Happy Birthday to Me
Several days before my birthday this year, my friend Mayumi invited me over to carve pumpkins together. When she dropped me off after, I came inside to find all the lights off but our decorative pumpkin candles lit on the bureau by the front door. Always practial, "Hm," I think to myself, "that seems like a bit of a fire hazard."
And that's when it happens - a whole bunch of people jump out and shout SURPRISE!!! It turns out Jake organized a whole giant surprise party for me - he'd been planning it for weeks. He got my parents to come from Kansas (wow!) and Beth from Pleasant Hill and lots of our friends. There was pizza and choco tacos and Ryo made a beautiful fruit tart. I received gifts from family in Salt Lake City and Missouri and Kansas. And I got to spend the next couple great days with my parents. (Thanks to Dad for some of these photos!)
Such a wonderful birthday. Happy 31st to me!
