A Revisit

Last week I received a treasure trove of additional photos from our friends who were visiting us from Rhode Island. There were some great photos of my Favorite Panamanian’s epic 70^th birthday party as well as some shots of my son’s and daughter’s visit. Since one of the stated reasons for this whole blog thing is to preserve evidence of our family’s life, I’m including many of them here. It was fun going through them to relive our special time with family and friends here in paradise. Enjoy.

Pre-Party, Me with my Kids and our Panamanian Family
Except my wife Who must have been Changing

Party Location with Formerly Floating Candles

Party Revving Up

So Much Fun

Upstairs Neighbors Being Greeted by Granddaughter
Party Welcoming Crew with Czech Shadow

Granddaughters Wore the Long Dresses Under Protest

Visiting Czechs

The Shadow

Wife's Mom had So Much Fun at Party

Wingman and Daughter

Wife's Brother and His Daughter

Me with Stateside Visiting Party Goers

Maine Musquetera's Sister and her Husband

My Daughter

Wife's Mom, Brother and his Wife

Wife's Cousin Table

Wife Giving Macarena Lessons

So Funny

Party Seating Area

Wife with her Siblings

Lot of Beauty on Display that Day

Upstairs Neighbors Enjoyed it

Tia Loca About to Start Trouble Somewhere

Brother in Law with his Family

Wife with her Uncle

Mother in Law with her Sister and in-laws

Awww - ABFA and my Son

Finally got a Representative Sized Piece of Cake

Wife with Sisters and Cousins

Mom in Law with Cousins

Mother in Law Loved Sunday Party Too

Tia Loca's Son's Girlfriend Forgot Flip Flops to Cross Hot Sands

Son and His Family

Maine Musquetera

Visiting Rhode Island Friends

ABFA and Granddaughters Taking Break from Beach

World Record Sunset Social Crew

Upstairs Neighbors Savoring Sunset Gelato

Czech Friends

Tia Loca

BRS and ABFA

Joined by Daughter and FBR

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RECURRING CHARACTERS:                                

ABFA – Amazing Best Family Athlete – my daughter in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter #3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; CRC - Connecticut Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor of the big river; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Czech Connection – Czech couple who’ve become good friends along with their daughter (the Czech Shadow); Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of course); FBR - First Blog Reader - first granddaughter; First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3^rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew – son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; Seis Amigos - two couples from our condo complex and my wife and I; Soxfather – my brother-in-law (whom I miss more than I can ever explain); Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Upstairs Neighbors – American couple and great friends who live in condo above us in Panama; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course