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Krista's Birthday Dinner

We finally got to celebrate Krista's 18th birthday with dinner at Seven Sisters restaurant. Opa gave Krista a ring that had belonged to his mother, her Great Grandmother, who she is named after. Interestingly, we had dinner on what would have been her 110th birthday.
Krista opened more presents, she received some great gift cards so that she and Arthur could enjoy Sea World, or Lego Land or the Zoo on their trip to San Diego next month.
Of course, what's a birthday dinner without a meal of mussels? After all, it's what she had last year, and eight years ago on her 10th birthday as well!
Don't take my word for it, here's Krista on her 10th birthday attacking a serving of delicious mussels!
Or, what's a birthday dinner without Arthur? He was a little late because of work, but he was in time for a great meal!
At the next table over, another party was celebrating a birthday, the honoree was a full blooded Apache and he came over and sang Krista a special Apache birthday song.
When there's no one around to help out, you put your camera on something, like a chair, set the self timer, and run into the frame. And here is what you get - the happy dinner gang on the way out!