Monday, October 6, 2008

Pat's Birthday Tea



BIRTHDAY CAKE! YUM!!

PATRICK'S COUSIN PETA DIDN'T WANT HER PHOTO TAKEN BUT AFTER SOME GENTLE PERSUASION WE GOT A PHOTO.

HIS OTHER COUSIN KELLY IS NOT SO SHY OF THE CAMERA AND WAS HAPPY TO HAM IT UP WITH PATRICK.



PAT'S PRESENTS FROM HIS COUSINS. THE TRUCK IS A FAMILY JOKE. THE SHIRTS WERE PRETTY APT.


KELLY WASN'T REAL SURE ABOUT THE TRUCK SHE LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BITE HER.
NICHOLAS HAD HI FIRST SUMMER SWIM. PAT BOUGHT THIS 'COOL HAT' THAT EVERYONE WHO IS COOL IS WEARING. NOT SURE HOW CLEAR IT IS IN THE PHOTO BUT IT HAS A BEADED PIECE ON TOP WITH A PLASTIC ROTOR BLADE ON IT. WE WENT TO THE SHOPPING CENTRE ON SATURDAY AND SAW 6 OTHER TEENAGERS WITH THIS HAT ON.
PAT'S BIRTHDAY WAS A BIT DIFFERENT TO LAST YEAR'S. LAST YEAR HE AWOKE IN A HOTEL IN NONG KHAI, THAILAND. WAITED FOR AGES TO CROSS THE THAILAND BORDER AND EVEN LONGER AT THE LAOS BORDER FOR VISAS. EVENTUALLY GOT INTO VIENTIANNE, LAOS. HAD ITALIAN (PIZZA) AT A FRENCH RESTAURANT IN LAOS TO CELEBRATE BECOMING A TEENAGER. SOMETHING HE WILL NEVER FORGET.




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