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Slow morning start.  Phil and I took the coffee pots we had borrowed back to Suze’s room and chatted with Luis and Susannah.  Then we walked over to the Grand Lucayan Hotel to use the ATM and to check out their gorgeous pool and beach. 

Back at the villa we met Belle and took her to the airport.

Bye Bye Belle

I paid cash for the rental car and we had pasties for lunch.  We saw her safely off and headed back to get Gwyneth and Camille to go for a ride.  Rob took Chloe, Suze and Liz out on the boat.

We met up with Marty and Jim on their bikes way back on from Barbary Beach.

 

Barbary Beach

We headed out further to Lucayan National Park where we went into a couple of caverns and then took a nature walk to the beach.



Ben's Cavern
We went a little further east to look for a geocache and had a Coke at a beach bar at Bishop’s Resort.

 Bishop's Resort
Suze and Luis and a bunch of folks ate a Zorba’s in the Lucayan Marketplace.  We met up with them there, but G and the kids went to a pizza place. Rob, Jim and I got takeout from a local place further away – Simply Native.   Local dessert is guava duff.

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There was a violent storm early in the morning.

Jessica and I scurried to get everything ready for the brunch.  Almost everyone came.  Phil and Rob played shuttle bus back and forth to Pelican Bay

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Brunch

I made a frittata from the leftover rehearsal dinner roast veggies per Marty’s suggestion and Jessica arranged the other leftovers very artistically.  She baked all the hors d’oeuvres that we got at Butler’s the day before. http://butlersfoodworld.com/

Some of crowd at brunch 

I had a bunch of rum punches.  Susannah changed her name on Facebook!

Changing her name on Facebook!

Some of us went out on the boat to get gas at the Lucaya Marketplace marina.  Chloe and I went swimming.

 Swimming
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The big wedding day!  Jim and I went out early to scout out where we thought the wedding might be. Jessica, Belle and I went to Butler’s to get food for the Sunday brunch.  We completely changed the menu but got it done!  I took Jessica and Danielle to the hotel to dress and have their hair done.

Then Phil, Belle and I went to the Garden of the Groves recommended to us by church friends



 We had a wonderful lunch there and returned to get ready.  Susannah wanted me to help her dress so I took Chloe with me.  We got to ride to the wedding in the limo!




It threatened rain and was windy but only a few sprinkles came toward the end of the ceremony.  The officiant was funny and good.  The violinist was awesome – Same processional as Gwyneth, Pachabel Canon.  Everyone looked wonderful.  What a fabulous day!  This was so perfect for Susannah and Luis.




Gwyneth took great pictures – look at them
Since I didn't get any pictures at the wedding I am including this one that has Luis in it! The first dance after the obligatory ones at the reception was YMCA!  Food was great – I got the last bit of mushroom risotto.



  

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Phil and I went on an early bike ride to Taino Beach.  We found a geocache and took a nature walk. 



Taino Beach Geocache
The kitchen refrigerator stopped working in the morning, which we discovered when we heard a beeping noise.  The repairman came and it was dead so we plugged in the extra refrigerator in the garage.  Made it quite inconvenient but at least there was one!  Chloe went to the beach club with Jessica and Danielle.  We picked them all up later.



Practice run The big event of the day was the rehearsal dinner hosted by Luis’s family at our rental villa.  Joseph, the caterer did a great job. The villa worked great for the party – lots of places to set up and for folks to eat.






Gwyneth took lots of good pictures of the party.

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I got up early and enjoyed the sunrise.  After one cup of coffee, the coffee maker broke.  We managed to make filter drip coffee for several days.  Nat came over and showed Luis and Rob how to work the boat.  Chloe and I went out with them.  Then Rob took the girls on the jet ski.



We decided that Gwyneth and Rob and kids should move upstairs and give the big master suite to Belle since she couldn’t manage the stairs.  The blowup mattress for the girls fit fine in the smaller room, leaving the bunk for Jessica.


Pelican Bay Hotel from boat We took the boat over to Luis and Suze’s hotel and Phil and I got out to go see them.  They took us back to the villa so we could go pick up Belle at the airport.  We ate a pastie at the airport while waiting.  Rob and Gwyneth went all over looking for a grocery store and bought pizzas which I made for our supper.

We went over to the hotel for drinks with a lot of the guests.

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The wedding installment 1

We got up super early (4:30) to head to the airport.  Travel was pretty uneventful, thank goodness. When we got to immigration at the Grand Bahama airport there was Liz Farrell!  I realized when I went thru immigration and was asked if I had been to the Bahamas before, that the answer was yes – when I was pregnant with Suze!  She must have remembered the good times she missed out on then when she chose her wedding destination!  We rented the car without any problem and headed for the villa.  Driving on the left was much easier than I anticipated because there was no traffic.  We took Liz to our villa first before taking her to the hotel. 



Jim and Marty were there, as were the Buteras.  The villa is just lovely!

Jim and Marty had taken the upstairs master bedroom, and I gave the downstairs one to the Buteras.  The bed in our room is so high, I had to move a chair next to it to get in it!



We took Liz over to the hotel.  Later we all met up at Taino Beach for a community fish fry.  I was really tired.




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Little Travels -- November 2011

Can I count it as travel when I went to Austin with Suze and Jessica when Susannah picked out THE wedding dress? Of course, she liked the more expensive store and dress. Sigh. (Truthfully it was the best dress)

Early November (9th to 12th) I went to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Portland, Oregon.

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Phil and I drove to Georgia for Thanksgiving at the cabin (November 17-27) and at Gwyneth's in Decatur where we had a huge dinner for Gwyneth, Rob , Camille and Chloe plus the senior Buteras, Barb's brother Jim and his wife Marty and daughter Suzi with her family Stuart and Sanna and one of Barb's former students, Samantha.

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Once again we all (including my brother Jim) went to Tuba Christmas at Light Up Blue Ridge where I played my horn.