PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

a final "Good-bye" as I left to come back home.

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

safety from above - there were also Coast Guard boats in the water

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

the young guys are certainly enjoying looking at all the boats & participating in the excitement of the day

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

looking down the Channel - beautiful day to be boating

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

chairs & tables for people - they will be busy tonite & tomorrow nite as the will be fireworks

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

food vendors down this way - shaved ice to cool you off. Can you smell those hamburgers & sausage sandwiches?

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

vendors on the beach - this guys looks interested

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

In the maret to purchase any of these?

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

showing off one of the new boats this year

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

another spot if someone needs to park his boat

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

these guys are playing music on the beach, which makes it a festive affair - there is also seating for people

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

the Naked Turtle boat coming out of the channel - boats dock all over the Channel & ride up & down it to see what's going on

PreDesert Storm LHC 2010

Last night all the boats were displayed on McCulloch Blvd - it was the largest & most expensive boats yet. Today they had the boat parade down the Channel but I was swimming at the time. I went down to Rotary Park this afternoon to see some of them practice. You can see the water spurting up behind two boats in the background - they are practicing for tomorrow's race.

LHC Bridgewater Links Executive Golf Course 2010

Lois & Bev discussing some strategies next the end of the course. I made a par on the 4th hole which lead to a par being made by each of us. We were very happy with our golf game.

LHC Bridgewater Links Executive Golf Course 2010

Bev is teeing off with Queen's Bay Condo in the background. If we hadn't found Los Lagos, we would have stayed there. I like Los Lagos as we are very comfortable here & the people here are just wonderful. We really hit it lucky!!!

LHC Bridgewater Links Executive Golf Course 2010

Last Friday I went golfing with Lois, Bev & Sybil at the LHC Bridgewater Links 9 hole executive golf course, which abuts the Channel. It was a beautiful, sunny day in the low 90's - a bit hot in the sun. Thank goodness it was only 9 hole. Sybil is teeing off the 1st hole as Bev & Lois watch her great swing.

LHC End of Season Party 2010

Checking out all those delicious desserts

LHC End of Season Party 2010

pool friends - lt to rt: Bette & husband, husnad & Nadine, husband & Cathi & Janice enjoying dessert

LHC End of Season Party 2010

Complex friends in front - lt to rt: Don & Nina, Mack & his partner, Margaret, who must be socializing elsewhere

LHC End of Season Party 2010

More complex friends - lt to rt: Lumpy, Dave & Carol, Keith & Glenice

LHC End of Season Party 2010

Here we have a small group who live in our complex - lt to rt: Matt & Sharri & gary who lives next door to us. Gary's wife, Patty must be mingling with others

LHC End of Season Party 2010

This table is a mixture of complex friends, golf buddies & pool pals. Satnding & going clockwise: Pat (complex), Karen (pool), Marilyn & Al ( golf),Lumpy (complex best friend), Lorna & Vaughan (complex), Wendy ( Lumpy's wife & our best friend), Bill (standing & golf), Jim (complex best friend & his wife Lois, also best firend, was home sick) & Joann, who was visiting Jim & Lois with her husband, David. They just got married & were spending the end of their honeymoon with us.
We had a lot of help from our friends to make this party a success.

LHC End of Season Party 2010

Here are some more pool friends - Mary & her husband, Bev & her husband & Ann's husband - don't know where Ann is

LHC End of Season Party 2010

Here are some of my pool friends - Shirley, in front; behind her are Barbara, looking at us & her husband & Donna & her husband. In the back is Mary & her husband

LHC End of Season Party 2010

This is the other side of our yard, which is opposite our patio. It is nice to see people mingling with one another

LHC End of Season Party 2010

We had a warm but windy day for our end of the season party. About 65 guests were able to attend; they brought appetizers & desserts. We had Pasta Fagiola & mini lobsters rolls for dinner. The food was deliciuos & the company was great. We invited people from our complex, golfing buddies & my pool pals. It was a nice mix of people. I think everyone had a nice time; I know that we did!
This is our front yard looking at the condo complex next door.

Easter in LHC with Sis, Greg & friends 2010

Are we going for seconds? There is so much good food there!!!

Easter in LHC with Sis, Greg & friends 2010

Wendy leading the line deciding how much of all that good food she would take. It was fabulous as everyone's best dish was here - really hard to choose what to put on the plate especially after all the really good appetizers. We don't lose weight here. Good thing we do water aerobics, walk & swim daily, etc. As you can see it was a perfect evening for a Dinner Party.

Easter in LHC with Sis, Greg & friends 2010

Look at all those great appetizers!!! Glenice & Sybil are helping to set things up while Tom & Keith are solving the problems of the world over a cold beer.

Easter in LHC with Sis, Greg & friends 2010

Patsy, Greg & Sis enjoying so appetizers & relaxing after a busy weekend.

Easter in LHC with Sis, Greg & friends 2010

My cousins, Sis & Greg, visited us over the Easter holidays. They got here Friday night & left Monday morning. We tried to pack everything into the 2 full days that they were here. Saturday Greg went golfing with the guys on the London Bridge Golf League that Patsy belongs to. I took Sis on a tour of the city- going uptown to see all the little shops & pubs, London Bridage Golf Course, Sara Park, where the Speedway is & host the Bluegrass Festival & the Pyrothenic show each year, Rotary Park, the Aquatic Center, which was having a gun show that we were invited to, walking along the Channel, visiting the shops & seeing all the Spring Breakers & boats, riding over London Bridge to Turtle Bay fo lunch, many of the Spring breakers room in the condos there & also enjoy the Tiki Bar on the beach (we joined them & I think we really fit in) & stopping by the Women's Show there, up to the shopping center to get some supplies for the Easter dinner we were hosting, coming back along London Bridge Rd, which follows the water & seeing Windsor Parks, which hosts many events such as the Kansas City Barbeque Bakeoff, Travis Tritt & the Country singers. In the evening we went to dinner at Shugrues, which overlooks the Channel. Sunday we had about 30 over for Easter dinner. Beforehand Sis & I went to the Swap Meet & the pool; Patsy, Greg, Lumpy & Jim went to Emerald Green Canyon golfing. Everyone brought a dish so all we had to do was provide the place. It was a beautiful day & the food was plentiful & delicious. I got several great recipes. It was really nice to have Sis & Greg with us. They plan to come back next year for a longer period of time.