Birthday Celebrations

All last week after Dad got home, we have been very busy with preparations for the Celebration of my 18th, and the twins 9th Birthdays.
We have all had a lot of fun planning and we have been putting ideas together since February.
We all wanted to have an English Country Dance so next we had to figure out where to have it. I like outside parties and we have a very nice yard so that's what was decided upon, we figured that weather would be no problem since August is supposed to be the most sunny part of the year, but when we checked the weather the week before the party, much to our surprise everyday was sunny Except the 16th. It seemed that it was just a test of faith as it only lightly sprinkled for about 45 minutes, and the rest of the day was absolutely beautiful.
We practiced some dances before our musicians (The O'Briens) got there, then officially started.
Almost everyone knows the dances but a lot of people who didn't caught on very quickly and I was impressed.
After a few dances Dad made a speech then prayed over the meal. We had a dinner buffet line, and all the Gentlemen served the ladies and parents.
After dinner we did two more dances, then Daniel made a speech, after which came the happy birthday song, cake, ice-cream, and a few other desserts.
While everyone was enjoying their dessert Daniel took the children all to the backyard to try and break the pinata that mom, dad, and all the children had made.
After one final Dance the party was over and everyone started to leave at around 10:00.
It was a wonderful party everything went as planned, and so far as I've heard everyone had a great time.
After clean-up and putting the children to bed, not wanting the party to end Dad, Mom, Daniel, Tim, Sill, and I, all stayed up rather late talking about the events of the day, and we all agreed that it was a great success and one of the best parties we'd been to.