This month my wonderful mom turns 60 years old and a milestone that big needs to be all out celebrated! :) So that is exactly what we did! And it was full of surprises (which is always a challenge when you are not a good secret keeper)! But we managed to pull it all off! Dad, Paul, Ellen and I have been in contact for the past two months trying to plan it all and it was so excited the weekend had finally arrived! Mom knew we were going to "The Chef and the Farmer" for dinner! It is a really nice farm-to-table restaurant in Kinston, NC. Then she thought after that we were going to spend the night at Paul and Ellen's house for New Year's Eve and then head back home the next day. But that is not what happened! Read below to see how it all unfolded... ;)
Outside of the restaurant, "The Chef and the Farmer"
The five of us at dinner
The food was absolutely amazing!
The neat restaurant
Best dinner ever! Stew with Cornish Hen
Panna Cotta for dessert (along with 4 other desserts but I thought I would save you from the many food pictures).
Such a wonderful restaurant with the best food I have ever had and the best service! Everyone was so kind and really cared! What an amazing experience! You must go if you live in NC!
After dinner, we stopped by to see the Livingston family who own a Jamaican restaurant in Kinston. They catered Paul and Ellen's rehearsal dinner so we wanted to stop by and say hello! We love this family!
After dinner, we followed Paul and Ellen to their house (or so mom thought). But instead we went to a cabin on the coastal waterway we rented for the weekend! She has NO idea! She didn't realize anything was off until the end when we couldn't find the house and she didn't understand why Paul didn't know where he lived. She was so mad but once she realized what was going on (which took a while ;) she was so surprised and so excited! After looking around the cabin, she had some of her coconut birthday cake we brought her!
Here are some views of where we were staying the next morning once it was daylight.
The other surprise we had for mom was her book! All of her friends and family sent in letters to her and pictures that we put in a photo book for her! She treasures this book and reads through it daily!
We had such a nice and relaxing weekend!
The boys played Legos
Mom continued to eat her cake (we happily helped her too!)
We played Heads Up
What a fun game!
We also went to see the movie "Joy". In my personal opinion, I do not recommend it- too depressing.
The next morning, mom, dad and I woke up early to see the sun rise! It was still quite overcast but we could see some of it peaking through. How beautiful!
The three of us watching the sunrise
Afterwards, Dad warmed us up with a fire in the fire place :)
After breakfast, we headed to downtown Beaufort to walk around and shop. What a beautiful area!
We then came back to play in the yard before the sun went down!
Paul also tried to catch some fish with the net he found... he managed to catch a snail. ;)
After a yummy steak dinner, we made fruit sushi! It was harder than it looked but was a lot of fun! It was like crafting with food!
Not quite sushi when it was all said and done but still very yummy!
The rolling process was the hardest part!
Success!
The next morning, we had a church devotional and then packed up and headed on our way! What a wonderful trip with the people I love the most! :)
Happy Birthday, Mom! We love you to the moon and back!
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