Family Time

Vacation is nearing its end, but one more birthday surprise for my brother, still needed to be unwrapped. I planned for my family and friends to come together at The Spaghetti Factory in celebration of him entering The 50 Club. I got him there on the pretense we were going to meet with a couple of friends for lunch. My brother and one of our friends had birthdays this week. I had him drop me off, while he parked the car. This gave me an opportunity to let the guests know he was on his way in.

When he entered the door, he saw and greeted the friends he expected to see, we were walked over to our table and that is when the table of 18 started singing “Happy Birthday” and he realized this lunch was for him.

It was fun to have family and friends from out of town, join us for the festivities. Our dad from Paradise, our uncle and cousin from Chico, and friends from Salinas all made the drive to join us. I have a great supportive family and I enjoy sharing celebrations with them. Not everyone was able to make it, but it was an enjoyable time with those who were able to make it. Pasta, fresh warm bread, spumoni, cake… how can you go wrong? We took plenty of pictures which were shared on Facebook.  The restaurant staff was attentive, friendly, and did a wonderful job of getting orders, refills, and we never felt rushed to leave.

His vacation is now at an end, but he will have a lot to talk about when he gets back tomorrow!