Mystery Dinner

 A couple weeks ago Clare's Clan was doing their annual planning
and decided it would be fun to do another mystery dinner
...at our house.
Since I love to attempt to put on a fancy shindig...we were game.

 This time we tried a new arrangement
...and changed the rooms around.  

Dinner in the Great Room...Living Room in the Dining room.

This also helped with my spring cleaning since it meant the floors would get vacuumed under the couches and in the corners

 Everyone pitched in... 

 

Karl even strung lights along the sidewalk

Steph put the finishing touches on the table....Beautiful!

 

 Then the guests arrived

Yep...that's a tux that Karl's sportin'  It was a black tie affair.

(Plus we found this amazing tux at Desert Industries)

 

 

 Karl mixed Italian Sodas for starters

 Then the guests took a minute to study their characters...

 

Lorin's character...Eddie ("Socks") R. Gyle 

 Menu:  

Soup:  Zuppa Tuscana

Salad:  one of Nancy's amazing green salads

Entree; Chicken Cordon Bleu / Garlic mashed potatoes

Dessert:  That layered pudding dessert that has a dozen different names

 Nancy was wearing an amazing hat

...how did that get cut out of the picture?

And the murderer was...

the sweet innocent acting Steph!

 

 Cheers to a great evening!

Presley's Big Day

YESSS! I'm officially Presley.

Lunch...always worth documenting.

Karl finally rented a Mustang!

And off  we drove..

to catch a plane in Jacksonville.

It was another fun Florida Adventure.

Day 4 - Cedar Keys

 Saturday took us to a fishing town on the Gulf side of Florida.

We explored this swampy little place where a good share of the houses were built on stilts.

Miles of board walk over swamp.

 For lunch we went to an eatery on the water 

 

and tasted an array of sea food.

 

the Shrimp was heavenly, the clams...chewy.

Dr. Jeff attempting to get a sliver out with a drinking straw...FAIL.

Somebody is hoping for a handout.

Our catch of the day.
The big one got away :)

 Back home.

 Some people snoozed.

Amy taste-testing her yummy peanut butter frosting

While others (just Amy) prepped for Sunday dinner.

Gainesville Adventure - day 3

Today's Goal...to expend more calories than we consume.

• 4 mile walk around the Haile Plantation trail loop.

• 25 minutes of P90X

• 2 hours walk around 62 acres of the  Kanapaha Botanical gardens

• Night walk to Haile Plantation village and back through the golf course.

Breakfast - Cereal  and clementines / Good start.
Lunch - Mexico Lindo / So good...losing resolve.
Dinner - Amy's Taco salad /Yummy... Total FAIL

Oh well...we'll try again tomorrow.

  Pics for the day.

Other activities...exploring Historic Downtown Gainesville.

Watching the Kansas vs. Arkansas Football game.

and of course...cuddling, loving and watching Sweet P.