My Birthday celebration!

Sunday morning dawned late for me ( I caught up on my sleep :) ) and proved to be a most 'beautiful day!" It became even more delightful when Dat called to say that Michael Jr. wuld be arrived at 11 instead of 3pm! Ahh! how wonderful! The house then erupted into chaos as we ran about preparing for our beloved visitor! We finished cleaning and scampered off to church, as usual we took up most of a pew with Madi, Ivo, Charlie and Kate! How fun! I was then overjoyed when my betrothed joined me on the pew! Oh, was I dreaming? After the sevice we chatted with our friends the Gardiners, the Bennett's, and friends the Landers from South Africa! Then Dat surprised us and took us all out to eat at El Charros! (our families favorite mexican restaurante!)
We took up two booths and enjoyed about 8 baskets of nachos and 15 bowls of their famous salsa with fresh cilantro! ( my favorite herb of all!) It was a delightful meal and enjoyed several topics of conversation. We then split up into two groups, one on destination Home and the other consisting of the elder smithie kids ceptin' Michael Jr. and I; off on a secret mission. Later I discovered that they had gone to Walmart returning with our favorite candy bars and oh, Caramel and apples! Ahhh..how charming! We spent the afternoon chatting about Morton childhood stories, the main topic fishing and swimming, or trying not to drown. LOL And then...Oh my! Michael Jr. presented me with a birthday present! A most gorgeous beautiful Ruby Ring with clusters of diamonds! It was so beautiful! "It left me speechless, quite speechless.." We then tramped up to the burning hot attic where Alan and Katie were so kind to help Michael Jr. and I move a few things. I started packing! Wow! Am I really moving? We packed boxes of dishes, books, clothes, and old baby dolls and memories. Most everyone joined us in our room and you could hardly move betwitx the clutter of boxes, candles, wedding things, and people! LOL. It was so much fun! Thanks Charlie and Michael Jr. for your help. We were then called to dinner where 6 of us sat on one side of the table and 3 on the other. LOL. Well, anyways, we sat down to a bounty of Bethys famous spaghetti! Then my Michael Jr. had to leave. Thanks darling for coming to visit with me!
-Kressant