Legends Tennis

Today while Katie scrap booked, I went over to the Ritz Carlton on Seven Mile Beach to watch some Legends Tennis. Several retired players are playing a tournament here on Grand Cayman. I got to watch a doubles match involving Mats Wilander a former World Number One and his partner Mikael Pernfors against Wayne Ferreira and Karel Novacek. Then the singles semifinal between former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash and American Jimmy Arias. The matches were played on a clay court and since all of the players were retired it was slower than you would see on the regular pro tour but still fun to watch. The tennis stadium seated several hundred people on box seats and bleachers set up on temporary stands. The canal from North Sound ran past the north end of the court and with the palm trees to the south it was an incredibly picturesque location so of course I had left the camera at home. I can remember as a kid watching these players when they were at the top of their game and so it was a treat to get to see them in person even if it was at probably 1/3 speed of what they used to be. The Swedes, Wilander and Pernfors won the doubles match and Arias beat Cash in the singles to advance to the finals tomorrow.

Easter Sunday

On Easter Sunday everyone was at the Loski's house. We all went to church in the morning and then had Gail's birthday meal (Her birthday is next Sunday.). Here's a shot of all of us at church on Sunday. Gail and Katie wore saris from Maryanna as their special Easter dresses. The rest of the day was spent lazing around and figuring out how to get all of the stuff we bought this weekend packed into the two suitcases we brought down.

Texas Bluebonnets

We are in North Texas for Easter this weekend. We arrived late Thursday and are in DFW for five days. We have been spending time with family as well as catching up with friends. Friday we had lunch with Scott's old law partner Jerry Bullard and then dinner with Danny Knowles the preacher who married us and his wife Sharon along with our friends Jack and Rachel. In between we spent the afternoon shopping and running errands. Today went down to Ennis and drove through the Bluebonnet trails with Russ and Gail. The bluebonnet's are having a fantastic year and we went to three different fields that were absolutely incredible. Tomorrow we will celebrate Easter as well as the birthday of Katie's Mom and Monday we have Doctor's appointments most of the day. We head back to Cayman on Tuesday after some much needed time off Island with family.

Sushi on Seven Mile

We are trying to work in beaches to our date nights of late so last Friday it was subway sandwiches and stars at Beach Bay after dark. This Friday we got sushi and headed over to Cemetery Beach to watch the sunset from the northern end of seven mile beach. We are just five days away from heading back to Texas for Easter and seeing all of our family and friends back in the metroplex. The spring quarter is now two weeks in and we both know that we will blink and it will be summer. We will be heading up to Miami in May for the spring seminar and are trying to figure out if we will take a short vacation in June during the week off between the quarters. The debate is a quickie cruise out of Florida to the Bahamas or a longer trip over to Costa Rica. Since Katie is going to be doing two courses for her Masters in the summer we want a little time away that isn't work related to keep us sane until the November/December trips during our long break.

Sea Thimbles

Monday we decided to take advantage of the calm winds and do some snorkeling over at Eden Rock. As we swam out from shore we came across a swarm of small jelly fish that we later learned are called Sea Thimbles. We were amazed at the sheer number of them and today the local paper has an article warning residents about them.

http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-14529--1-1---.html