Dad's 80th

Well the holidays are over and it seems to have passed in a blur of parties, family gatherings and fun.
We had Callum's party on the first wednesday of our holidays (last week of school for public school) at the Don Bosco centre. He had a great time and parties there are soo easy - just feed and water them and let them go. He got lots of money as presents which he thought was great as 2 toy sales started the next day! He brought home a haul!!!
In our 2nd week I picked up my sister from the plane from Alice springs and she and I and the boys headed to Dad's for the week to get ready for his party. Her son (my nephew) and his wife and 3 kids also came so we had a great time getting a few things ready and spending time talking and eating and looking after kids - my big boys were great at looking after the 1yr old. She had them wrapped around her finger!
From thursday the rest of the family started arriving (luckily some were staying off site) and I had a great time ctching up with everyone and spending more than 24hrs with my oldest sister was a treat. (we normally catch up for a day over the Christmas period)
Dad had fun at his party and it went easily - and has given us some fun things to remember.
I've put in a photo of my Dad sitting in the chair we all put in to get him. All the bits move etc to make it easier for him as he ages. Last week of holidays was spent recovering, doing mountians of washing and going to movies and catching up with friends. Ross had most of the week off so the boys did things with him too. We avoided the city due to World Youth Day but had a good time and finished off on Sunday with Callum's birthday proper. Finn is looking forward to his birthday in just under 2weeks and would like it to be tomorrow. His party is at Macca's and Scully's is a rock climbng party - it's a party year!!! Will try and update with photos of those parties if remember to take the camera (we forgot to take it to Cal's !!)