Happy miracle 28th Birthday to our little Snail! Since this birthday was even more special than usual our Dad hatched a plan to surprise Valerie with a few of her favorite things.
As you know Valerie is still on a neutropenic diet which restricts a lot of things including Valerie's favorite frozen yogurt from
Bogart Yogurt. Practically torture for a small Snail not to have her favorite treat but Dad's planning skills went into overdrive. After contacting the owner, he found out that Bogart Yogurt tastes amazing because they use high quality ingredients and they CLEAN their machines every day! This might seem obvious but it is not the norm in yogurt world and this is what causes the scare for people with low immune systems. Valerie's doctors approved the treat from this sanitary heaven and the owner told my Dad that she would be happy to open early just for Valerie and Vanessa to come in for their birthday. Then she went one step further and made Valerie's favorite flavor as an extra treat. Strawberry frozen yogurt for all at 10:30am! Thank you, Thank you Bogart Yogurt, you will always be a Team Snail and family tradition!
Now on to the main event! When Valerie was a tiny little girl she loved nothing more than to go fast! Times have not changed and this lady loves beautiful crazy fast Italian cars! In La Jolla there is the most amazing showroom with the best cars in the world including a Bugatti which is about a million dollars and has 1001 horsepower. Every time we past this dealership Valerie strains her neck to see the cars in the window so again Dad had an idea. Symbolic Motor Car Company is San Diego County’s only factory authorized sales dealership and service center for Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Lotus, and Rolls Royce automobiles. A La Jolla institution since 1985, Symbolic Motor Car Company is a worldwide sales leader in legendary classic, historic, and competition race cars. Where else would you go for our little Snail! Dad contacted Ryan Dohogne the General Manager who was more than gracious to have Valerie and Vanessa come in for their birthday. When they got there Ryan greeted them and had made arrangements for Rick Ahumada, Director of Marketing, to spend some time with the girls. Rick gave them the complete tour including the Bentley's, Bugatti, the previously owned collections including a Ferrari, Porsche Carrera GT and a Ford GT among other fabulous cars. Rick spent the most and the greatest time with Valerie in the Lamborghini area, her favorite cars. Valerie and Vanessa were invited to sit in various cars and were taught all sorts of details that even a car fanatic like Valerie did not know about. This showroom has amazing cars and quite frankly, they are works of art, if you are ever in the market for a car like this we would highly recommend them. However, the cars are not the only thing that makes them special, Rick spent over an hour and a half with Valerie and Vanessa on the last day of the month! For anyone who has been in sales you know what that means and yet Rick went through each car in great detail and made our Team Snail feel as though they were the most important people in the world on that very special day. Valerie told me it was the most fun she can remember having and called it "The
Other Happiest Place On Earth". It is always an emotional experience when Valerie can do something new or more than before but for this day, these people made it a wonderful day she will never ever forget.
The Bugatti
Valerie said her favorites of the day were the red and the orange one.
(she knew I had no idea of the names)
The favorite!
Vanessa in the favorite car
Ford GT and the new "Eleanor" from Gone in 60 Seconds. My Dad was DROOLING!
Valerie's new hat that Rick and Ryan gave her.
After all the excitement they went for a picnic complete with a great view, spring flowers and yes, their hummingbird friend that always seems to meet them.
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All of us here at Team Snail headquarters would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting and praying for our family so diligently over the past 15 months. The Snail herself would like to tell you Thank you and that every card, email, comment and phone call made her horrible time a little bit easier knowing how much she is loved.
All of us here at Team Snail headquarters would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting and praying for our family so diligently over the past 15 months. The Snail herself would like to tell you Thank you and that every card, email, comment and phone call made her horrible time a little bit easier knowing how much she is loved.
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