POOL PARTY!

What a GREAT day this has been!!

When we woke up this morning, I hit the radio to see what the verdict on the weather was, and it was bad news... They said it would be "mostly cloudy" and that there was a chance of showers, especially this evening. Made me sad...

But we got up, and things didn't look TOO bad, so we carried on with our day. Went to the Y and did a family workout for a couple hours (Cardio, Weights, Stretching, Good Times!) and when we got home, our friend Chris Cohoe (aka Mr. Cho) and his family came over for a barbecue. We grilled up burgers (Cindy and I had GardenBurgers, so as not to make our workout in vain) and had watermelon, lemonade, potato salad, and a new concoction Cindy picked up from Weight Watchers, called "Fluff." Fluff is GOOD stuff!! Light, fruity, dessert-like, and yes, FLUFFY!!

After the BBQ, we all went bowling, where Cindy and I both rolled more strikes and spares than would be considered normal, so the good times just kept right on rolling!

When we got home, it was so sunny and warm that Andy and Tyler wanted to go down to the pool. (the girls aren't home this weekend, otherwise they would have wanted to go to the pool too!) We walked down the hill (Yay Fitness!) and bought season passes for all the kids, then went in to watch them swim. While there, we heard about a big pool party going on tonight, to celebrate the start of the season. The weather looked so perfect, we decided that we would come back and check it out!

But as we were heading back up the hill to our house, we ran into the lady who was organizing the party, and she asked me if I would be willing to DJ it... her alternative was her own home stereo speakers and her friend playing music on her laptop. There was a brief moment of dillemma because we HAD agreed to go out and crash our friend Winnie's family campout (SMORES!!) but this sounded like lots of fun, plus it would help the community event committee.

So I had about 30 minutes to load up the equipment, freshen the music on the laptop and head down to the pool. Oh yeah, and I hadn't had a shower yet today! ACK! Loaded up, everything was pretty much ready, took a speedshower, and got set up before the gates opened. Cindy was VERY helpful, and is officially the best DJ's Assistant EVER! (She even connected the speaker wires - a huge help!)

For the first few minutes, people were showing up, but the pool wasn't open yet. There was a special ribbon that the Mayor was going to cut to officially get the party started.

Then the ribbon was cut, I kicked off the party with "Let's Get It Started" by the Black-Eyed Peas, and for the next three hours, this was what I saw before me:

A few highlights - The Hokey Pokey done in a pool was amusing to watch... And there was this guy with three girls who were undoubtedly having more fun than most. They started making crazy requests (NSync, Britney Spears, Spice Girls, etc) and had really perfected the art of pool dancing. When they were getting ready to leave they asked if they could have a picture with me, which was a totally fun request. Cindy got to take the picture, so I'm trusting that she got my good side...

Now the sun has gone down, my equipment is safely back in the garage, and Cindy's gently sleeping on my shoulder as I type. Time to put this day to bed... And rejoice in the fact that it's a Three Day Weekend, and there will hopefully be two more just like this!