I organised a surprise 3 nights family get together at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast to celebrate Nanna's 70th Birthday.
She knew absolutely nothing about it until she got up on Friday morning and I told her she had 4 hours to pack and get ready to leave. At that stage she thought it was just the two of us.
But once we arrived at Mooloolaba, the surprises kept on coming as firstly our daughter and her two daughters from Sydney arrived and then our son and his two daughters from Brisbane. We hadn't seen the Sydney mob for 15 months because of Covid restrictions. However, it was a bit of a bummer that our other daughter and her 3 boys who live in London were not able to join in.
Most of you will know Vivie and Maggie on the left but it would be quite some time since 365ers who have been following me since the year dot have seen Grace and Ava from Sydney. Everyone is rather sun burnt since we spend quite a few hours in the surf that morning.
Just as an aside, I was so focused on getting the surprise element sorted out that I totally forgot about a birthday cake. So Nanna had a surprise of her own when she came back from getting a couple of things at Woolies with a birthday cake and a some candles for herself.
Bit sad when you have to organise your own birthday cake don't you think?
What a wonderful surprise! Happy birthday Rhoda! You beat me by a couple of months - I am 70 in May! I wonder if my family could manage such a wonderful surprise for me? I won’t hold my breath! 🤣🤣🤣
Looks and sound like a fabulous celebration! What a shame your London family couldn’t join you!
Great to see you're an old softie and arranged the amazing surprise! Happy birthday Rhoda and what a beautiful surprise to have the grand girls too. It's going to be some time before you see the London lot sadly. Pity Terry forgot the cake bit but I'm sure he was forgiven :)
it was a massive bummer we couldn't be there. but we were so happy that you organised it and it wasn't just another weekend for her. Can not wait to escape london and get over to see you guys. Just hope QLD will let us in! btw the girls all look like sisters.
I missed this completely, bit of a family crisis over here so didn't look at 365 for a few days! Anyway, no need to say I hope you (Rhoda) had good day, you obviously did! What a lovely spot to celebrate the big 7 0, and lovely to have most of your family together, hopefully the UK side will be able to see you soon 🤞🤞🙏🙏. We both send our very best wishes for your 70th year xx
Thanks Judith. It was a complete surprise. Terry even managed to change an medical appointment I had without letting on. Was great seeing everyone. Hope everything has sorted itself for your family.
March 8th, 2021
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Looks and sound like a fabulous celebration! What a shame your London family couldn’t join you!