reese's surprise party!

 

people always leave :(

 

and that's the saddest thing about the world being so accessible these days. our three wonderful years with the reese's have just come to a grinding halt, as they finally left perth yesterday to start their newest adventure in nevada, where barrick gold have re-assigned brandon, to his new job.

 

so the occasion called for one last hurrah - in the form of a surprise party at our place on saturday night. and surprised they were! had absolutely no idea it was coming - as we had invited them to join us at a dave hughes concert at burswood as a diversion. haha. our friends all parked down the road, and we ate and ate and went to bed only to find ourselves in a near on sugar coma the following morning.

 

 

i can't believe even now that they are gone... we have had such good times together and i know that we will miss them so very much. i am pretty sure that we'll have to make a u.s. run before too long, as along with all the other friends we have there, we now have the best reason (and people!) to go and visit!!

 

 

 

one final shot of the gang together!

 

 

anda few decoration shots... lanterns down the side of the house (a bit of a waste to be honest - no one really went down there, but they looked so pretty that i couldn't resist... all you need is a tealight candle, a paper bag and sand - 2 cups of sand in a brown paper lunchbag - pop a tealight on the sand and light it up! totally safe, the sand holds the candle in place, so there is no chance of it slipping and catching on fire.)

 

and... our new chandelier! a barrell hoop (i don't know what they are actually called, but the things that hold barrels together! haha) and two strands of fairy lights. wrap them around - find a super long extension cord and plug them in - super easy and very effective. thank you to dad for drilling the holes in the hoop and attaching the chains. you're a love...

 

more on the reese's to come, we still have sunday gang photos - but just know, they will be very missed! and leese, seeing as you are one of about 10 people only that actually read my blog... i hope you are enjoying all the nice things i am saying about you! miss you already! xxx