Yesterday we had a belated joint birthday party where we celebrated being 67 with some of our friends that we have met out here. We wanted to share it with you.
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I spent the morning preparing food - cupcakes, salads, marinades. Alex took Ruth to the Discovery Museum where they really enjoyed the water area.
The party started at 4pm, we had about 25 people and 10 kids enjoying themselves in the sunshine.
The kids liked the paddling pool.
The food went down well, especially the tri tip steak (from Costco! We are so American now...). Alex's friend Jerry needed to choose some wine for a family party, so he organised a blind wine tasting.
Most people with kids left by about 7.30pm, but luckily a few couples were able to stay around for a more relaxed after-party. We sat out in the garden finishing off the wine tasting until late.
The morning-after clear-up was livened up by Ruth who managed to make my hang-over more bearable with her new "Dingle Dangle Scarecrow" obsession: