I just had the BEST day!!!! (kinda long, but only because of so many good things!)

[PRINCESS VIJA]

First of all I had off of work so I could take my children to the Folk Fair today (a festival of different cultures). Dh was supposed to be deer hunting, but surprised us and came home last night as he wanted to watch his kids perform. First time DD performed. First time for him to see DS perform. Very special for me, as DD wore a folk costume that I wore when I was her age and danced. And DS stated that he really liked to do the folk dancing, which warmed my heart! HOw wonderful it was that we got to enjoy it all as a family!!!!!!! (and I managed to get us front row seats!)

Then tonight we went to a concert that was performed by a youth group from Latvia, and it was AWESOME!!!!! We ended up getting front row seats again, and they even had my kids stand up front to show the audience some local kids in folk costume! It was sooooo exciting and a moving concert. I LOVED it!

After the concert, my uncle offered to bring ALL the wine for DH's surprise party. I had posted a thread asking about wines, and since I am footing most of the bill for this, I was concerned about trying to keep cost down. This was a great gift to us, and quite a relief for me!

AND tommorow is my birthday, my mom gave me my gift, but I can't open it up until tommorow. So I am staring this gift in the face, but have to wait!

Came home from the concert and DH has cleaned, did the laundry, did the dishes, put up a happy birthday banner, and made a traditional latvian desert that I LOVE for desert for me for tommorow!!!

What an awesome day!

 

[Princess Michelle]

That's great Vija, I'm glad you had such a wonderful day. Happy Birthday about 20 minutes early too.

 

[#1 Disney Fan]

*Smiles*

Glad you had such a nice day.

<font size=1>And a very happy early Birthday to you! </font>

 

[Dan Murphy]

Wow, Vija, sounds like you guys did not miss a beat today!!!!! What a great day it was. Always nice to see the kids like that. Enjoy while you can.

And a quiet, early happy birthday from down here in Chicago....we don't want to get this moved

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Thanks guys! I will post a pic of the kids in folk costume as soon as I get them developed. I can't tell you how happy/proud/excited I am about them dancing. It certainly makes me feel connected to my ancestors even more knowing that I am passing down the love of the culture to them. I think my grandma and grandpa are certainly smiling from Heaven! I had tears in my eyes several times today, I just was so darn happy!!!!

 

[Keli]

That does sound like a wonderful day!

 

[Big V]

Sounds like you had a great day! Happy Birthday!

 

[workingbuddyonly]

Dearest Vija,

Happy birthday to you my favorite working buddy!
I'm so happy you had a wonderful day off of work and everything went smoothly. You even had front row seats somehow I knew that would happen. Your the best I can't wait to find out about that present you've been eyeing up.

Take Care, Workingbuddyonly