Birthday Kick-off Dinner and Friends

Sept 1, 2010
Romantically challenging funny story:  My friend Kelly calls me and asks if I want to hear her story-well of course I want to hear it.
Kelly's husband Cory had been out of town for work for a few days and she wanted to suprise him at the Tyler airport when he flew in.  Kelly had her dad drop her off at the airport so she could do just that and come to my Birthday dinner and ride home with Cory.  Once she was dropped off she had some time to kill so she decided to pull her phone out and call her son Alec to check on him.  She realized it had been on vibrate and she had 2 text messages.  One from her mother saying come back home, shortly after they had left and the other from Cory saying there were no flights out of Dallas to Tyler due to weather.
This is when Kelly calls me, I call John to see if he can go get her from the airport and we will figure out who from Jacksonville is coming to the dinner to get her back home.  Bless her heart she was so excited about suprising Cory and now it might be tomorrow before he gets home.  She called me back to let me know John was coming to get her and Cory had rented a car to get home, so she had a ride back to Jacksonville.
(All together now a collective "awe")

The Birthday Dinner, well as usual some showed that didn't RSVP, some that RSVP'd didn't show but over all we had a great time and it was a good group.  Kelly rode to Villa Montez with John and I and we started in the bar waiting on more people to show before being seated.  I wanted something with Riazul Tequila but not a margarita so I asked Stephen aka Estaban to make me something and Kelly said when he figured it out she wanted to try it before ordering.  Well Estaban came up with a very yummy concoction of Riazul Tequila and Passion Fruit and some other ingredients.  We named it Jenn's Birthday Drink (I know too many N's but what's a gal to do)  So my Birthday Kick-off Dinner started with my own designer drink!!  Kelly and Misty now have to have one and John gets the Ultimate Margarita (yummy too).  An hour of fun in the bar we decide we probably need to order food and Cory and Ronnie join us at the table.
There were several chef specials (I want to think in honor of my birthday and I am sure no one would argue, lol) and I think 4 of us got Chef Specials and 2 ordered of the menu (can't go wrong either way).
Chef Carlos has just returned from Africa and I order the Lamb Chops he learned how to make while there and let me tell you melt in your mouth awesomeness!  Even Misty who was glaring at me for ordering Mary's little Lamb had a bite and enjoyed it.  John had the Seabass with the St Charles sauce and said it was very divine.  More Jenn's Birthday drinks were ordered and Estaban had to go find some more Passion Fruit!
Now I normally do not like it when I get a new wait staff, I have my favorites.  (but I guess they were new at one time too)  Well I now have another favorite wait staff at Villa Montez, Kevin, you were a Rock Star last night!!  Kevin is honest and funny and was there before anything was needed!  My list of favorites if you need suggestions (Catherine, Gloria, Kevin, Matt, Stephen and there is another young man I can never remember his name but he is good too-I miss Owen)
On to the Cake-you knew there would be cake!  A huge piece of chocolate cake came out with a smiley face complete with strawberry ears and it was D-Lish!!  I will have photos on Facebook soon!
Ok now we all have to get up and go home-ugh!  Full and Full!
Dogs woke me up at 1am and I was like holy smokes batman, did your realize there was TEQUILA in those drinks!!  I recommend no more then 2!
8am was not wanting to get up, 10am I am good to go!  Of course that is 30 minutes into work...
ThanX a Million to John, Kelly, Cory, Misty and Ronnie-Cheers!! (Mundo, Carlos, Estaban, Kevin and Catherine @ Villa-Thanx for making my Birthday Rock!)

Links to things I have mentioned:
http://www.villamontez.com/
http://www.riazul.com/
http://www.facebook.com/