Perhaps the Last deck Party of 2010!

This might have been the last deck party

of the season as the weather is changing.

This one was perfect. We had a beautiful

moon and many generations of people.

Nancy drove all the way from Michigan

The occasion was to welcome Eva to Indianapolis.

We had Jamaican food, wine and friends which

is a great combination

A big thumbs up for this visit.
Jen and Penny new best friends.

Some friends made new ones.

A good time was had by all.

Can I Keep A Secret?

Yes I can keep a secret. Last weekend I kept one and

pulled off a big surprise. While visiting

Croatia we had met a young Hungarian girl

named Eva who was with her Dad cruising the Adriatic.

We hungout a lot because who can resist 7 crazy

American women? I am including myself.

We kept in contact with Eva and just 2 years

ago when we were biking from Austria to

Budapest we again met up with them.

They were so hospitable to us and showed

us a fine evening in a Hungarian winery complete

with wine, dinner and dancing. But that is a whole

other blog. Eva came to visit and I kept it a secret

from Penny. We wanted to surprise her and I

I think we did.

"No, it can't be true. Oh my God"

Greg looks on enjoying as he was in on the

secret.

Big smiles all around.
I'm giving myself a pat on the back for
pulling this off.

Hope Ride - Cowpies.

The Hope Ride started in Hope Indiana

on September 18. Hope is close to Columbus, IN.

It was a ride to benefit the food bank.

Weather was perfect for a 35 mile ride.

This is a ride that feeds you well.

Breakfast and lunch are served.

Above is my faithful Trek

We could hardly get any one in our group interested in

participating. There were only 5 of us.

But they did manage to get 2500 people

to ride.

Above is one of the entertaining bands.

They did "Rocky Top Tennessee" which

for the record is one of my favorite songs

to dance to.

For the record, 35 miles "whooped" me.

I took a nap and passed up a party and

was a couch potato the rest of the day.

Imagine me not attending a party.

Maybe it was the rolling hills.

The Wedding-Elegant-Casual-Cultural-Enjoyable

The wedding was upstaged by Baby D

making his family debut. Hope Ruby and

Gaddi did not mind sharing their day

with him.

I had to steal this photo from my

daughter in law's blog as it is so

cute. These are the youngest cousins

in the Hughes family. Aren't they

beautiful?

This is Uncle Scott with his new friend Berlin

The proud family celebrating their

family day - 1 year since they came

home from Korea with the little bundle of joy.

Little Dee meeting Great Uncle Jack

and Uncle Tim.

Special dancers were flown in and they did

traditional Rwandan dances. It was a very

special day for a perfect blending of families

and cultures.

Visit to the Jamaican Pattie Shop.

Patties are meat turnovers which

are very popular in Jamaica. My

kids loved patties and they still do.

Everytime they would return home

they would always go to the pattie shop

to visit Uncle Henry and eat lunch.

Here are Henry and Stefan making

them by hand. Not too much automation

going on here.

Well little Dee paid his 1st visit to the pattie

shop and was welcomed by great Uncle

Henry, Stefan and Eva.

Here comes the acid test.

Little Dee is no different from

my boys. He loves Patties

too.

Honoring the Ancestors.

Dee Dee paid his 1st visit to Indy

home of his great paternal grand

parents. It was fitting that he paid

his respects to their gravesites

and offered flowers snarfed from

some one else's urn. I don't think

they would have minded.

We did many fun things but

I was touched by this one.

These great grand parents were

truly "great" in all senses of

the word.

For the record he did return

the flowers to the rightful

owners.

Finally a Dread Lock Jamaican tennis player.

This guy was born in Germany and actually resides there

but his heritage is Jamaican so he is playing as a

Jamaican. He is playing andy Murray in the 2nd round at the

US Open in New York. I hope I get to see the match

and guess who I will be cheering for?

He is 26 years old and made $104,000 this year.
Is he Cute?