While I don't have pictures to post, it was an amazing weekend with my BFF!! We started out the weekend exhausted after spending an evening with her beautiful grand children...but boy they make you feel your age! They are so full of energy...boy if we could just bottle it!!
So after a good night sleep we got started the next day with new tires for me and a visit to the hair salon for her. After that we went and got manis and pedis. Free wine too!! So fun and relaxing. Our toes look pretty good if I do say so myself. Then home to meet up with her husband and spend a WONDERFUL evening downtown Bend enjoying hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. After that we headed back to the house to make sure all the lights for the next evening were set up and then soft opening for the Voodoo lounge!! Dum Dum was warmly lit outside warming the cool crisp night air as we enjoyed the fruits of our labor. Next day is party day...so excited!!
Then Saturday, day of the party. Betty was so cute thinking it might rain or no one would show...no chance of either of those happening!! We did the final touches to the yard, set up tables, food, etc. getting ready for the big night.
Then the guests started to arrive! Good friends, drinks, food and of course Karaoke!! It was a blast!! Never mind that there was an Oregon State game that went into double overtime and caused half the guests to migrate into the living room to catch parts of the game (Beaver's lost by the way), but that didn't sway Betty from having a great time and enjoying friends and family. The fires in the back yard were burning (thanks Andrew!!) and s'mores were roasting. Then a very touching moment of the evening when Glenn toasted his beautiful wife and the 50yrs of her life. The evening went on with songs at the Karaoke machine and lots of laughing and more singing. Almost everyone joined in and enjoyed each others rendering of songs. Glenn had the highlight of the night doing a "floor" show while singing painted black....pics to follow....LOL!
As the evening started to wind down, us die hards hung around to the end. A quiet reflection in the lounge as everyone left...Betty feeling the affects of us keeping her hands always holding a full glass/bottle of an adult beverage. A 50th birthday party that was one of the most amazing nights I have experienced in a long time.
Then comes the reality of the "day after"...Betty, feeling a little...well in her words..."not as young she once was". :) The warmth of the sun that day was the only relief from the lack of sleep and over indulgence. But all worth every second...right Betty?
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