Doug's birthday was approaching and so I asked him where he wanted to go for his birthday and he said Red Robin. I asked him if Friday was a good day and he said sure. I called everyone and told them that we were going to celebrate Doug's birthday on Friday around 6ish. Everyone was on board. Sweet! Now I gotta go to the store after work on Friday and grab a present for him.
That Friday, I went to work and then visit Grammie at the cemetery and told her about the week and what we were doing over the weekend. The weather was a bit rainy but I found a break in the rain when I was hanging out with her.
The ground was wet and soggy. She told me to wish Doug a happy birthday tonight when we had dinner and I told her I would. I went into Walmart and grabbed some little Cokies, a bag of Cheetos and a thermal shirt since he is always needing clothes. I drove into Lacey and stopped by the Dollar Store to grab a bag to put all of his presents in and to find some party hats.
I assembled everything before driving into Hawks Prairie. I got their early so I could get enough tables and chairs for everyone since there were going to be about ten of us. I walked in and they asked me for how many and I told them about ten. They said it would be a few minutes. I knew I would have to wait for everyone for a bit I got there way early. They seated me and there I waited. The server came by and asked if I wanted anything while I waited for my party and I said that I would like a Dr. Pepper. I let everyone know via text that I was there and we have our tables.
Erika and Zach arrived before Doug and Jenn did and Erika was really excited about Doug's birthday bear cake. I thought it was funny that Erika got him a bear cake. It kinda didn't look like a bear at first glance but more like a dog, however, as you looked at it more and more it sorta did look like a bear.
Everyone but Mom and Grandma Karen arrived on time. Everyone ordered drinks and we waited until everyone was there to order food. They finally got there and we were able to order food. I got the chicken Caesar wrap and fries. Grandma dumped her drink over and we tried to help clean it up. We made fun of her for being that person in a restaurant.
We ate, enjoyed ourselves and then Doug opened his presents. The staff saw our bear cake and brought us some more plates and silverware, that was nice of them.
The bear cake was good but had wayyy too much frosting on it. It was still nice of Erika to get him a cake for his birthday. For some reason we ended up taking home the rest of it. Doug thanked us for dinner, his gifts and everyone coming out to celebrate.
Happy Birthday Doug!
The next day I went with Dad to the dump since our cans were full, I helped him at Grandpa's house and then I came home and we got cleaned up and ready to go to game night at Lindsay and Justin's house. We were having a soup, bread, corn bread, chips, dip and dessert night.
I brought gluten free pork sausage chili, corn bread and some chocolate cookies, Nicole brought chips, dip and some chocolate squares, Lindsay made chicken noodle soup, mulled wine and hot apple cider, Megan and Matt were bringing bread, both gluten free and normal, Josh, Heather and Lily came and brought chowder and some corn bread. Celeste and Isaac didn't make it. We definitely had plenty of food to go around.
We ate food, talked, shared stories since we missed out on NYE this year and other stuff that came up. We actually ended up talking and visiting for a while. It was getting late and some people had to head home. The people that could stick around helped clean up the table and we played a new game called The Office Downsizing game and three rounds of Code Names. We decided to play girls vs. guys and the girls prevailed all three rounds. There was a round where I didn't know if we would come back from it but with some lucky guesses we were victorious!
We thanked Lindsay and Justin for hosting and we tentatively set some dates for February. Ben and I got home just after midnight, got ready for bed and fell asleep. This weekend has been busy so far.
Next Adventure: Some Geocaching in Lacey and Hawks Prairie
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