You may have noticed I've not been around for a while! No excuses, BUT . . . over the last three months we have been rather busy - not too busy to blog, just too busy to do anything to blog about! We finished odd bits and pieces in our new kitchen, the old kitchen was completely knocked out (all the units and cupboards were concrete block), had the old kitchen/sitting room replastered, painted the whole lot, stained all wood, put in a new floor in the new dining area (old kitchen), cleaned and polished the old tiled floor in the sitting area, put a new shower into the guest's toilet room, removed an old shower from the guest bedroom, and made two complete new bedrooms (new floors, paint, etc). You get the picture? Well, all this had to be finished by 2nd May, and was - just!
So, what happened on 2nd May? Eric and I had a huge party to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary (which was actually 5th May, but that was a Tuesday, and who wants a party on a Tuesday?). We had guests coming out of our ears! Three of Eric's sons arrived with wives/partners - unfortunately Matthew and Rona couldn't come with Brody (grandson) - a friend arrived from Germany (he had to sleep in the camper van as there was no room in the house), my sister slept in the lounge, another friend that we hadn't seen for 23 years came from Holland (he was farmed out to our neighbours), as were Eric's brother and sister-in-law, his nephew and girlfriend. More friends filled the local b + b. On the day of the party we had over 70 people, and a friend came and made a huge paella. Fabulous day. I've included a few photos for you to see - note the size of the paella pan!
Little inserted note : you see that room with the balcony - that's going to be my new craft room! Can't wait to get that up and running!
Of course there was music :-
and kilts :-
The girls :-
and, of course, there's always one who has one too many!
So, that's probably the biggest party we'll have until our 40th (if we live that long!) - good job too, we were completely exhausted at the end of it.
Now we're having a bit of time off from working, which means more time for hobbies! Spinning wheels await!
So, what happened on 2nd May? Eric and I had a huge party to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary (which was actually 5th May, but that was a Tuesday, and who wants a party on a Tuesday?). We had guests coming out of our ears! Three of Eric's sons arrived with wives/partners - unfortunately Matthew and Rona couldn't come with Brody (grandson) - a friend arrived from Germany (he had to sleep in the camper van as there was no room in the house), my sister slept in the lounge, another friend that we hadn't seen for 23 years came from Holland (he was farmed out to our neighbours), as were Eric's brother and sister-in-law, his nephew and girlfriend. More friends filled the local b + b. On the day of the party we had over 70 people, and a friend came and made a huge paella. Fabulous day. I've included a few photos for you to see - note the size of the paella pan!
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| Tents being erected in the garden |
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| Paella man arrives |
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| Patrick and his Paella |
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| Easier exit from bedroom than stairs! |
Of course there was music :-
and kilts :-
The girls :-
and, of course, there's always one who has one too many!
So, that's probably the biggest party we'll have until our 40th (if we live that long!) - good job too, we were completely exhausted at the end of it.
Now we're having a bit of time off from working, which means more time for hobbies! Spinning wheels await!
wow! happy anniversary. loved the pictures--looks like everyone had a great time!
ReplyDeleteThanks Monica, biggest party we've ever hosted - only had 50 at the original wedding!
DeleteYou have been busy, congratulation on your 25 wedding anniversary you celebrated in style .Love the size of the paella pan. Enjoy your time .
ReplyDeleteThank you Ella. We had 70 guests, but that paella would have served double that amount - we were eating it for 3 days afterwards (and there were 10 of us!)
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