday night- and one thing my Dad and I are good at doing is going overboard on food preparations. SO we had quiche which I made (DELICIOUS, I surprised myself, fo sho!!); chips and bread with 2 diff dips, chocolate fondue with fruits, marshmallows, cake, peanuts...., meatballs we'd bought already prepared (good thinking!), chicken from KFC... 2 of our missionary colleagues brought 1) a mexican dip with chips, and 2) the Birthday Cake--- and both were GEWELDIG (great) and LEKKER (great tasting!)- so thank you so much to you 2 ladies, Dar and Jackee!
And of course we had Pops, or Sodas as some of you call them.. or Coke if you call it that too. And not to forget, we had coffee and tea for everyone. When my Dad and I were out buying the stuff for the party, we were looking for disposable cups for the hot drinks. I found some glass cups that were cheap, and I told my Dad we should just get some to supplement the coffee/tea cups they already had.. and he said, well, why don't we buy these black/white ones, and get one for each guest, and they can take them home with them!! (all together now): *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww George*
How sweet is that? Very, I agree :)
So we gave everyone a "Murielmento"- it's like a "Momento" but, better :D
All in all, it turned out GREAT! Thanks to everyone for making it such a wonderful night for my Family and I! Love you all!
And hugs to all that couldn't be there! ;) Hugs and Love to you all too!!
That's all for now. 4 weeks -1 day is my Dad's 60th Bday, and 3 days later is my 30th, so we're celebrating 150 years together! Of course they want to average that out to 50 years old each, but I'm not agreeing to that one! haha :)
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