But I did have a little party. And some pretty special visitors.
This morning around 9 a.m. I greeted my mom, dad, Amber, Amiya and Emmy at the airport. It was quite exciting. After working through some snags with the transportation service I had reserved, we headed to the apartment.
This was my first time to meet Emmy because she was born after Brian and I moved to Vienna. You can see that she was thrilled. I think she may have been the only one to sleep on the plane.
My family brought lots of goodies from the U.S. But the biggest surprise was this...
Yes, that's a cake. But not just any cake. It's a red velvet cake from The Red Oven in Texas. I've had this cake for my birthday every year for as long as I can remember. Sometimes it's a little late and sometimes it's a little early, but not a year has gone by that I haven't had a red velvet cake from The Red Oven. I had resigned myself to the fact that I would not be have a Red Oven red velvet cake for the foreseeable future. But my mom managed to bring one with her in her luggage! Never underestimate this woman.
My dad's birthday is actually on Monday, so we decided the cake was for both of us.
5 comments:
That is so sweet! I am so impressed with a cross-Atlantic cake trip.
That's so awesome that they came to visit!!!
Red oven has THE BEST RED VELVET CAKE!!!! Enjoy it!!
Happy birthday! They were so excited to go and see you - glad to see everyone made it okay. Tell the Texans we said hello.
wasn't that a great surprise!
love you,
amiya
I love that your mom found a way to get your special cake to you! I really enjoyed sharing it with you when we were in town the weekend before your birthday in 2006--it's delicious and I can see why you wouldn't want to miss it!
I hope you're having a GREAT time with your family! (And happy early birthday!)
Post a Comment