KEN'S BIRTHDAY AT ELEPHANT BAR

Wed. Dec. 14 - Ken's birthday today!! We started the day with me baking a coffee cake for Ken's breakfast!! When I measured the ingredients I prayed there was enough Bisquick for the cake AND the strudel topping! Just enough, with a Tablespoon to spare. Happy Birthday, Ken!!

Later, a few friends to joined us for Happy Hour at the Elephant Bar, a favorite haunt of ours. It was a fun time celebrating Ken's birthday.

Around the table: Bill, Pat, Tom, Hayden, Gloria, Ken, Faye, and Marion. Thanks, guys, for sharing this occasion with us.

We were surprised when our waiter, Alex, brought Ken an ice cream dessert with a candle on top!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEN!! Love you!!

HAVING MEXICAN AT RICK AND LINDA'S!

Dec. 11 - Rick and Linda had another cook-out this afternoon -- tacos, burritos, and all the trimmings! Because of Linda's schedule as a park Ranger, we started at about 2 o'clock. It's a good thing, too, because it really gets toooo cooooool later in the afternoon!!

Paulette and Larry.

Jim and Shirley.

Bill was complaining to me that his picture is never in our Blog! Well, here you are, Bill -- twice!! First, Gloria had to put up with his antics!!!

And then Bill is cutting up with Gloria's Bill (we call him Hayden because there is that other Bill!!)

Here is Ken giving Paul our best wishes for his scheduled jaunt to the hospital for heart surgery on Wednesday! Good Luck, Paul!!

Larry was standing up so I asked him to take my picture with Ken. He got the camera backwards!!! A self portrait!

But here is our picture at last!

Our hosts Linda and Rick.

Today is Linda's birthday! I wanted a full picture of her in her pretty new "Birthday Suit". Happy Birthday, Linda!!

Thanks Guys for another great gathering!! YUUUUMMMMM!

WELCOME BACK PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT AT CATALINA SPA

Saturday, Dec 10 - Today we drove over to watch some of the Welcome Back Pickleball Tournament at Catalina Spa. There were a lot of our friends and acquaintances playing in the various events.

The first people we ran into (pre-arranged) were our long-time friends Marion and Tom! Today Tom was cooking the sirloin burgers and brots!! Marion has consumed all of hers!! Good burgers, Tom!

Because of the way the courts are situated at Catalina, it was next to impossible to take pictures of the action, but I was really negligent because I didn't even take pictures of the teams off the court! We'll have to just send our congratulations to all the participants!!