Another day, another birthday celebration - today's was for the lovely Mr H. His actual birthday isn't until tomorrow, but Monday's are a bit of a pain in the arse for celebrating anything, so his wonderful wife Gemm sorted out a bit of a surprise get-together for him today.
We went bowling first, girls vs boys. Much merriment, competitive-ness and triumph ensued as we spent a couple of hours in the bowling alley. I'm sure it won't come as much of a surprise that us ladies took much longer to complete our games....this may have been something to do with the constant nattering and singing along to the cheesy 80's music that for some reason was blaring out, or perhaps it was just that we took our time, as were were the victors over the boys!! The birthday boy's Mother in Law was in fact the star player of the day!
Muchly in need of nomz after all that excitement we headed for a restaurant and the combination of the relaxed, unrushed service, the wonderful company and the glorious weather made for a really nice afternoon. The food (well mine certainly) was delicious and it was nice not to have to force a main course down roughly 3 nano-seconds after you've put the cutlery down from your starter!!
Gemm had arranged another surprise and presented Simon with his birthday cookie, complete with candles after dinner (my picture of the day) I must admit, it was absolutely gorgeous, might have to drop hints to Hague for my birthday lol!! It really was shame to have to leave, but being a Sunday, there was work to think about, and the Menagerie who'd been on their own all afternoon. It truly was lovely to spend time with such great company and I can't wait to do it again!
So here we are, Sunday evening once more, with a whole week at work ahead, but with a weekend behind me that has gone a long way to cheer me up. Add in a new episode of Top Gear and a couple of cold lagers whilst enjoying some comedy on TV and I think we are rounding out this weekend nicely.
We went bowling first, girls vs boys. Much merriment, competitive-ness and triumph ensued as we spent a couple of hours in the bowling alley. I'm sure it won't come as much of a surprise that us ladies took much longer to complete our games....this may have been something to do with the constant nattering and singing along to the cheesy 80's music that for some reason was blaring out, or perhaps it was just that we took our time, as were were the victors over the boys!! The birthday boy's Mother in Law was in fact the star player of the day!
Muchly in need of nomz after all that excitement we headed for a restaurant and the combination of the relaxed, unrushed service, the wonderful company and the glorious weather made for a really nice afternoon. The food (well mine certainly) was delicious and it was nice not to have to force a main course down roughly 3 nano-seconds after you've put the cutlery down from your starter!!
Gemm had arranged another surprise and presented Simon with his birthday cookie, complete with candles after dinner (my picture of the day) I must admit, it was absolutely gorgeous, might have to drop hints to Hague for my birthday lol!! It really was shame to have to leave, but being a Sunday, there was work to think about, and the Menagerie who'd been on their own all afternoon. It truly was lovely to spend time with such great company and I can't wait to do it again!
So here we are, Sunday evening once more, with a whole week at work ahead, but with a weekend behind me that has gone a long way to cheer me up. Add in a new episode of Top Gear and a couple of cold lagers whilst enjoying some comedy on TV and I think we are rounding out this weekend nicely.
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