This was the day that all the preparations and travel was for. And it was a great day. First was Miles' baptism, I don't have the best pictures, they're in my mom's camera, but here he is with the pastor who baptised him. He was calm and interested in what was going on, seemed to like the water being anointed on him, but he loves water anyway. My dad played the guitar for the service and the pastor went to elementary school with my mom at the school right next door. The church was Riversdale Presbyterian Church.
After baptism we went to a brunch at my grandmothers house and got changed for the big party - my dad's 60th.
It was held in a pretty ranch with wide open spaces and big trees. It was quite a party. There was singing, dancing, acting, steelband playing, a live band, a DJ, facepainting, a bouncy castle for children - and did they bounce!, people playing cricket and a Master of Ceremonies. Then there was the food and drink - barbecue, curry duck, roti, curry goat, channa and aloo, I can't remember all the food plus lots of drinks to make everyone tipsy. It was one of the best parties I've been to. There was a river nearby and people would go there and hang out and talk, a huge huge tree called a salmon tree that was off from the main event and you could just go sit out there and watch the children get their faces painted. Everything for the main event went on under tents so it was cool and breezy. And Miles, well he must have been held by almost everyone there - and there were more than 300 people there. He was so happy with the whole thing, didn't fuss at being passed around and admired - I think he liked it.
