Heidi's Big Party

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Originally uploaded by nstone73.

So after a mad panic to get everything ready in time (all my fault - I hadn't budgeted in enough time to blow up all the balloons after getting lazy/exhausted on Friday night), the party went off without a hitch. Thanks to Sheri and Brian showing up early to help out, we scraped through the deadline just in time.

Plenty of people showed up, and quite a few people who we hadn't seen in too long a time. Jannelle was in town (unfortunately for a funeral, but it was great to see her), Fowler came with the kids in tow, Ray and Sunanda arrived with 1.75 childred (Allen, and one about to pop next month...) and a few hundred others too (slight exaggeration, but good job we had extra tables and chairs shipped in). Only one unwanted visitor (how you can't get a car or truck out of your driveway because someone is parked over the road is beyond me) showed up, so it all turned out great.

Due to the heavy demands of grilling 16 cows and pigs, I didn't manage to pick up the camera once, so the photos here are all courtesy of Neilio, fresh from him engagement and T&T holiday/vacation.

Somehow the keg got drained pretty early on (I'm sure the last one had more in it), and Phil was accosted by the Australians on the bouncy castle, resulting in what he will tell you was a life threatening incident, but in reality was just a pretty decent 6 inch gash in his leg. We'll try and get some photos of that soon, although the action is captured in the photos.

The wife had a blast, which was the most important thing, and even had a special cocktail made for her by the girls. Unfortunately, all of the tasting that took place to get the taste just right resulted in one casualty, who had to make a speedy exit....