Billy turns 29...

We met for lunch and had a lovely mini-picnic along the river... here's Billy, very happy to be out of the office and in the sunshine (on possibly the nicest day of the year yet!)



In honor of our birthdays, we had a big party at a Lawn Bowling Club. Our friend Lindsay (pictured below) has the same birthday as Billy, so we had a big joint party. We had an outdoor BBQ and tried our hand at lawn bowling...

Unlike bocce, the ball is not round... you can see it's a little squished. And it is weighted so that it rolls to one side. The pink dot on the ball in Billy's hands indicates the side to which it will roll.

Tyler, Billy, Robin, Carmen .... trying to look as preppy as possible at the lawn bowl club. Silly people... they forgot to wear their Whites! Good thing the professional lawn bowlers had already gone home so they didn't have to witness the desecration of their traditions.

Zed, Billy, Brian, Sumith (See, sumith knows what to wear!)

Lisanne, Sophie, Liz ... all wondering why they are sitting outside in the cold!

Birthday cupcakes... Lindsay made the cupcakes with our names in icing! I had the same embarrassing sensation that I had when we had to cut the cake at our wedding! But at least we got to warm up inside for a while.