Last Saturday was a very special day. It was beloved Aunt Joyce's birthday. Well, actually it was several weeks ago and we've been trying (unsuccessfully) for weeks to orchestrate our schedules to meet up Aunt Joyce and Mr. Jay to celebrate. We finally had a semi-conducive weekend, so we took it. Our original plans were to have an outing at the Huntington Library, but I was on call for work and had to stay local, so we forced them to celebrate by coming to us. It was a fun time nevertheless. Gramlynne also came by to add to the chaos.
We started out with gifts - they were lawn & garden inspired. The kids had painted Aunt Joyce yellow bird house that looked just like our house, and they made her a cement garden stone imprinted with their footprints. (OK, so there was some adult supervision involved...)
Then there was a trip to the beach for lunch and a stroll.
And finally, back home for the requisite birthday cake!
I think the thing we like best about Aunt Joyce is how seriously she takes her responsibilities as a role-model and mentor.
Evidently Mr. Jay shares my attitude of "I've made my bed, now I've got to lie in it."
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