We - my two aunties, Sonia and Evelyn,on vacay and my niece, Darlene on assignment as photographer and I - arrived fashionably late to find Celeste, Dennis, Celeste's son, Dennis's mom and Pete and Vicky Badua already in the midst of their afternoon pahhhhty mood. So we unload and set up! Paul and Gerri soon came and so did Jan with the surprise b-day cake for Nancy. Our avowed honoree, Da Hapai Tanya and son, Chase, soon followed. Then Tami, Dale and Paul, with Armie and Robert bringing up the rear. Ooooops, not so! Ronda and her fourlegged furfriend came, too!
Appropriately, we had games - Guess how many m&m's in the jar; Unjumble the names of stuff that happens ONLY in pregnancy; and Put the bottle in the baby's mouth! We got prizes for the winnahs, too!
We then attacked the ono grinds on the table, determinedly covered to protect from the flies that wanted to gatecrash! Noodles, adobo, shrimp, chicken, bbq steak, Now-you-see-them- now-you-don't rolls from Armie; salad, the works!!!! We surely genuflected, nay, reclined ala Cleopatra, at the altar of the gods of calories!
Tons of photo-op: see slideshow below for evidence!
Then, what's a shower pahhhhty without presents? We took time out for that as well as sing Nancy the "Happy Birthday" song. And she had to open her presents, too! We all stuffed our faces with the yummy cake. More calories.
Talk story. Talk story.
"The sun is nearly setting!"
"Let's wait for the green light."
"The green light is the..."
"Shhhhh."
"But the...."
"Shhhh I said!"
"Ahhhhh."
Reverence for the end of summer. Trust in the continuation of friendship, fellowship and the hope for yet another summer. As beautiful. As shared.
Goodbye, sun. Goodbye, summer. Hasta la vista. Hanggang sa muli.
