Brents 21st

What a fabulous weekend....

Unfortunately I blinked.....and it was over.... how sad!


We ended up with approx 70 guests.....

The weather was perfect....



We all fitted in the yard (Ian and I had agonised over whether there would be enough room for that amount of people).... but there was plenty of room and it had a cosy feel.... the guests were spread from the double garage at the front....through the pergola....and into the shed at the back.... plenty of space for everyone...
The food was delicious.... I'm so thankful we chose to get the roast meat and salads catered... and so appreciative of those who helped out with pre-dinner nibbles and sweets...

Family.... omgosh.....its just been far too long.... and to have almost every family member here from both sides of the family.... plus Alexs family was amazing.
Sadly in the madness of the night....I didn't really get to talk to everyone as much as I would have liked.... but we are just so appreciative that they made the journey to celebrate with Brent.

The evening coincided with a "Worlds greatest shave" commitment.... so the guests were entertained by two shave offs.... and although this wasn't on the agenda initially.....it is a great cause....and the guests most generously put their hands in their pockets ... donating around $200.00.
Of course....the birthday boy got the honour of the actual 'shave off'... and I'm pretty sure he enjoyed every minute of it...

The crowd seemed to enjoy it too....especially all the nephews...

The cake was seriously scrumdiddlyumptioius... Ian made a fabulous speech....I know he is far from comfortable speaking in front of a crowd...but he did a great job....and remembered all the things I would have forgotten to say....

Brents speech was entertaining....and he left us in no doubt that he was thrilled we had all made the effort to come along....

House guests....what can I say.....we somehow managed to squeeze in 18 bodies.....(plus Mum and Dad outside in their caravan)..... there was literally mattresses everywhere... the bedrooms were full.....the lounge room floor was full....as was the family room......the garage and Brent even caught an hours nap on the kitchen floor around 6am on Sunday...when he could finally party no more.
I love that the kids all get on so well.... and although there was a crowd...it didn't feel like there was.... we cooked meals en mass....and set up a production line of bacon and eggs on Sunday morning....

Bella LOVED having the kids to stay.... we didn't hear a peep out of her ...she plodded around...entertained by them..... particularly little Evie who kept her company all weekend....as did Charlie.

The other six played endless games of 8ball and darts.....and the Wii got a work out too..

Oh and Evie is such a sweetie.... she crafted Brent a cat to pop inside his card.....and collected signatures from all of the family on a newsagency bag.....too cute...I'm sure he will treasure it.

So...that kind of wraps it up....it couldn't have been better really...other than if we could have pressed the pause button at some stage to make it all last a little longer....

Brents actual birthday is tomorrow ...so all the kids are coming for dinner and cake... should be fun...