Drinking through the Decades with Vivian

When I moved away, one of the first things my friend (Vivian) said to me was, "You're not going to be here for my birthday! And now who is going to plan it?"  I told her not to worry.  I had things covered and I would still plan it.
As this year, she was turning 50, I thought it would be fun to celebrate her birthday having something to do with the decades of her life.  So the plan was born: We could celebrate her birthday by Drinking through the Decades with Viv.  We would travel to 5 different houses, partaking in a drink at each house and an appetizer that went with each decade.  So the first house was the 60s, then we hit the 70s, 80s, 90s, and would finish at her house celebrating the 00s.  Sadly, the person who was going to host the 90s was unavailable, so we actually did the last two decades at Viv's house.  Everyone would also be asked to dress in their favorite decade.
The people who hosted, blew me away with all they put into the decorations, food, and beverages they contributed.
At the first house we celebrated with her cake.

 Here is some of the dressed up guests at the first house.

Our party of 12,  kept going after this first house, but many of the people brought and were using their camera phones, so I choose to let them take photos throughout the night, so I only have pics from the first house.
The birthday girl twins.  They share their birthday and they even came dressed the same.  Total coincidence.

The 3 of us!

I'm so glad that I was able to plan this for her.  She is one of the most amazing people I met at Daniel.  She gives you everything her heart can give.  I'm so happy that we didn't just leave our friendship at school, but we have built memories with girls weekends, baseball games, sushi nights, lumpia parties, and travel trips to Spokane to see my sis and her daughter.  I wish she was with me in Spokane as she knew how my classroom worked and she is so much fun to be with. I don't know what my life would be like without her.