Day 3: Low Key Day

After all the power outage and ensuing adventures, all of us were content to just relax, recover and settle in. I took a picture during the power outages: see one on the left. Ha!

Mostly we spent the day by the pool, playing water with the kids. All the kids, including Kiowa, love the water! Taylor (8 years old), being the oldest cousin here, is having a great time showing the younger cousins the ropes. In fact, Erin (5 years old) has been steadily watching Taylor and emulating her eating habits (penne pasta and water at dinner, for those of you who want to know). It's all very adorable.

We went to dinner at Clyde's at Willow Creek Farm. They boast serving food only grown on their farms around the area. It took about 3 hours to dine, but we had one table outside in the Richmond Terrace. The Terrace had soft incandescent lighting and a fountain/pond complete with lily pads and frogs. The biggest surprise of the evening was my aunt, Lois Ann, paid for the entire meal! Talk about an extravagant treat! We were all pleasantly stunned... my brother-in-law, Ricky, immediately quipped, "If I had known, I would have ordered two more beers..." LOL!

There was one crisis incident with the pond, however. My brother-in-law, Andy, was playing with the girls around the pond and it was decided that a toy turtle wanted to swim with the live frogs... between the two fountains on each end of the pond, the turtle ended up stuck exactly in the middle swimming in circles with a bunch of lily pads! To quote Uncle Andy when asked to save the turtle, "It's ok, he WANTS to swim around for a while." LOL! With the help of two waiters, one patron and two food trays, we were able to rescue the turtle. :D

Cheers,
Jaime