And in the Happy House way, the children's choirs competed in song for our friends - Joanne and Peter Reid and Brenda and red Groves and their granddaughter, Grace Dunbar.
They had travelled out from the UK for the Happy House 10th birthday party and were facing difficult journeys home because of the disruption to flights caused by the the Corvid_19 pandemic.
Mama and Papa and all our family will miss them, and miss all those who planned to visit in coming weeks and can no longer to so. We hope it will not be too long before this is over and life gets easier for everyone worldwide.
There were also two birthdays to celebrate. Erick is now 10 and Joy has just turned nine.