Birthday Celebration!

I'm a little behind in my blogging!  Even though the show is over, I've still managed to be overwhelmingly busy.  I went right from "Eden" into the Ashland Christmas show, so had two weeks to learn the nine ensemble numbers that we did, and memorize my solo.  I'll post more about the Christmas show in my next entry, but wanted to write a quick note about my birthday...

I turned 47 (gasp!) on November 30th, and Duane and I went out for pizza at Italian Pie Shoppe.  I wanted a low key, mellow celebration (after the last few months of crazy), and it was delightful!  Duane and my sister were in "cahoots" to surprise me with her and my nieces waiting for me at the restaurant, and it was AWESOME!  I walked in, and there were the three of them, waiting to sing (really embarrassingly loudly) to me as I walked in.

We had a FABULOUS smorgasbord of pizza, caught up (I hadn't seen the girls since before Thanksgiving), and Duane even managed to bake and bring a cherry pie (my birthday cake of choice for the last six or seven years) to the restaurant.  (TOTALLY CUTE ASIDE...I came home from rehearsal last Monday to the smell of burnt popcorn.  I didn't think anything of it, until Robin told me at the restaurant that Duane burnt the popcorn to hide the smell of the pie that he'd baked earlier that evening...how CUTE is he??!!!!!!).

Here are some shots from the FABULOUS, FABULOUS celebration:

SURPRISE!!!!!!

THEY MAKE JALAPENO BACON SALT??!!  WHO KNEW??!!! Thanks Davey!!!

My "London/Paris/Roam" shirt from Amy!!!

A "chicken fan" from mom and dad!!!!

CHERRY PIE!!!!!!!!

The "co-conspirators" doing the Shepherd HIGH FIVE!!!

Here's hoping YOU were able to enjoy a lovely celebration/surprise recently too!!!!!!