We Had a Small Party

Neighbour Jack and his wife, Neighbour Gwen went to Hawaii today, so we had a couple of friends in for dinner to send them off in style.  Jack and Gwen are so excited they have barely slept for the last week.

This is Jack and Gwen's favourite spot to sit.

We also invited Wendy, Mr. David Burr and the next doors, AKA Mark and Sherry.

Mr. Burr is making an emphatic point!  He loves fishing, as evidenced by his shirt.

He brought this incredibly beautiful bouquet of flowers.  The little green things in the front are baby bananas.

 Mark and Sherry are vegetarians, and recently Sherry has been diagnosed as celiac.  Needless to say, they didn't eat these:

These are Hugh Carpenters Beef Satay with Caribbean Jerk sauce.  First they had Seven Layer Dip that Janet made and served with extra yummy Juanita nacho chips (gluten free) and the grilled veggies from Sam Choy (gluten free), Spicy Coconut Jasmine Rice(gluten free) from Caprial and the satay.  For dessert.....you guessed it!  Rhubarb Cheesecake!  Not gluten free!  Will she ever tire of this cheesecake?  We think not as it only uses one bowl and 2 packages of cream cheese.

A few days later, Janet and Phil invited Jack and Gwen back to our house where they sat in the exact same spot as in the above photo, but with different clothes on!   Janet and Phil bought them a gift card and made them a reservation at Alan Wong's restaurant in Honolulu to seat at the Eating Bar, which overlooks the kitchen.  This is Janet and Phils' favourite spot to sit as you can see the amazing things they are making and chat with them.  Janet also told them it was Jack and Gwens' 50th Wedding Anniversary, so maybe they will get a special treat!

They brought Mr. Beau with them.  Noodles is so jealous, she watches him like a hawk and walks up to him just to let him know that this is her turf.  She might be able to pull off the "tough mother" gig if it weren't for her tail wagging.  Noodles is a little out of focus.  Janet said it was really hard to take a photo of three dogs that are selectively hearing impaired!

Yesterday, Janet and Phil stopped by Jeremy's house to see if he wanted to go for Chinese food for lunch.  He was busy painting the next door neighbours trim, so was unable to go.

This cute young man was relaxing in the back yard, watching Jeremy paint.