Bob and Mary Ellen spent their productive years (business years anyway) as event planners and organizers for the Professional Bowling Association union cooperative or what ever. Anyway, they are masters at hosting and leading the way to fun and joy. This party is really a "front" for a family reunion of several families of Marry Ellen's side all originally from Rye. Lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.
Bob is a wounded combat veteran of the Korean war era. Bob has a gift of welcoming people and just has a ball kidding and joking. Bob is from New York (yep,,,, YANKEE) but he's
probably been reborn to be a redneck like the rest of us. ( I don't think he has changed his car oil on a Walmart parking lot yet, but other than that,,,,he's close)
Mary Ellen now is a "trip". Never at a loss of or for words, can say anything and "get away with it" and is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Pretty good cook and hostess also. This was a pool party so Marry Ellen had on TWO cover ups....... just to be safe.
Bob and Mary Ellen's house is custom built with a large enclosed great room that can handle a crowd of 30 easily. That lets two families occupy the same room without a out and out fist fight!? No, really they all love each other and have known each other for XXX years.
The new pool is just to the left of this picture but was not too busy on this day, since the food line was still open.
Thanks to Kay and Donald's friends, we have met some great people that enjoy life and are great citizens. What better way to spend a Fourth of July?
PS Kay was in Little Rock due to her older sister Gail Johnson having been taken by ambulance to the hospital due to heart problems. We will update that in the next blog.
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