big weekend

saturday night was the hubs' long awaited 50th birthday celebrations. i organised it all before we went camping, ie early january, so it felt like it was a long time coming!

i even wrote a speech! i talked about our family and friends, and how these relationships and friendships have spanned the hub's life thusfar. miss 17 then spoke, referring briefly to the crumpled paper towel she'd written on; the result of a burst of inspiration during her lunch break that day!

i bought the candles "oh no, it's the big 5-0" at a party store in quincy, illinois. we called in there after lunch at ruby tuesday's. were on our way to the local scrapbook store when we got a call from school saying 'come get your son, he's sick!'

remember that kristi?

i wasn't sure that the fancy carrot cake baked that day by the restaurant chef could carry off a set of cheesy candles, but i think it worked well alongside the edible rose petals, don't you?

look closely - hubs cut the cake, but forgot to blow out the candles!!! (senile already maybe?)

me and the gorgeous tara

my speech! i must have said something funnyeven if you add their two ages together, i'm STLL older than them!
but how cute is my dress? even if i didn't manage to get it on sale!can we just go HOME now?

schmoozing with his guests

then on sunday i had 'high tea' with a group of scrapbook friends. we stretched our pinkies, ate cucumber sandwiches, and generally had a fine time.

how cute is this food?

thanks to kris for these awesome pics!

my high tea was actually a very strong latte, as i was feeling a little 'jaded' from the night before!

i think i'm going to take my mum to high tea when she's here next month - FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!! the slippery slope to 50 - can't wait!!!