The next day, I took Ben to Flemington for a chess tournament. If you look carefully at this picture you see this image of him hard at work. Afterwards, the award ceremony began and Ben waited until he was called up to receive the trophy for 1st place (4 wins, no losses) in the grade 4-12 section. An exciting time.

We came home because it was time to celebrate our anniversary. We gathered the clan including these respectable people with an umbrella and this younger man who replaced me and then just Sarah and Ed posed as Ben was amused as we got ready to enter Rats for a celebratory dinner. I had a martini which threw off the next picture but my plate was quite nice before it was removed to make room for the radish soup and other courses as the others had fish and chicken and my ravioli and risotto kept me happy even as Jane dug into her filet mignon as the bread person posed which made the waiter want his picture taken too.

Then it was time for individual pictures, so Jane posed Ben posed and then got amused Ed posed Sarah posed and I took this self portrait before capturing Suzanne and letting someone else capture me in the family group.

Sarah next did an excellent job of recording a trip to the lady's room

complete with plants in the stall.

After dinner, it was time to celebrate Sarah's birthday and so we started the ritual of present opening with a display of earrings and a large bow and then more presents with a break for complimentary pastries and more presents until the hands were tired and the desserts including fries and shake came along with the bill which showed that a night out with the family isn't as cheap as it used to be.

After visiting with some people in the garden and seeing the mother and child we admired some sculptures in the dark before having some tea with the old timers and taking one last picture with which to close off the celebration.