Good day my friends!  Actually it should read good evening!  But it has been a good day and evening all the way around in So Cal.

The hubs and I had the privilege of spending the afternoon with hubby’s friend (Teri) from HS.  She’s living it up at this fabulous beach front hotel.

The hubs and me after our lunch on the beach.  It stinks that I can’t take pics in the bright sun yet.  Obviously I don’t know what I’m doing. But, I’m learning and will get better in time.

I played around with my iPad while the sun was setting this evening.  All editing including the watermark and frame were done on the iPad.  Twas fun.

I believe it’s time for a cup of coffee and pj’s.  We’re ready to call it a day around here.

Blessings – Debbie

One of the first things I think of when I think of summer is BBQ.  It brings friends and family together.  And what better way to gather than the great outdoors?  Saturday, May 19th was the afternoon this BBQ took place.

Q (our host) checking on the brisket that had been cooking “low and slow” all. day. long.  YUM!  He’s so good at what he does.

Our beautiful hostess.  She made some really amazing things including her homemade whip cream for the strawberry shortcake.

Hubby checking out those Craftsman tongs.  Love that cool Craftsman set!

Take a look at this guy, impressive huh?  It has Craftsman written all over it.

The amazing chef prepared a wide variety of meat amongst other fine foods.

Our beautiful hostess Julie and her mom.  I can’t get over how much they look alike.

Daddy/daughter.  Sweet Little Lucy was passing out fresh lemons from a nearby tree.

How sweet, she just woke from her afternoon nap.

And her big brother Lucas.  It’s so obvious they are siblings.  I told mama Deb that they are bound to look like twins when they grow up.

The #1 Chef getting back to the brisket that had been resting.  Yum!

On inside the house, the remote controlled shark was a big hit.

It was such a cool shark with real to life movement.  Shark Attack!!!

Now he’s got the controls.  Can you tell these boys are having fun?

They had the best time playing together all afternoon and evening.

Back outside, we had an amazing spread!

Our hostess getting in some quality time with the youngest (2 weeks old) pary girl.

While I was busy taking shots of the children, there were actually around 25 adults at the BBQ.

 

It was a picture perfect day.

The Chef serving up Flame Grilled Burgers and Pineapple, so good!

Hubby all set for his hot off the grill burger.

Girls visit.

And boys talk shop.

And this little girl became my buddy.  We played together for quite a while.

I just loved her little outfit and those little red shoes.

But most of all, I was so happy Lucy became my little buddy.

As evening approached, games were enjoyed inside.

Everyone had fun.

A helping hand, made for a lot of fun.

These two, remember them?  Well, they had the moves going on.  And the crowd cheered as they worked it out.  I can report that fun times were had by all.

As children young and old were letting the good times roll.

Cheers to our first summer BBQ with friends.  We hope to continue on with the next BBQ with friends at our home.

Blessings – Debbie

When friends talk of going to the beach for a little fun and a picnic lunch, we take things serious.

My little tote held my packed lunch on the inside complete with ice to keep things chilled.  And the pocket on the front held my sunscreen, phone and everything else I needed.

I arrived a bit earlier than my friend.  The sun was working hard on the coast to burn off the haze.  It was so crazy as it was beautiful sunny skies just miles from here.

This is the spot where I landed.

Dominique is his name, we became really good buddies.  He came up to me saying “off”.  He wanted help taking off his little jacket.  He was such a little cutie pie.

Soon my friend arrived and we were in the full swing of beach mode.  Our little picnic lunch was enjoyed around 11:30.  There was a little catching up to be done, mags to look at and visits in-between.  I think the pounding of the surf was one of our favorite things about today.  It was soothing, which made for one of those nice relaxing kind of days.

What not to do at the beach.  Do not leave your belongings and food hanging out unattended.  These guys will rob you before you have a chance to shoo them away.  In the end, the girls had no food left and their drinks were all knocked over.  At least they came back to this spot laughing at the mess left behind.

Yup – he’s looking pretty guilty to me.  We even saw one of these guys take a sandwich that was in a ziplock bag from a couple who were right there with their belongings.  They were not paying attention and the little rascal reached right into their beach bag and stole the whole sandwich.  The guy was too slow, but he did get to witness the birds feast on his lunch.  Oh, he did yell too, but by then, it was a little too late.  And I don’t think he hurt the birds feelings either.

Before we knew it, it was 3 o’clock, the time for us to wrap it up and call it a day.  It was one of those moments where we just wanted to hit the snooze button on the time and hunker there a little longer.

What makes it all better, is the fact that we’ve already scheduled our next day at the beach.

Blessings – Debbie

Last evening, hubby and I had the privilege of seeing our friend from Seoul South Korea.  For dinner we dined at a Brazilian Restaurant just outside of LA.

We are still in awe of the odds of ever seeing him again after all these years.  WOW!

An after dinner shot of the boys.

An after dinner shot of the three of us outside the restaurant.

When it came time to talk about our sweet tooth, Coldstone was mentioned.  Little did we know that Coldstone is popular in South Korea nowadays.  So we all agreed that it was the perfect place to go.  We’re on our way.

Decisions, oh the decisions we must make.

But it didn’t take long for us figure out.

I ordered a small, I did.  And I liked to have a fit seeing how huge it turned out to be.  It was so big that it had to go into the next size cup.  I was able to down just over 1/2 the thing and the rest had to go in the trash.

Our evening outdoors was so much fun.

And I still have to pinch myself to think we literally live worlds apart, while trying to fathom that our paths could even cross again.

There was discussion that he’s doing business in the LA area and will more than likely return.  We sure hope to see him again one day.

As we parted and drove away, I wondered how long it would be ’til we meet again.  Or will we ever see each other again?  Will we ever make it back there for a visit, like we would like to do one day?  How many of our old friends from there will we be able to see again?  I close with so many fond memories and my wish is that we are able to cross paths time and time again.

We feel so blessed to have had this opportunity.

Blessings – Debbie