Party, Party, Partaaaay…..!

I might not have said, but it was my birthday on Sunday. The family came and we partied. Lucky, lucky me!!

I was delighted because not only did the boys and their families come, but David and Darrel, Gloria, Christiana and young Alexander made it, too! I felt very privileged and very grateful that everyone could come and that no-one cried off at the last minute due to sickness.

We had a wonderful time, of course. I mean, what do you do when you have the family all together? We ate, drank champagne (and were very merry), chatted, danced and, of course…… we played sardines!! There we all were, a giggling bundle of bodies huddled together as, one by one, we found the person who was hiding.

Ellie was best. She found a fabulous hiding place that Andrew had very carefully prepped ready for his turn. She spied it before he got to use it, and she hunkered down behind the sofa bed in the SnuGym. It took us all ages to find her!!!

Even Grandpa did good on hiding, too. He slipped off, telling us he was off to hide, and so we all gathered in the lounge and counted down – very loudly. “Ten, nine, eight……..five, four, three, TWO, ONE! Coming! Ready or not!” We scampered all around the house, listening out for Darth Vader. Nope. We couldn’t hear him. Nor could we see him in the dark, of course. However, slowly and at regular intervals, people kept disappearing. So we knew he had been found. But where? In the end, we all found him, lying down by the side of the bed in the main guest room, and we all piled on top. Hehehe. Great fun.

Obviously, being my birthday, there were presents. Gosh, I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t read the cards without crying; then I cried when I opened the gifts; and then John had prepared a photo album following my life from a youngster up to now, and I couldn’t look at that without crying either!!

And naturally, there was cake and candles and birthday singing. More blubbing. But I did manage blow the candles out OK.

Eeeeeh…… 70, eh? Who’d a thought it?

Take care everyone. God bless.