Mum turned the big 70, so a surprise birthday party tea was organised - many thanks to Mary and Jude. All the six children were there with a vist from most of the great grand children and even the two new great-great grand children. Dagma and Barry were down from Queensland too, as they were visiting their children and we even managed to get a few of mum's friends around as well. We had thought at one stage that mum might have cottoned on that something was amiss, but she was very surprised to see us all there.

Table's set. Someone must be 70.	Debbie alias Tubbo drinking again.	Daniel and Catelyn enjoy a beer.	Mum starts to open her cards.
Tyler alias Elmo.	Rose and Elmo.	Rose , mum and the great great grand children.	Rose and Catelyn.
The 'Cheese' reads her cards.	The Toothless Grannies enjoying dinner.	Cheers to the Grey Nomads.	Can you spot the real Shrek ?.
Mum laughing at something.	Mum Shrek does not look amused.	WARNING.. Alien.	Dagma and mum.

The OLD generation and the new generation.

Baby Shrek.

Family photo time.

Now with Mary alias Baggage.

Don't work with kids and animals.

Mary's toe fettish.

More photos.

Dagma cuddles the kids.

So nice...Mother and son.

Mother and daughter.

Catelyn and Tyler.

Dagma, Jude and the babies.

Tyler likes to roll and fall.

Grannies posing again.

Rose and the dog.

Steve's mum, Edie.

Nan and Elmo.

Nan and Dagma again.

Time to open the presents.

I wonder what can this be ?.

Three generations of the Staines.

A BBQ!!!. Just what I have always wanted.

An LCD picture frame.

A Pavlova Cake. One, two, three, blow.

All done. I need to catch my breath.

Mum and John having a good laugh.

Mary doing what ?.

Jude trying to crack the mirror.

Jude can obviously see TWO of himself.

Modern art ???.

Put that camera away.