On Sunday, we loaded up the GVan and took a trip down to Gramma's house for the day to celebrate Uncle Richard's thirty-somethingth birthday. Gwendolyn's birthday is on the 4th and Uncle Richard's is on the 5th of October. Gwendolyn loved being part of the party as always and Uncle Richard was nice enough to share his day with Gwendolyn — birthday hat and birthday cake and all. Gwendolyn had her second lick of cake icing, this time it was homemade, and although she seemed unsure at first she certainly enjoyed the sugar rush once she got the hang of licking it off her lips. We all had a great time and it was definitely nice to take a trek out of Santa Barbara to spend the day with family.