Nineteen!

We had a great day yesterday! Arlie turned nineteen and we spent the day on the Gold Coast celebrating. We ended up having to take two cars as far as Deagon as Lacey had cricket and we had to pick up Mum and Dad who were coming with us, so I drove Lace to cricket and John met me there after picking Mum and Dad up. We left the Astina at Deagon so Lacey could sit in there and listen to the radio in some sort of safety if we were a bit late in getting back, and headed to the Coast in the Pajero.
First stop was Arlie's townhouse. She was very excited about having us all there and being able to show Mum and Dad the place she is now living in. She has her room looking really nice and she has certainly made a lovely home for herself.
After Arlie opened her presents (we bought her a fish tank), we all headed down to a park on the Boradwater at Southport for a picnic. Wendy met us there, along with Hayley and Adam, and Lee, some friends of Arlie's who came to visit her for her birthday.
We all stood around and chatted for a while, then we served lunch of BBQ chicken and salad rolls. John went for a drive to pick up his Mum who was visiting with Uncle Danny and Aunty June for the weekend.

After John got back with his Mum, we tried to light the candles on Arlie's cake, but the wind had picked up which made it impossible to keep them going so she had to fake it just so we could get a photo!LOLIt was getting pretty late by this stage and Arlie wanted to take Hayley and Adam back to her place for a while so we started packing up while John took Elsie back. We then headed back to Brisbane to pick up Lacey from cricket. We got there at about 5pm to find Lacey in the Astin with the radio on and the chair laid right back reading a book! Her team had had another win, so she was pretty happy with the day, even though she missed out on the party.