Southern Roundup Part 4

 This is to show you all that we can in fact, cook.  Staci, Amanda and Gary barbecued and all the others pitched in with the side dishes

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 Robin has her dancing shoes on again

 My namesake

 Waiting for the boat to go swimming with the dolphins

 Swimming with the dolphins

 Cindy, Robin, Julie and Gary swimming with the dolphins.

 Dolphins

 Robin all ready to go

 Cindy and Julie all duded up

 Love this picture of Cindy

 Our captain

 Robin's hickey face

 Robin piloting the boat

 Robin found one chef at least

 We went to Margueritaville for lunch, great cocktails

 Food from Margueritaville

That's all folks until next year.  You should plan on joining us.

Southern Roundup Part 3

Well finally I am getting around to showing you more pictures of the Southern Roundup.  Here we go.

 This is about as good as it gets.  Greeat food, Good Friends and dancing.  That is Tim and Robin cutting a rug

 The weather was not always as good as last year but I for one welcomed the rain to cool me down

 Here we are again at Hunts Oyster Bar.  There is always a line here but you can take your beer outside while you wait for your table.  It doesn't take too long.

 Here is Gary looking at Staci and thinking "I don't care, I'm having oysters" lol

 Here is some of the food that we enjoyed.  Boy was it good.

 Staci, Robin, Cindy and I went for lunch at Dusty's after shopping all morning for Robin's Alligator Chef.  (We didn't find one)

 Every part of Dusty's is covered in dollar bills.

 These were the jalapeno oysters that I had for lunch.  They were delish

 One of the bar regulars explaining the wildlife to me.

 Turtles and koi in the lake behind Dusty's.

 Our beautiful Amanda (Arich)

A beautiful sunset.  On to part 4

Sorry, I cheated

Yes I admit it, I cheated.  As a member of the AllRecipes Allstar/Brand Ambassador program, we were asked to hold a party for Halloween.  My hubby and I are 60/70 somethings, and the kids and grandkids are hundreds of miles away.  We live in a very rural area and, in the twelve years that we have lived here, have never had one child come to our door on Halloween and say "trick or treat".  So in order to fulfill this part of the program, I had to cheat.  Luckily, it was a way to also complete another part of my life which is volunteering.  Today, at our local Elks Lodge, we had our annual kids Halloween Party.  I went to it camera in hand to record this day which was so much fun for all the kids involved. It is also a very, very, safe way for the kids to enjoy this day.  A great time was had by all.  Here are some of the pictures that I took.

Thesee are some of the treats that volunteers brought for the kids to enjoy.  Fabulous cakes and cookies.  The Elks also provided candy which was donated by members and other treats donated by various businesses in town. 

My favorite part though was looking at all the little kids dressed up to enjoy the party.  The volunteers set up different games, ring toss, miniature golf and others to provide entertainment for them and there were prizes given out for the best costumes.  I bet you can figure out which one was my favorite.

A wonderful time was had by all, and we are now safely back in our homes until next year when we will do it all over again.  I wish you all a very Happy and Safe Halloween.


I am an Allrecipes Allstar Brand Ambassador(a voluntary position) and I’m not compensated for my work with Allrecipes.com. Products received from advertiser are only used for experienced-based reviews on AllRecipes.com - Thoughts from my Kitchen. The reviews, content and opinions expressed in this blog are purely the sole opinions of me, pelicangal aka Jan Elton