Father's Day

We had a rather low key Father's Day here at LBF. It started with a message from Sue and Carter wishing "Bi' Pap" Happy Father's Day, followed by a call from Steve doing the same. Then, Mom, Dad, and I had a nice breakfast of fruit, bacon, and beignets from Cafe Beignet. After breakfast, I took it upon myself to run to "Wally World" and purchase a new wireless router. (The one we have been using up and died on us the other day, and I wanted to be sure that a new one was in place before next weekend when the family begins to arrive. That way, anyone who wants to can use his or her own computer whenever he or she wants to without having to wait in line for the one wired computer.)

When I got back, Mom, Dad, and I trooped out to the pool and spent a few relaxing hours soaking up the sun and trying to stay cool. Staying cool proved to be a rather difficult feat, specifically when we were dealing with 90+ degree temperatures and head indices over 100. Even so, Dad enjoyed his time in the pool.

One of the few times this weekend Dad didn't have a project going

Mom & Dad

We are now all (im)patiently waiting for Sunday when our family begins to arrive, which will be in stages. Sue, Nick and Carter will arrive some time Sunday, after attending Stacy's (Nick's sister's) wedding Saturday. Steve will arrive later in the week, followed by Ken either the Thursday or Friday prior to the Fourth. We are all looking forward to a long visit and a great celebration of Dad's birthday on the Fourth of July!

Happy Anniversary

Monday, Ken and I celebrated our seventh anniversary. (Yes, I'm wondering how he's put up with me that long, too!) We wanted to go to Hot & Hot Fish Club, but they aren't open on Mondays. So we settled for going Tuesday night instead.

The food was delicious, as usual, but the highlight of the meal was the tomato salad. It had heirloom tomatoes, butter beans, corn, fried okra and a balsamic vinegarette that pulled it all together. It was FANTASTIC. So much so, in fact, that I felt compelled to take a picture of it.


Towards the end of dinner, Ken said, "I think Taylor Hicks is sitting over there." And it turns out that he was! It looked like he was having dinner with some friends and just generally relaxing. Ken and I leisurely ate our dinner and were one of the last tables to finish. When we left, it appeared that Taylor and his party had already left, but it turned out that they had only moved outside. We introduced ourselves and told him that it was our anniversary and he graciously agreed to take a picture with us.


It was an exciting end to a wonderful evening!

The Epitome of Summer

Hanging out in the "Aloha Chairs" in the LBF pool

'Nuff said!