Finn turns 24!

 Finn turned 24 today!

He is in Venice at the moment, then on his way to the Dolomites. Having his European summer!

We celebrated his birthday early last week with a lunch at Berts.

Gorgeous interiors, delicious food and wonderful service. We loved it.

Happy Birthday Finn xx

Our week - photo diary

 We had another birthday in the house... Finn turned 19. It was his second year having a birthday in Lockdown which isn't fun but at least he had a donut delivery!

This birthday memory came up on Facebook - Finn celebrating his 11th birthday!

Our renovation progress has slowed down due to the stoppage of all trades and builders but we have been completing the jobs we can do ourselves and some of the rooms are coming together. I've been busy editing and refining all of our furniture and homewares and only keeping the things I truly love.

There has also been a couple of new purchases of course!

I edited the shelving and rejigged it into a more neutral theme...

The mild weather has resulted in some beautiful sunsets. You can definitely feel Spring around the corner.

More walks... trying to mix up our exercise routes to admire different scenery

A bit of playdoh imaginative play

Hope your week has been a good one.  

(well as good as it can be if you are in lockdown)

Finn is 18!

Our eldest son Finn turned 18 on the weekend. Such a milestone! 

Earlier in the year we had big plans for a party with family and friends. With all of the Covid restrictions and family across the border, we celebrated instead with a birthday banner, presents in the morning, a lunch out and a cake with immediate family.  

Finn then had a small gathering with his friends on the Saturday. 

It was a big weekend and full of lovely reminiscing

of when he was small. He was the first grandchild on both sides for 5 years and Simon and I were the first of our friends to have a baby, so he had a lot of attention for those first 5 years!

It was quite emotional really! We hopefully will get a chance to celebrate with extended family at the end of the year. We had some beer holders made up to send out to family that wasn't here.

I can't believe our baby is 18. It's such a cliche but the years really do fly by!

Another celebration - Finn turns 14.

Finn turned 14 on the weekend and we had a family dinner to celebrate.

Finn loves burritos so we cooked up a batch of shredded mexican chicken in the slow cooker, a dish of rice and beans and had bowls of lettuce, jalapenos, cheese, sour cream, corn and salsa, so everyone could make up their own burritos. Delish! 

I didn't get any photos of the food but you'll have to take my word for it ;)

I always like to make the table festive for birthday dinners so I had a dig through the party box and hung up a banner and some balloons. A roll of brown paper acted as a runner and I popped some of the planters I used for Simon's party down the middle.

All of the little kids sat up at the kitchen bench and we had all of the adults and teens at a table for 10.

Finn is not a huge fan of traditional cake so I decided to make an ice cream cake instead for his birthday cake. I lined a spring form pan with baking paper and layered in chocolate, vanilla and rocky road ice cream. I froze it overnight and served it with a sprinkling of mini marshmallows. Yum!

I can't believe our first born is 14! Where do those years go?

We are so proud of Finn and the man he is becoming.  He has handled everything that has happened to him (his eye injury) throughout the last year so well and so bravely. 

His attitude has been amazing! He is so loved x

We finished up the weekend with seeing a movie, the new Jason Bourne. It was action packed and really good. Finn will celebrate with his friends next weekend with a little party/sleepover, so the festivities will go on! 

Here are a few more photos from the weekend -

This photo popped up in my Facebook memories today.

Finn on his birthday 7 years ago. Awwww :)

How was your weekend? Any birthdays happening?

13.

Our gorgeous boy turned 13 on Friday. 

After the last few weeks it was nice to have a day to celebrate and enjoy with the family.

You're never too old for balloons!

Presents, breakfast than off to school.

Simon and I did a Krispy Kreme run for donuts instead of birthday cake.

A special drink for the birthday boy.

It was only chocolate milk, but the Nutella spread around the rim and sprinkles on top took it to birthday level. Also a little whipped cream to finish.

A little afternoon tea with the grandparents, aunty & cousins after school.

Friday is everyone's day off which worked out well.

Happy birthday Finn!

Donuts instead of cake is always a great idea. Too easy!

He finished his day with a night out at the footy and a win by Manly. Perfect!

The birthday celebrations will continue next week as he will have a party with a few of his friends.

I also couldn't resist digging up a few old photos and reminiscing on those baby years.

He was and still is the sweetest!

Any birthdays in your house this week?