The Birthday Extravaganza Weekend

In order to get over being sad about my little Bro and my Bro in law having to go home I thought I'd recap the weekend that was.

One of the best things about my birthday was my brother Joel wrangling a work trip to coincide with a weekend with us! It was a fantastic surprise sort of... David actually had to tell me Joel was coming because I had organised for both Dave and I to volunteer at a school event ALL DAY Saturday so it was either tell me and spoil the "SURPRISE" or not tell me and watch the day go pear shape. I love this pic it sums up how Bear feels about his Uncle;-)

We had breaky at our place on Saturday morning and tried to get a decent shot of the fam (failed obviously).

Then I did some of my favourite things: watched other people work and read the paper.

We had a party that night and this is Cath and I doing what looks like an awesome rendition of "All the single ladies".

My niece DJ made my birthday cake and it was gorgeous... it had chocolate and cream and chocolate and strawberries and ... chocolate.

This is Lulu taking a spin (literally) in the dance floor assisted by Uncle Andrew.

Now this really was a "surprise". At about 4pm Sat afternoon we all decided to go for a walk around Cath's neighbourhood so we go outside only to be met by my Brother In Law Andrew coming down the drive. He had flown in from Far North Queensland where he works... for the weekend!!! He knows where the good parties are at ;-)

We did this for about the next 5 hours...

Until Cath and I decided that singing slow Powderfinger and John Denver songs REALLY loudly in Joel's ears was a great way to pass the time. Poor Joel.

Sunday saw us at the beach for a restorative cup of coffee and some sun sand and surf views. Bear of course was the only one crazy enough to go in the (freezing) water.

Sunday night was spent doing complicated maths homework... thank goodness for Uncle Joel as if it was left up to Dave and I to help Bear ... we all might still be doing it.

These gorgeous people made my weekend rock they cooked, cleaned, shopped, travelled, and danced I love them all and cant thank them enough :-)