Last week was all about the kids and their cousins – this week i’m bringing it back to me and my generation and the cool kids that are MY cousins! Yesterday was far from ordinary, but I share it all the same, because it was pretty mint and pretty much the highlight of my week! You see its not everyday your Granddad turns 85 and you get together and celebrate with the majority of your childhood buddies.
I love my Granddad – He is a legend!
He has been a great example to all of us, he cracks EVERYONE up that meets him and always has a tale to tell. In one moment we are all crying with laughter, the next we are overcome with emotion and having deep convos. Its great because I can see his sense of humour in pretty much every member of our extended family too and I think thats why we all just click (that and were all a bit nuts).
We had a great afternoon with family in celebration of his birthday; ate too much food, reminisced and I laughed harder than I have all week. Megan was so sleepy (refusing to go to bed at night will do that to you) and spent the most part on a blanket, in the corner asleep and when she did wake up the waitress had cleared her dinner away (#badtimes), which she didn’t find as bad when she saw the cake come out!
It was so wonderful for me to see a chunk of my cousins and to watch everyone mingling. Its so hard when we all get together to remember I’m still a parent and have responsibilities…I chat away, laughing my head off, bantering with them all, whilst my kids are legging it around. I heard some great stories from Aunts and uncles and was able to get up to date with a lot of my cousins too.
I look on this day and the pictures I managed to capture as a moment in life I will treasure for many years. Its not very ordinary that we are all together like this, it is quite ordinary to see granddad quite frequently, and whilst I don’t know how long we will have our granddad in our lives I hope to share and spend time with him where we can. Ethan adores his great grandfather and I especially loved seeing them chat and joke together. He often asks when we will see him again and tells all of his buddies about it when he has. I’m so happy that my kids are getting to know such a legend and that they are loving him as much as we all do.
Lovely!! It’s so nice to have grandparents still around isn’t it. My grandma is 93 and still going strong! xx #ordinarymoments
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Woah go Grandma! Id love it if we had that many yrs left. Yeah it is great to have them around and still be able to chat to them and get their wisdom x
Lovely photos. It’s so nice when all of the family can get together and have some fun and good food.
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Thank you – yes it is great, you only wish then it happened more frequently x
Oh how lovely to be able to all get together like that – your grandfather sounds lovely and you definitely celebrated in style!
Oh, looks such a lovely, special day. Great to get together with family, and you’ve some great photos to remember the day by there x
Ah what a special family day- you genuinely can’t beat them in my eyes. And your Grandad looks fab- I am so close to my grandparents, they are amazing. x
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Thank you! It so great to have a grandparent in ya life haha x
This is a wonderful post. Sounds like you had an amazing time. It’s funny isn’t it when the kids are just running round. Nice that you were able to switch off for a bit as well though. This seems like exactly what you needed. Gorgeous pictures too #ordinarymoments
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It is funny, Yes! It was a good day and Thank you x