Easter 2011

Easter Sunday a group of us went to Shrugrue's for the buffet, which caters to any palate. The food was great, salads, a seafood bar with Alaskan King crab, jumbo shrimp, oysters and smoked salmon. The carving station included baked ham, prime rib and lamb with all the trimmings, a breakfast station with omelets made to order and a dessert station which was incredible. Also never ending champange and all for a price of $25 per person. You could stay as long as you wanted - there was no rush

Above is the group that played throughout our dinner.

The breakfast bar

the desserts - the truffles were fabulous as was the key lime pie

The buffet

the bar

These 2 tables were ours

Dave and Joann have a great time

Glenice and Keith have champagne

Bob and Bev very happy with my choice of restaurants

Linda and Joe glad to be with good friends

Lumpy and Wendy toasting: Good friends and good times.

Kay enjoying her Mamosa

Patsy and I happy to be with all our friends

Brewer's barbeque 2011

Here we are at Al and Marilyn's for a great barbeque on a spectacular evening.  Left to right are: Dave, Kay, Wendy, Joann and Lumpy. This is the patio area behind Al's house.

Left to right are Bev, Glenice and Marilyn having a intense conversation about the upcoming wedding - the royals!

Some new people in the group (left to right) Kay, Patsy, Wendy, Joann, Keith and Dave taking care of the beer cooler.

The women (left to right) Wendy, Kay, Bev, Joann, Glenice, Marilyn and me. As you can see in the background, the men are getting the appetizers out, firing up the grill and just letting us relax for once! We are very content with our new role of doing nothing.

Kay is getting some of the appetizers the men have put out and the men are discussing what they should do next. This could be quite a dilemna.

A picture of the pool. We went in the hot tub and took a dip in the pool later in the evening when the sun went down

Marilyn and a few others are setting up chairs around the pool.

Dave, Al, Lumpy and Bob want to get the barbeque going. It seems as though there is a big discussion going on.

It was a wonderful evening. After swimming we went inside to see the movie Marilyn had made of their trip to Catalina Island - it was fantastic.

Our end of season party 2011

Pool pals ( left to right) Barb and Hal and George and Donna

Our end of season party 2011

Our end of season party 2011

There was a 20% chance of thundershowers for the day of our party, which is extremely unusual during this time of the year. We woke up to a beautiful sunny day. At 9:00am our friends came over with tables and chairs and began setting them up in the yard. The table clothes were put on by 10:30am and we all had time to relax before things got going at 2:00pm.

At noon, the sky got very dark and there was thunder and lightning and the rain can. I couldn't believe it as we were all set up. I kept going to the door to look west to see if it was getting clear. Patsy told me to sit down and relax; that it would clear when it wanted to. My jumping up and down wasn't going to make it go by any faster. I knew that he was right but we has 70+ people coming over- they wouldn't all fit in our condo. What would we do? The food was all ready to go so we couldn't cancel it. We had prepared pasta fagioli, mini lobster rolls, drinks and 2 birthday cakes as it as it was Lumpy and Greg's birthday - all of which was not planned when I set the date. Guests were bringing appetizers and a few desserts.

At 1:30pm, the sun came out. Everyong in the complex came over to dry the chairs and wipe off the table clothes. It got nice and warm with a bit of a breeze in the air. It turned out to be just a perfect day!

In the above is Patsy with his pot of pasta fagioli waiting to serve it.

Here are a group of pool pals ( left to right) Flo and Don, Ken and Mary, Patty and Jerry

 pool pals ( left to right) Gail facing her husband Paul, Janice, Cathy, Kathi and Ann and Bob

A group from our complex and golfing friends ( left to right) Ron, John, Bob, Jim, Al and Liann

Again golfing and complex friens( left to right) Bev, Christy, Joann, Glenice, Dennis and Mavis 

Friends from our complex ( lright to left) Karen, Pat, Keith, Dave, Tom, Liann and Al 

Pool pals in line for some great appetizers ( left to right) Anne, Susan, Bev, Jan and Ron

Pool pals getting a cool beverage ( left to right) Mary and Susan 

Donna (pool pal) is checking out all the great appetizers

Golfing friends enjoying the appetizers ( left to right) Jenny Sandy, Tommy and Bob

Pool pals (left to right) Karen, Anne, Judy and Bob, Rick and Susan and Ron and Jan

Pool pals Mary and Phil

Pool pals Susan and Bob

Complex and golfing friends (left to right) Karen, Sherry and Ron and Ron

Complex friend (left to right) Mona, Pat, Sherri and Matt

Looking at the patio at our condo 

Our yard

Lumpy ( one of the birthday boys) and Wendy having a wonderful day

John and Sandra, visitors from Thunder Bay, ON, with their hosts Greg ( the other birthday boy) and Gay

The birthday boys with their wives ( left to right) Greg and Gay and Wendy and Lumpy

 Lupmy's birthday cake

 Greg's birthday cake

Patsy congratulating the birthday boys

We also, unbeknown to us, had an engagement to celebrate. Left to right admiring Margatet's beautiful diamond ring are Mary, Susan, Bev, Margaret all smiles and Sandra.

Here we have Ron speaking to Mac, on the left, who proposed to Margaret on the way to the party. Margaret had been in Vancouver visiting the family and Mac picked her up at LAS. That was a very nice ride home!

Oatman with Virginia 2011

Traveling Route 66 to Oatman, a deserted mining town where the donkeys roam the street. They were left there when the mines closed.

Any UFO sightings? This is where the UFO enthusists have their annual meetings - a deserted place on Route 66.

Virginia is feeding a donkey while her baby is also getting some nourishment.

Those donkeys sure do love those carrots. Virgina thinks the donkeys like her but they are really after the carrots she has in her bag.

One of the locals stopped to have his picture taken with Virginia.

Here we see Virgina with the sheriff. She won't have to worry with him beside her.

One of the restaurants that we frequent - note all the money on the walls. People write their name, city and state or country on a dollar bill and staple it to the wall, beam, ceiling od any other place.

a shootout - robbers have just robbed the bank and are trying to flee

Virginia is not too happy. This donkey couldn't wait for his carrots; he grabbed the bag. They are all over the ground!

Look at this donkey!!!

This donkey is following Virginia into a store

What to visit Oatman? Just follow Route 66 to Jackass Junction and take a left.

We left Oatman and went to Laughlin to a show, Dance of Desire. It was to modern day River Dance and did they ever dance. Did a little gambling, too. Does anyone have any money they can loan us?