The Beach So Far...

We are having a great week at the beach. We've spent some time laying in the sand, swimming in the pool and ocean, and relaxing in the hot tub. As we all tend to value the same things, we have also played a bit of golf. I've played twice this week, so has Andy. However, Jim has been able to take someone along every day, so he has played four times and has another 2 tee times before we leave. I think that is what he has missed most about living in Houston...he could always play after work.

Cindy and Big Mike while we wait for dinner at the Black Pelican.

Cole does some serious damage on the boogey board.
Kilmarlic is the course we played on Wednesday. It was beautiful and probably the toughest course I have played to date. Accuracy was the key, so we were playing a lot of target golf. Fortunately, my lack of distance makes that a little easier for me. Andy shot slightly above his typical score, as did Jim. Mike was nearly 20 shots over his average, but I was almost exactly the same. Same score on a more difficult course...this tells me I might be getting better! We played another course on Sunday and I played the best I have ever played there. Of course, it had a much lower slope than I'm used to, so I don't know that it counts for much...

More fishing news

The official word on Cindy's croaker is 13 and 3/4 inches. It beat Dad's by a full 1/4 inch. She is quite proud to have caught the largest croaker on the Kee record. However, not to be outdone, Dad and Wanda went out Sunday after we left town. She decided she needed to beat everyone by pulling in a 10 pound shark. Next stop, Oregon Inlet. I need to get new line put on the surf rods, as they have not been used in quite some time. But Cindy and I don't care what everyone else is doing, we are going to get in some surf fishing while at the beach!

Fishing Excursion

Today was one of the best fishing excursions I've had in a long time. You know those days when the sun is shining and those huge fluffy clouds are in the sky? Today was definitely one of those times. I slept on the bow of the boat for the first hour we were out and still managed to catch a number of fish. I thought I was going to hold the record for the biggest one until Cindy reeled in this monster. It was the biggest croaker I had ever seen until 5 minutes later when Dad brought in this one that was almost as if not larger than Cindy's. When the live well was full and Cindy was the color of a freshly steamed lobster we decided it was time to call it a day.

Farewell Simon!

This weekend a bunch of us went out to wish Simon a great trip and visit back to the UK. He decided he wanted to go bowling, which is something I don't do, but he still convinced me to bowl half of one frame(wearing flops nonetheless)...yep, I still despise it. At any rate, I did enjoy sitting around with good friends, drinking some drinks and generally laughing at everyone's antics...Here are a few pics from the night.

Maggie makes Mike uncomfortable...Is it possible he arrested her at some point?

Maggie and Cory get down!

Simon and Tammy...

Maggie and I...yes, we were happy!

It is at this point, I realize Maggie is a ham...and will do anything in front of a camera! If you were there and want some of the "other" pictures from the night, email me and I will send you a few.

Kate Back East

Kate was back East from Montana a couple of weeks ago and I headed up to P-town to spend the weekend with her family. We spent a number of hours by the pool and played a little golf. On Saturday night we cooked up a shrimp feast and Jen came over with her youngest. As you can tell from the pictures, we all had a great time. Brucie has a "secret drawer" with lots of little toys for children to play with so Hayley was completely preoccupied with that and playing hopscotch with Wardo. That is, until the camera came out. She had to be in on all the photography action and even snapped one of the "women" herself!

Kate and I hang with Hayley (who was extremely sticker happy)!

Hayley's picture of the "grown-ups"