Picnics and Birthday Parties

This past Friday night, my parent's Orthodontist, Dr. Thomas, had a picnic at Old Poway Park where they had yummy food, raffle prizes, popcorn, candy, and a movie...and all for freeeeee (I'm channeling Adam Sandler from Bedtime Stories).

Plus, they had the most amazing clowns doing face painting, so of course that was the first thing Ashley wanted to do.

I loved her pink hair...it was huge and amazing! When Ashley went to sit down, the clown asked Ashley if she could do the flower princess design since it would match her outfit perfectly. 

And the final result, it was incredible! It was like the face painting was meant to match her outfit on purpose, when really it was a pre-existing design.  Talk about lucking out!  This was by far the best face painting Ashley has ever gotten, even including the face painting at Sea World for $20!  If we ever need a clown/face painter for a party, I'm definitely calling this lady up!

Plus, I found a new function on my camera that takes a picture in black and white except a certain color that you pick.  I love it!!!

The next day, we started the day off with a quick 20-mile bike ride.  I'm kidding, it wasn't quick.  I have been having some issues with my knee and this was the first time I've done a longer ride with a lot of hills.  As a result, I was much slower than usual and my knee hurt a little bit, but I made it!  Poor Jeff had to ride slow with me, not getting his usual workout in but he made up for it on Sunday by going on a horribly hard ride with his friends from work.

Then we had 2 parties back to back.  A pool party for Ashley's friend from school and a 1st birthday party for my friend's daughter.  Her little girl Kailynn (pronounced like Kai, not Kay) is so adorable with big blue eyes and dark brown hair.  It was fun seeing them, catching up, and watching Kailynn attack the HUGE mini-cake which was only for her!

The next day was Jeff's mom's birthday, but since they are in Colorado, we had to settle for wishing her a happy birthday over the phone rather than in person.  Happy Birthday Sheryl!! We miss you guys.

All in all, a great weekend.  And next weekend we're off to my parent's timeshare...we can't wait to go for a nice long bike ride and relax on the beach!