A day in the park

Papa Mike's and Gigi's birthdays are a week apart.  So, on the first day of November, we celebrated  both of their birthdays with a barbecue picnic at Burroughs Park.  It was a beautiful sunny day!

 We all had a nice time hanging out at this local park.  The littles were able to run around like the nuts they are.  They enjoyed playing on the playgrounds and riding their bikes.  Adam and Arden also had a chance to fly the kite since it was windy.

Brian grilled some chicken on the park's fire pit.

Jack on his trike

Arden's current thing is to race down a hill on her bike.  Here, she's about to turn around and do just that.  The "hill" is usually our driveway, but at the park, it was a walkway onto the playground. 

Papa Mike and Gigi are blowing out their birthday candles

Arden digging for worms.  She wanted to fish in the pond really bad.  No worms, though.  :(

the first time of the season to break out the scarves

Jack is almost asleep on Aunt Sarah's shoulders.  Look at that dirty face

poor Halle is freezing. 

Brian was not amused that I was taking a picture of his back side.  This is a good father/son picture, though, so I had to take it.

good times