Another fun Monday just went by. My niece was up just about as early as me today. We looked forward to this day because she had some friends coming to play with her from her school, and my son was coming to visit. He's been in the Marines for 4 years and just this last Friday he got out.
Around 11 a.m. John took a group out kayaking up river. They saw 2 eagles and an osprey and enjoyed the beautiful day. Tommy, our nephew, did great and was even the first kayak back to the resort. He was padding a 2 person kayak with Zack, and since he was in the back seat, he had to steer. He did an amazing job.
Around noon my son came to visit us and brought his lovely girlfriend, Lacey. We hung out by the beach, played with their puppy and visited. It was probably a boring day for them, but I loved just having him here. He left after pot luck.
I started preparing for the pot luck at 4p.m. by making a boat load of food. I had invited our neighbor, Harry, our priest has a standing invitation but hasn't been here yet, Joey/Lacey, niece/nephew, John/me, and friends of my niece (4). So I figured that if everybody showed up, that would be 12 people to cook for. Our pot luck goes such that everybody should bring whatever they were going to make for dinner to the lodge. We will set it all out on the bar and all share the food. It started out years ago with just telling everyone to bring a dish to pass. That didn't work because one huge family only brought some cole slaw once. So that's way everybody should bring what they were making for dinner. So if I was cooking for 12, I had to get going early.
I made veggies/dip, fried veggies for the steak, basil pesto pasta, salad, bread sticks, cake and then I grilled a bunch of meat. I grilled an entire chicken (cut up), steak, brats, chicken brats, and hot dogs. The only thing left was a piece of chicken and some veggies/dip. We have 24 kids here this week and 75% of them are over the age of 12. Hungry eaters all of them!
After the pot luck the kids hung out in the lodge. Some teenager played the piano beautifully, two tables had board games going on, another group was watching You-tube, a couple of sisters were putting together a puzzle and I was drinking and talking with some others. I love it when the lodge is full and there's a lot going on. Twin girls were celebrating their 17th birthday tonight so around 9 p.m. there was birthday singing, cake and more fun. We supplied the plates and ice cream. Then the sugar kicked the kids into high gear. The noise in the lodge rose steadily until I couldn't handle it any more and at 10:00 p.m., I said they had to go outside. They didn't mind. This group loves to play flashlight tag or something and tonight they are still out there running around and its almost 11.
John was down by the campfire with some people so I walked there to see what I was missing. It was so much cooler outside than in the bar that the walk felt wonderful. Some customers were roasting s'mores and some were just visiting. Our dogs were sleeping on each side of the fire and the lake was like glass. Beautiful.
Well now its 11:00 p.m. and its time to tell the kids to be quiet for the night.
hehe i was the one who played the piano :] it was a fun night with lots of great food :]
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