Weekend for Art

You know, cuz he went to bootcamp.  A few months ago the McD's started planning a visit to the Tampa area to visit us (or maybe Cathe's parents, but I think it was really us :P).  Right around the same time that Monica started planning Art's going away bash, actually.  And I thought to my pregnant self, "Self, as much as you want to go drink your face off and celebrate Art's last weekend of freedom, you can't and you would really be miserable.  But it's only right that you make the effort to send him off!"  Lightbulb!  Bring the bear to the mountain!  (ermm, that is not the right phrase, but whatevs.)  So we coordinated schedules with Team McD and Naomi, bought him a plane ticket, and hung out in Chez Shea for a very chill and wonderful weekend.  Pregnant ladies and people with small children didn't even ruin it. Note, I felt extreme guilt that I could not own a giant epic ski lodge/beach house to bring the entire party down here, but on the other hand, the smaller gathering probably allowed for more intimate conversations, so that was nice.

Art arrived on Friday night and I managed to snap this first photo right before I got crushed in glee.

Naomi and Cathe arrived later in the evening, and McD arrived... around 3am.  Darn storms!  The weather decided to be overcast and rainy, but we still had a great weekend of grilling, chilling, and swimming.  And drinking. (I played a supervisory role, of course :))  All in all, success!

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