Birthday lunch

Nelson was very lucky - Kuen took him out to lunch the day after his birthday. They went to the fishmarket and Nelson obviously enjoyed himself!

Happy birthday Nelson

Nelson's birthday is on a very significant date, of course. We had a lovely party for him, hosted by Mary Anne and Peter (pictured right) at their lovely entertainers' house.

All of Nelson's children were there and many important and close friends. It did have to be kept relatively small, but Nelson coped well with around 20 people there, quite late in the day.

Lotto was jackpotting at $20M and Nelson was absolutely convinced we would win it. He tried his best, but to no effect apart from a slight singeing to Mary Anne's table and the complete destruction of an oven mit.

Nelson received some lovely gifts - many of them books which he is still wading through - thank you!

Thank you to Isobelle for most of these photographs.

Marlon had made a lovely card for Nelson

A very Chinese attempt to influence the Lotto results that were jackpotting on Nelson's birthday...

I was very happy with the catering if I do say so myself!

James is normally behind the camera, so this is a rare picture!