Happy 27th

27 years ago, I gave birth to our dear Amy. What a delight she is to our family and everyone who knows her. Amiable Amy.
She was happy with the gift we gave her. Actually, we couldn't go wrong when it was on her Amazon wish list. We also gave her a Yorkie t-shirt which Grace modeled for us.
We used her birthday as an excuse/reason to get together as a family. Yesterday was the day. We had planned to get together at 10:30 in the morning, do a bike ride together, have lunch, then play the rest of the day. Needless to say, with nursing babies and 2 year olds, not to mention the rest of us, the plan got changed a number of times so that it didn't look much like the original.

Well, we still had a good time together. We all got to C & C's late, then one baby needed to be nursed, another needed to take a nap, the guys were trying to figure out the bike situation (if we could all ride, what to do with the kids, etc.). We finally decided to eat first. Good choice!
After lunch, babies needed to be fed, were waking up from naps, daddies were needing naps...

kids were looking at books

others were playing...

Amy & Ricky decided to go on home. I think they were brave to come on out with such a new little one and a 2 year old right at nap time. You can read about their adventures from her perspective on her blog.

We finally got ourselves together and were ready to go. Christian loaded up the bikes and tag along and cart for the kids in the dump truck and we all drove to the park.
Everyone was on bikes except me. I walked quickly pushing Asher in the stroller. Of course, I couldn't keep up with the bikes and they were out of sight in no time. So I enjoyed the day, the scenery, the exercise and the privilege of giving my daughter the opportunity to enjoy biking herself.

The trail we were on was a former railroad track that was made into a "Rails to Trails." So the path was level and followed a beautiful stream through the woods.
Andy who is usually very accurate in his "guesstimates" thought they biked 5 miles in, then 5 miles back. It was quite a workout and some were pretty tired when they reached the end.Andy and I hung around for a while visiting with Christy and playing Uno with Grace. Where was Christian? Oh, he decided to work on his brick walkway, looking like he might like some help from Dad-in-law. So how could Andy resist? (You know how he loves projects!) So we stayed till about 7:00, then all went over to Sheila's for ice cream and water ice - a perfect ending to a lovely day.