AND MORE BIRTHDAYS

This is a great time of year for birthdays. Our grandaughter Sarah in New Zealand had hers on Friday, and Saturday was Peter's. He had come home from Queenslamd for a few days to celebrate.


Saturday was also Vanuatu George's birthday, and he invited us all to a Melanesian-style hangi round at Bounty Lodge.


The food was just beautiful, and the company most enjoyable.

The meats and vegetables, fresh from the ground oven, were succulent and
tender .

As we all sat round the fire feeling full and contented, we agreed that "life doesn't get any better than this!"

KIM AND PETER'S SPECIAL CELEBRATION

Our son Peter and daughter-in-law Kim are just 6 days apart in age. This called for a double celebration, so we decided on a Fish Fry at Devon on Wednesday evening.

John takes charge of the cooking of the fish.

There were about 25 adults and a dozen kids, and they all had a ball, as the pictures will show!

Kim is the perfect hostess, while Peter enjoys entertaining nephew William.

The fish is cooked to perfection!

The plates are licked clean - but there is plenty more.

Ice cream alongside toys on the dining table - signs of a good family party!I think Ben enjoyed his sweets!And Teddy and Will had a good feed too!Colouring-inn time for a Amy and Sienna.While James, Ben and young William make music.A bit of girlie time inside, with Bec, Ann, Adrienne and Chrissie - and young Will, who has just learned to walk.Benjamin (Just 3, on the same day as Peter), Sienna (2) and William (1) all enjoy a joke.Some enjoyed the kava, but it is not to everyone's taste!!

Anna nurses her young brother, who has

fallen asleep after too much partying!

It all got a bit confusing - there were two Bens, two James, two Williams and a Will - and a Bailey too!

No, we do not spend all our time eating and partying here on Norfolk Island - but we do enjoy an opportunity for friends and family to get together, to enjoy the good things that we have been blessed with on our little island!