In late November my mom threw herself a big (and fun) birthday bash a few weeks before her actual birthday. Little did she know, in June we had booked a three bedroom airbnb in the Fremont/Ballard area to surprise her. We actually managed to pull off the surprise part too!
My dad cancelled her plans for the weekend, as she made them, and we all agreed to meet for dinner Friday night in Fremont. The ploy for getting her from the restaurant to the airbnb was “let’s go look at Christmas lights.” It was enough. Jack, D and I go there first, and my parents and Becky drove up, at which point my mom saw us on the porch and was very confused, but then happy.
Saturday we walked around Ballard, ate lunch at Bitterroot BBQ and enjoyed not driving at all. Jack was kind enough to take D home for a rest in the middle of the day to “check on the kittens” so that the rest of us could walk at an adult pace. In the evening, Becky and I made a leg of lamb in my Intstant Pot and Myra continued the surprise by joining us for a nice dinner.
Sunday morning more good friends came for quiche and coffee cake.
Thanks for everything, Mom.
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