A lovely Sunday...for a change

So this is the beautiful place that I spent the majority of my Sunday! Brian's company held their annual employee picnic at the simply gorgeous Darby House. It was perfect weather for it- and the trees had just begun to show a tinge of fall coloring too.

After being such a sour puss in my last posting, I probably didn't deserve to have such a lovely day...but I'm glad that I did. The free event allowed us to enjoy the wonderful food of Schmidt's German restaurant (which is fan-fucking-tabulous in case you've never ate there!). They even brought in mini-handmade creme puffs. Let's just say I ate much more than my share of those!

It was a relaxing affair. After we ate, the kids enjoyed pony rides and then scurried over to play some old-fashioned family games. Brian and I even got in on some of the action...egg toss (I got smashed thank you), water balloon (Brian's turn!), sack races and other fun stuff. They had a very talented face painter there and an awesome balloon guy too! (He even did one of Drew Carey!)

Late in the afternoon we took a wonderful pontoon boat ride on the Big Darby Creek. It was just what the doctor ordered for my fried nerves. We even saw a beautiful crane. Brian and I snuggled close and enjoyed the moment...gag, I know. Sorry! The kids capped the day off with another pony ride and a roll down this HUGE hill on their golf course.


I only wish more days were like this one.