Rachel's Birthday!

Friday, April 9th was my niece Rachel’s 12th birthday! She got to choose the activities for the day and also what would be on the menu for dinner. First order of the day: pirate mini-golf (or crazy golf as they call it here). We had 2 foursomes and I was in the first one with Rachel, Sid and Julie. The course was pretty decent with a lot of great pirate decorations and even some informative signs about Captain Blackbeard’s escapades. Rachel was on a tear most of the time and conversely Julie, who’s normally a pretty competitive mini-golfer (or whatever activity she’s doing) couldn’t find her game. In the end, Rachel had the best score of everyone with a -2 overall. I finished 2 strokes behind her at par, good enough for 2nd place.

The St. Croix kids:

The birthday girl in action:

Interesting technique Julie:

Some scary pirates:

Me and my sister Julie:

We went back to Shirley’s place for a late lunch of some yummy homemade soup and then Rachel got us motivated to walk down to the beach. It was a lovely day, and a lovely idea. I chucked a football around with Matthew, Rachel and Emma for almost an hour while the other adults had a drink on a nearby patio. We joined them later and we all had a good laugh watching this couple trying to pull a jet ski out of the water. It must be a new toy for the guy. Ah, people watching, always fun.

Walking to the beach:

Chucking a football around:

That evening’s dinner was Chinese food order in. It was quite yummy and a hit with everyone. Sadly this was the last dinner with the St. Croixs as they were flying out the following morning.

Happy Birthday Rachel!