What a beautiful day! We went to Centennial Park to try out our new double stroller/bike trailer. After two years of wanting to get one, now we have one. And it's great! Now hopefully this summer we'll be able to get some bicycles.

The kids had a blast. Cole, Luke and I drank from a beautiful, refreshing, hand-freezingly cold stream - what a hoot. At the last of it, Greg joined us. We were on some pretty neat footpaths through the woods. Not really great for the stroller, but Greg handled it really well - I mean basically he carried it a lot. Lifting one end or the other to get past exposed tree roots, rocks, etc. But we had so much fun. We got back to the bus (we had taken one of the other driver's buses because Greg wanted to do some body work on it this weekend, and also see how it's running), and were deciding what to do about a picnic as none of the tables were out yet. But we spotted some off to the side all stacked up so we pulled the top one off, and plunked down. Nothing like fresh sandwiches and chips outside!

Last night I played with Rick and Sharon down at the Classic Cafe again. I'm so out of my element there. I don't feel nervous at all, just very conspicuous. I don't water down my music. It is very obviously Christian. So I do struggle with wondering if I can be effective in that arena, yet for years have been wanting to do things like that. Anyway, I enjoy it. Rick and Sharon are both wonderful musicians - I haven't been around many people with that much natural talent very often.

I still haven't done half of what I wanted to get done around here, but I guess it will have to do. I'm going to work for a while this evening, but I'm not a martyr with housework. Once Greg is done the bus, we're planning on watching a movie, and then bed. He's not feeling great - he ended up with the cold all the kids had this week.

Tomorrow my dad turns 51 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD! I love you!