Thursday, October 24, 2013

My Birthday Dinner

My birthday this year fell on a Thursday right before Labor Day Weekend, so it was a little busy. Ross took that Thursday off of work, which he normally does (so sweet), and we spent the day together. It was nice, even though we had to go to get our car registered at the DMV...

But, we didn't get to have a birthday dinner for a couple of weeks! Still, when the time, it was really a lovely evening with delicious food and great company. The kids are always especially sweet and good when we are going out for a special dinner...

We headed into downtown Denver, or LoDo, I think, to hit the Vesta Dipping Grill! Fun entrees with dipping sauces... love!!

Ross and I had been before, in fact, the last time was right before he deployed (sad cloud), but we hadn't ever taken the kids. They were excited to try this, since I talked it up so much!

We were early for our reservation, so we walked a little bit...
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Waiting to cross the street...
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A funny side note about Max's shirt... it is a little big on him because I bought it to wear for me! When I was in Arizona, I needed a collared shirt for golf and couldn't find a women's one I liked, so I just got a boys shirt and figured Max could grow into it!!
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love these three:)
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But, I still can't get a posed shot! Where is everyone looking??? (not you, ross)
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Her face after I asked her where she was looking in the last picture.
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Hey Mom, I can smile good for the camera, if Zoey can't! Yep, that's what he is thinking....
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Zoey probably went and hit him next, so I pretended to take pictures of the street and let Ross deal with it!

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Moving on... still trying to make it to the restaurant. And for the purpose of preservation, Max just asked, "How much more longer until we get there?"

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now a willing participant...
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Made it! Max is already at the door!
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This is a fun place (its dark though), with neat atmosphere... Around the table we go....

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Look, I was there too!

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I love when Zoey's real smile comes out... it is so lovely and lights up her face!
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