Family Lunch & 60th Birthday Celebrations (As Well As Others) …

Hey everyone … so Perry and I are currently in London … we are actually leaving for New York this morning … we decided when booking this trip that we would do a short stop over in London on our way to New York for a couple days as a surprise for my Dad … he turned 60 this year on the 2nd September and we thought it would be nice to surprise him but showing up for a couple days to celebrate …

My Mum was in on the whole plan but my Dad and brother were unaware … we managed to surprise him Friday morning and that went down well … even my Brother had no idea and was genuinely shocked to see us …

Anyway yesterday we had organised to meet Perry’s family at the Wheatsheaf pub in Esher … which is about halfway between where my family live in North London and where Perry’s family live in East Sussex … we had arranged to meet up to celebrate not only my Dad’s 60th Birthday but also the fact that between the end of August and the end of September we have 6 Birthdays between the two families … only my Brother and Perry’s Dad have their birthdays in March … so we thought it would be good fun to have everyone together to celebrate …

The morning started out in typical fashion … we were all ready to go and my brother was doing some last minute ironing before we ran out the door …

We got to the pub shortly after Perry’s family had arrived and soon settled in to having a lovely catch up …

My Mum baked a birthday cake for my Dad and a bunch of rainbow cupcakes for the rest of us!

Family photo time …

Followed by a round of presents for everyone at the table … even my Brother and Pat got a little something so they wouldn’t feel left out …

Then it was time to blow out some candles …

And eat some cake …

My For The Love Of Rainbows shawl and a Rainbow Cupcake!!!

Everyone else loved the knitwear I had made them …

Our Waiter seemed super chuffed with the massive slice of cake my Mum gave him …

Perry is Tech Support whenever we come home …

My Mum wearing the Ponchette I made her …

After we had finished eating we headed over to a nearby Pick Your Own farm to check out the Farm shop they had there …

Its a beautiful shop with lots of lovely things on offer …

After we headed into the home/garden centre side of the shop for a little nosey around …

My Dad getting comfy …

We even found a selection of Yarns …

Facetiming my family in the USA …

I also loved these Air Plants they had there …

That pretty much sums up our lovely afternoon catching up and spending time together as a family … this was always going to be a short visit but it was lovely to get to see both families and to celebrate everyone’s Birthdays together …

Next stop New York … and I can’t wait to get there … so many wonderful plans and I’m really excited!

Better go finish packing my bags now before we leave for the airport …

Till next time …

Mina X

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