two birthdays

we drove down to the Young Married's house yesterday to help them celebrate their birthdays -- J's was on the 6th and L's was on the 7th -- her parents and sister arrived shortly after we, and we all proceeded to have a really good time!

after snacking and catching up for several hours, we seven piled into our new odyssey and drove over to The Keg for an excellent meal!!! apparently they don't take reservations so we had a bit of a wait (45 minutes) and then after we were seated we had another bit of a wait for our meal (25 minutes) but it was worth it! i had the filet mignon with blue cheese and garlic, and a twice-baked potatoe. oh. my. god. it was sooooo excellent, which was the opinion for everyone else and the selections they were served.

afterwards we returned to the house for lemon cake and strawberry cake, and the opening of presents. i lamented forgetting the camera so i didn't get any pictures of our fun. L's tummy is actually starting to pooch out a little bit (it's 8 weeks), and in spite of her ever-present nausea she held up real well. and it was good to see lulu again since she's had to work everytime the other six of us have gotten together. we finally said good-bye then drove home in the rain, but it was a pleasant drive in our new car.

what a really excellent day!!!