joint 18th celebration.

i know what you're all thinking. how many birthday celebrations can one have? though the titular 18th celebration suggests, this was a party thrown to acknowledge my 18 years of existence as human. however, i see this also as a happy congregation with the people i love, with lots of food, laughter, and of course, CAKE thrown in!

this day was another great reminder of all the people who loves me, and all those who have nurtured me to be who i am today. i grew up with most of these people here, of which i knew when i was first brought to church as a baby.

my 18th birthday was also shared by my good friend mara, and my cousin rita, of which we were born about 3 weeks after each other (me being the oldest)! we had a great time sharing our memories growing up together, and all our awesome (funny) moments.

the most priceless picture taken on my polaroid!!!

we've already had a joint 10th birthday where we simultaneously went ice skating and bowling, followed by a great meal at a restaurant a good 8 years ago. 

this year we decided to play down the more active activities haha, and instead i put together a quick photobooth after a visit to the 99p store for wigs, masks and moustaches. i had a few other props at hand already, so we were fit for taking funky pictures and having fun with the selfie stick (oh, and the props also made rather wacky group photos!)

we were joined by my parents' god-grandson this year! he was the cutest little thing and i'm so happy he came to join the p-a-r-t-y!

needless to say, there were lots of pictures from that day, however the best ones were probably the ones where we attempted to recreate our old photographs; i didn't realise how hard it was until we tried!

the food was awesome, and the company - even better. roll on our joint 21st!!!!