Memorial Day Weekend

Wow, who can ever remember a Memorial Day Weekend with weather like that. It was unbelievable. We made the most of it with lots of golf, BBQ's, croquet and friendship.

Friday night:
It was just Nicole and I. We golfed when we got home from work and both played pretty well.

Saturday we had a big day planned. My brother Ryan and his wife Kari came out for the day and night. We golfed together and then had 2 other couples over for dinner and games after golf.
It was nice to know that my brother Ryan can still play golf. He doesn't play much having 2 kids and one in every sport imaginable so his weekends are occupied with softball games. He beat me by 1 stroke in just his 2nd round of the year, my 26th round. Sure doesn't make me feel good about my game, but tells you how good he is talent wise, he can still play the game even though he doesn't very often.
After golf was just a blast. We had the Snyder's/Wilson's and both Ward couples for appetizers/dinner/croquet/sand bags. Nicole made sushi again, we practiced it ourselves last weekend and she was confident enough for a group. It was excellent. We are only rolling "outside rolls" which means rice on the outside and only tuna, forget the nasty EEL, we are done making that ourselves. It is kind of like hot dogs, we love them, but don't want to know how they are made. We'll just order the Eel when we go out, no more seeing it up close and personal.
We found these great grill burgers at County Market. About 4/10 of a lb each and mixed with different cheeses, cheddar, blue cheese and one was jalapeno and pepper jack. My brother Ryan and I chose the jalapeno/pepper jack and they were TOO HOT, we could hardly eat them. Everyone else loved their choice but ours were too hot to even eat.

Sunday we rested in the morning and then in the afternoon we played 18 holes with the Snyder's. Right when we finished it started pouring rain and that lasted for 4-5 hours. We needed the rain and it was perfect. We ordered pizza and watched Invictus. It was a pretty good movie, a little long.

Monday, Memorial Day we golfed the front 9 with Jimmy Hutchins, a local kid who plays golf for UW Eau Claire. He shot 66 last week at TB which is a fabulous score. He and I played different tee boxes, him Lehman and me Resort, a difference of about 500 yards but I beat him by 1 shot.
On the back 9 we were joined by my brother Andy and his new "lady friend" Liz. She didn't golf and it was Andy's 1st crack at Troy Burne. He hits it mostly right and sometimes not at all, but he did make 2 legit pars which I was impressed with. He chipped one in on hole 13, a par 3 and also parred the other par 3, number 15.
After golf we were invited to Scott and Jeri Nelson's for a BBQ. They have a beautiful home overlooking the river and we had a great time with our fellow neighbors. It was a fun weekend and we are very tired going back to work today.