Saturday, 27 July 2013

Celebrations #1

This photo was taken ten years ago at Mum and Dad's 130th birthday party.  At the time, Mum and Dad had a big old house with a massive garden on the seafront at Bacton - a brilliant place for entertaining.  We had about sixty or seventy people in attendance and were able to put lots of people up - in our houses, in tents in the garden, or in local B&Bs.  We had caterers do all the food and we had gazebos and tables and chairs from Heathrow which we managed to transport to Norfolk in an Amec pick up truck.  We had a DJ.  We had portaloos.  We really went to town and had an amazing time.

Because we've all moved now and don't have the room to put people up, and because our financial situations have changed, we didn't really have the time, money or wherewithal to put on the same sort of party for Mum and Dad's 150th party.  So we scaled it right down, but still had an absolutely brilliant time.  In fact, I would go so far as to say I enjoyed it more this time, because we didn't have the stress of making sure everything went according to plan and that everyone was having a good time.   This time it was more about family and friends, and less about event planning!

This time, it was more about having fun, shrieking with laughter, taking the mickey out of each other and hamming it up for the cameras - we're good at that!   A lovely lovely evening and only the start of the celebrations ..... more to follow!

Nicholas makes me laugh - whenever we tell him to "say cheese", he tells us that he's smiling inside! 


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