Lagniappe: Home for the Summer

3/31/2016 We left the boat on the hard in Grenada and headed home for some family time. We had lots of fun this summer, reconnecting with family and friends. Our eldest, Steven got married to our beautiful, sweet, new daughter-in-law, Emily on May 28 and we had lots of fun leading up to and on the day of the wedding.

We had a crawfish boil in April for friends and Liz Ann's side of the family (locals) as we usually do in the Spring. We boiled about 250 pounds of crawfish and untold amounts of potatoes, corn, garlic and onions. The weather cooperated and we had a beautiful day. (But forgot to take pictures.)

Then we were in pre-wedding mode with bridal and couple showers and having the pleasure of company at our home. Greg's Aunt Caryl from Oregon, his sister Sue and husband, John and 2 of their daughters and one niece's fiance stayed with us and made for a fun time. We got to know our nieces, Elaine and Erin much better and met and got to know Elaine's fiance, Dan. We all had a good time together for a week.
5/26/2016 Another crawfish boil 2 days before the wedding gave Greg's side of the family a chance to meet Steven's fiancee, Emily and some of her family. Greg's brother Mike and his family flew in from California and his brother Patrick and wife, Cris came in from Georgia. Liz Ann's long time friend, Mary Eby and her husband made a special effort to come in early for the wedding in order to make the crawfish boil. And it was Mary's birthday!! Which was, sadly, forgotten (at least by us) in all the excitement. Sorry about that, Mary.

Steven, Emily, Connor and Dan

Emily's mom, Linda, Greg's sister-in-law, Cindy and sister, Sue

The Canadian and Oregonian contingent learning about crawfish

Looks like they are getting the hang of it

Linda, Emily and Cris trying to make a dent in that mound of crawfish

Inside after the boil, trying to recover from the beer and salt

5/27/2016 We had a great time at the rehearsal dinner at Ralph's on the Park and at the wedding at The Riverview Room at the Jax Brewery.

Sue and John at the rehearsal dinner

Steven and Emily with her mom, Linda

Connor with Steven's friends, Tim and Brian

5/28/2016


The Big Day has finally arrived!

Mr and Mrs Steven Mulvany!

Greg's nieces, Erin and Elaine

Mike, Cindy and Monica Mulvany and her boyfriend

Liz Ann and her sisters, Carol, Kathy and Janice

Steven and Emily with Pere, Liz Ann's dad

Elaine, Monica, Cindy, Sue and Erin

Liz Ann with "best friends", Kathy, Cindy and Mary

Happy to add Emily to our family

Aunt Caryl, Emily, Steven and Greg

Meagan, Cris, Tara and Morgan Mulvany

Emily gets a hug from new brother-in-law, Connor


Such a cute couple

After the wedding, we had a little time to go on a swamp tour and visit the French Quarter with our Canadian and Oregonian parts of the family.

Erin, Sue, Elaine and Dan at Cafe Du Monde

Pretty building in the French Quarter

Honey Island Swamp Tour

Spotted our first gator

Seems they like hot dogs

Beautiful egret

Enjoying our tour

Someone's "camp" in the swamp

We spent time visiting with family and friends in New Orleans, teaching the U.S. Power Squadron Cruise Planning and Cruising class in New Orleans and then went to Canada for Elaine's wedding (Greg's niece) and to visit friends, Greig and Caroline in Halifax and to see Prince Edward Island.

Fish and chips dinner with Greig and Caroline

Flowers at the Anne of Green Gables house in Charlottetown, PEI

The house from Anne of Green Gables

A display of "Anne's" bedroom

A walk through the "haunted woods"

Beautiful old St. Dunstan's Basilica in Charlottetown, PEI

Along the waterfront

Large condo building on the waterfront

Of course, we had to check out the local yacht club

Pretty building in downtown Charlottetown

Beach trail at Fort Amherst Park

Block House lighthouse at Rocky Point


Fishing storage shack and traps in Victoria, PEI. Had lunch at a restaurant on the wharf here. Cute town with lots of pottery shops.

Covered bridge near Sussex, NB on our way to Rothesay

Pretty building in Sussex

We headed to Rothesay, New Brunswick to Greg's sister's house for a few days before Elaine's wedding. We had more Mulvany family time and lots of fun. Haven't seen this much of Greg's family since we've been married!

Deer are frequent visitors in the neighborhood.

Cris, Meg, Jenny, Emma and Allie

Elaine at her bridal shower

Great nephew, Patrick

Playing tourist on the boardwalk in St. John, NB

Some really clever artists create 3-D drawings on the pavement

Preparing to cook the mega salmon from the St. John Market

Now it's ready to eat!

John, Dan, Jason and Greg enjoying Canadian summer on the deck

Some of the crew inside: Allie and husband, Russell with Aunt Caryl, Cris and Patrick

Little princess, great niece Madeline

Older brother, Patrick has found another motorcycle helmet

View from the walk to Spyglass Hill behind Sue and John's house in Rothesay

Jenny and Brad with daughters, Chloe and Lexie

Meg, Emma, Russell, Allie and Anderson

Aunt Caryl, Patrick and Cris

Sue and John walking Elaine up the aisle

On the porch of Shadow Lawn with Elaine and Dan

John and Sue's new toy since thier sailboat is down in Florida

And then it was off to Halifax to visit with Greig and Caroline again. They were great tour guides and showed us the south east coast of Nova Scotia. Amazing how little I remembered from 45 years ago.