5OTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY #2

This is a continuation of 50th Wedding Anniversary #1.    In this the 2nd of my Anniversary Blog posts, I really must take the opportunity to thank my children and their significant others for all the work they put in to make this party a success. 

                         My son Jim & his wife Rachelle. 

My son Ken and his new friend Ann.                   

 They were all so busy, here , there and everywhere, we couldn't catch some of them together long enough for a together picture. 

My daughter Tracy  Elizabeth "Tbeth" to friends & family and her husband  Gary

Also, my daughter Wendy and her husband Murray. 

They all contributed so greatly to our special day.  We must give special thanks to Jim for his music and the special Power Point that ran during the dance.  To Wendy for the Power point that she created for our first dance, and all the catering supplies.  To Tbeth for the beautiful decor she created.  To Ken for all the lighting, wiring and power supply.  Plus thanks to all for all the work that was put in on the food and all the myriad of small chores that are required to pull something like this off.  Even our out of town guests pitched in on Saturday and were also commandeered for speeches and photography along with my granddaughter. 

 

THANKS EVERYONE

More to follow in Anniversary #3...........

50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY #1

After all my fretting and concerns Everything came together beautifully, thanks to my children, friends and family. 

As our guests arrive, they sign our guest book, it is so nice to see so many old friends and family in attendance. 

Then Dan and I came off of our boat and arrived at our party. 

It was so wonderful to have my neice Lisa and her twins Micheal and Racheal here from Ohio. 

Also in attendence was Lisa's brother Leon and his fiance Lynn, also from Ohio. 

To Be Continued......................

THE TENT IS GOING UP

The process is starting.  They laid the tent out on the ground.

They raised the center pole, then slowly went around and raised the side poles

They slowly straightened and tightened the sides.  It's not as big as |I thought it would be.  Apparently the sides will not be put on until Friday due to the possibility of winds.  So that is one more thing accomplished. 

WHAT A RAIN

Wow, did it ever rain here last night.  It rained a little in the evening, but during the night it really poured.  Dan emptied a pail, off the dock today, that was empty and now had 6 inches of rain in it.  Poor Murray tried to put his canopy down during the storm and it was full of water and it broke.  We had to pull the drain plug on our dinghy this morning, it was swamped.    We are slowly drying out today. 




So, having nothing else to do today, except to wait for everything to dry out, Dan installed our new Stainless Steel Bar-B-Q.     

We can now Bar-B-Q when we are out on the lake.  I am very pleased.  I have wanted this for a number of years.  Now I have to get busy and make a cover for it. 

I guess Dan doesn't want to get his new Bar-B-Q dirty yet, because he has decided to use the old dock Bar-B-Q to cook our steaks tonight.  Oh, well, we will christen it someday.  Some evening he will take me  "Out", for dinner.  Out on the lake that is. 

HAPPY BOATING

DOG LOVERS

One of the many things I like about our Marina is the fact that almost everyone is a dog lover. 

All of our pets just love coming to the beach and playing together.   

And this is the latest addition to the pets, the one on the left.  A 6 month old English Mastiff, it should be fun watching her grow up. 

  

SEA-ENNA GOES SWIMMING

Our puppy dog sure loves to swim.  We have a harness for her, which she seems to know, she must have on before she can go into the water.  We devised the harness, because once she is in the water, and has swum for a while we have to lift her out of the water and onto the swim platform.  That's what the harness is for.  But once she gets that harness on she starts running back and forth all excited, because she knows she is going to get to go swimming. 

For safety reasons, we have always trailed a floating rope out behind the boat when we stop for a swim.  (This allows us to be safe if the wind causes the boat to drift while we are in the water.)  Now this safety rope has a red float on the end of it and Sea-enna has decided that, that float is her ball and she has to retrieve it. 

Each time she gets in the water she swims out, retrieves the float and brings it back to us.  I guess she really is a "Retriever".  She is slowly growing into her breed characteristics.  Last year at age two, she discovered she loves the water.  This year at age three, she is finally taking to fetching. 

Now we have to come up with a solution.  I guess we could get a different colour float for our safety rope.  Because her "Cuck-it Ball",that she chases is the same red and she might think that it is her ball.  We also, want to make her a boarding ladder, because she is getting to be a very heavy dog to lift out of the water each time.  But that is going to have to wait until after our Anniversary Party. 

Now if I could only come up with a solution for, when she is tired and doesn't want to swim anymore.  When that happens, she jumps up off the swim platform and straight into the boat and shakes the water off and goes and lays down.  It's a good thing we have hardwood floors.  A quick swish around with a yacht mop and the floors are clean again.  But, I really must remember to keep the rear door closed so that she at least drip dries on the back deck for a while before going into the boat.  My kids all say I never would have put up with that from them.....  ; )

It is turning out to be a wonderful summer after all.  The impeller nightmares are over, we are cruising again and the weather is wonderful, who could ask for more.  The only thing I'm asking for is that everything goes smoothly for my Anniversary in two weeks. 

 

JUST ANOTHER DAY AT BCYC

Just another quiet day in Boundary Creek Yacht Club.  There are only five boats in the Marina that are occupied during the week right now.  No one is on holidays.  Most everyone else arrives throughout the weekends. 

It's time to sort out and put away the excess of Canada Day flags for next years Flotilla. 

Dan is busy cleaning the boat.  The exterior hasn't had a really good cleaning yet this year, so it's time to get rid of the grime and cob webs. 

Our focus must now switch to the plans for our 50th Wedding Anniversary, which is the next item on our event calendar.