Another year older and wiser, too...happy birthday, to you! I flew to Utah just in time for my mom's birthday dinner...the famdamly met up at Gepetto's Pizza (dang good pizza! I'm a sucker for fried ravioli and there's was top notch - as were their salads...if you're in the Holiday area of SLC give Gepetto's a try!) where we sat in front of a big screen TV so the men could watch basketball...while the rest of us visited. Watching ANY TV during a birthday celebration would normally have been taboo but BYU was playing Gonzaga, the Mormons against the Catholics...the Lord's teams doing battle on the court...BYU won..go figure!
On the way to the restaurant my brother called to ask, "Who's bright idea was it to let Dad watch a basketball game in public?" Dad does tend to get rather "involved" in the game...but none of us would have guessed that MOM would be the biggest fan in the place, letting out a few well-placed WHOOPS!!
We were having a great time when the live "entertainment" arrived...a lady with her guitar started strummin' and singing - she was quite good. Dad told her it was mom's 79th birthday and mentioned a few other things to her about mom...and just like that she composed a little ditty for mom and sang it out - surprising her and the rest of us - it was hysterical! Dad might have been given hero status right then and there had it not been for the fact that he said mom was 79...because she's only 78!
Sorry about the pic mom, I only had my cell phone camera and with all the cheering and laughing this was the best shot I got!
Happy Birthday Mom!
Wishing you another 78!
Coconut Cake with Lemon Curd Filling and Coconut Buttercream Frosting...Mom's favorite, and look, we had just the right amount of candles!
