And it was very good!

I was going to post last night, but I was too tired. :)

Yesterday I had a really lovely day! Good company, good food, good fun - what more could one ask for? Let me elaborate a little...

Good Company ~ I love people. Really, when you think about it, people are what life is all about. God creates and loves people, Jesus came to earth and died for people, and our lives are about how we interact with people on a daily basis. Last night, we had fourteen very special people here to celebrate Meaghan's birthday. Fourteen people who are very much a part of our lives, who know us back to front... each and every one is such a blessing to me.

Good Food ~ Meaghan is our resident cook, but since it was her birthday, we didn't want her having to do it, so I took it on. Anyone who knows me at all well knows that over the years I've certainly had my share of calamities in the kitchen... well, I am pleased to report, that I escaped catastrophe yesterday. Out of my oven came a chocolate cake, and a pavlova (which worked!)... and I also made some rocky road. Oh, and we had fruit salad and ice-cream, and marshmallows too. I'll see if I can share a picture of the cake. One of our stand-in brothers came over early to help decorate it, and his creative side came out in full force - it was actually really fun to watch. :) Do you like my butterfly?

Ooooh! It worked - I'm such a geek. :P

and...

Good fun ~ Since it had been a hot day, we knew it was going to be warm enough to play with waterbombs. I love waterbombs. We filled a whole bunch up before everyone arrived (and tested a few out!) and everyone seemed to enjoy the game we played... before randomly pegging the rest. We also had the table tennis table set up, and a game of badminton happening in the backyard at the same time. After dessert, we all played Jenga (which was our other adopted brother's birthday present to Megs), Take Two and more table tennis. It really was a lot of fun.

And here's a picture of Meaghan which I took yesterday. Isn't she cute?

And now I really must go and hang out the washing and get some other stuff done... I have four students this afternoon too, so definitely getting back into the swing of all that... and I got the FGYO first term repertoire list yesterday, so I hope to get some of that organised while I'm at school this afternoon, before I start teaching. So that's it for now...