To celebrate Greg's completion of residency, his parents planned a dinner with the two of us, Julie, Patrick, and Paul. Greg picked the restaurant--Hinterland--and knew we were getting a babysitter (thanks, again, Auntie Chris...). What he didn't know was that Mark and Ellen were surprising him with a limo ride to the restaurant! I managed to have Greg ready on time, and then suggested we get our picture taken out front. As we were waiting for my aunt to come out, the limo pulled up. Greg said (in his most sarcastic voice), "Look, our limo's here." I said, "Yeah, it is!" and the look on his face was priceless! All he could say was, "Shut. Up."
We had enough time to take the girls (along with Lainy, my Aunt Chris' granddaughter) on a ride around the neighborhood. Lucy and Ella thought it was Oma and Opa's new car...
The limo ended up being not only fun, but very convenient. During the planning of this dinner, I had somehow overlooked that Summerfest would be going on--traffic and parking were crazy! It was great to start the evening completely relaxed...we felt so spoiled.
We sat at the Chef's Table, where they brought us course after course of yummy food and wine. We had the opportunity to have lots of uninterrupted adult conversation...it was the perfect evening, and a great way to celebrate Greg's accomplishment!
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