Starting
about 3:00pm, Charley, Melissa and I began to prepare for my "bon voyage"
party. We cooked a variety of food from jasmine rice, to vegetarian chili
and pasta. Gary also showed up with three large pizza's, some 18" in diameter,
woa! We also had quite the store of beer, as is evident from the pictures
below. Thanks to everyone who showed up, it was a great time!
Early
in the evening, before we began to bust out the beer, Alex, Amy and Bill
chill out on the back patio.
Possibly due to the high oxygen levels, Alex attempted to lick Bill, click here
if you are brave.
The
rest of us are inside hanging out and beginning to do a little light drinking.
We see here that Ben and Gary are involved in a theoretical discussion
concerning the absolute velocity of beer versus wine in the upper GI.
Gary
further explains his position concerning the lubricative nature of Scotch
whiskey visa via a 1997 Merlot from the Tuscany region.
Of
a less serious nature, Nancy, Melissa and John are really beginning to
whoop it up in the dining area.
Then
Elizabeth and her new baby showed up and we all had to stop jumping on
the furniture for a little while. Fortunately for the kid, she really doesn't
have red eyes!
We
discovered Alex was no longer outside chilling out but attempting to recover
from a squirrel fight that took place only moments ago. The squirrel lived..
we're not certain how long Alex will hang-on!
At
some point in the evening Gary and Melissa compare their belly girth to
prove who is more pregnant. You be the judge.
All
that drinking made us, including myself, hungry. Here we are taking a little
break and eating pizza!
Amy and Alex were getting pretty restless and
left early.. Alex was still pretty bummed out he lost against the squirrel.
I took one final snapshot of them before Amy poured Alex into their car.
Someone was pissed off that I was taking all
these pictures and wasn't in any of them. So here I am with my John and
Nancy just before they bail. As you can tell from the picture, it's merely
9:30pm!
To see how our sign language lessons have been
going click here. Parents
should click here.
Later on in the evening, the party was winding
down. We had weeded out the young and the week. It was getting pretty thin!
