It had been ages since I visited
relatives over in Western Australia (Darryn and Tuyen's wedding in
2008) so I decided to fly over for Angel's (grand daughter) 2nd
birthday.
It was lovely catching up with family
and friends – Mother Peters, Myvanwy and Shane as well. I stayed
at Darryn's place for most of the time and was spoilt with some of
Tuyen's superb Vietnamese meals. Angel was a great source of
entertainment, she was very active, very talkative and very much the
centre of attention. ... quite delightful but a bit wary of me. I
was lucky enough to watch the two boys Kyle and Marc play their
weekly games of rugby. Marc managed to score a try in his game.
Kyle played a very good supporting role in his game, a smaller prop
but equally as effective as the larger lads.
Mother Peters has been battling a bone
infection in her leg for a while and when I caught up with her she
was sporting a very cumbersome external frame around the affected
area. It's very heavy and uncomfortable and quite painful when
bearing weight. Anyway she was great company for the couple of
evenings I spent at her unit ... we indulged in a couple of vinos
too!
Mother in her contraption!
Also whilst over there I met up with an
old friend from over 55 years ago (our families were neighbours in
Mangamuka). I discovered Urlys was living in Bunbury about a month
before I went to visit so we managed to coordinate a short reunion.
We met up in Mandurah over coffee reminiscing, refreshing memories
and catching up on one anothers current situations. It was beaut to
reacquaint with Urlys again.
Anyway the main aim of the visit was to
celebrate Angels birthday and she did so in style. Not one party but
two – the Sunday night was for all the relies at a lovely
Vietnamese restaurant. On her actual birthday Wednesday 27 June, the
family and I went to another restaurant for a steamboat meal. There
were lots of different ingredients I sampled for the first time ...
various mushrooms, different tofu, even some different offal and some
amazing seafood. It was a smorgasbord of culinary delights and
thanks to Candy (a cousin) she dished up reasonable portions for a
novice.
It was a happy birthday Angel.
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| Princess and her Dad |
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| Family shot |
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| Tasting the cake! |
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| The sparkler! |
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| Angel and Tuyen |
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