Have I mentioned that we are into a six week period of significant birthdays and anniversaries (mainly family) following one after another at the rate of two or three a week! It started with Jenni entering her teens and will wind down as Jessie turns 12 (not terribly significant compared with some of the others), covers a couple of eighteenth birthdays, and a sixtieth wedding anniversary - to name but a few.
Last night it was the turn of Nicky Madden (wholly unrelated) to celebrate her fiftieth birthday. The actual day was a couple of weeks back, but she held back the celebration until all her children could be at home. And the girls had certainly gone to town on the decorations! The theme for costume was 'ethnic' and they had decorated each room of the house as a different continent!
Photo to answer Liz's question

The photo was taken by Mike (whose surname I don't know) who very efficiently e-mailed about 40 pictures this morning to everyone at the party who gave him an e-mail address.
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And a great time was had by all - a great turn out for sure and
what a lot of fun
Stay ready for the next one, and the next one , and so on - lol