Just a quick start to this thread!!

Bas surprised Yana and I on Super Bowl Sunday be flying to NC to spend a week.

After picking him up from the airport Sunday night Bas went to Jacksonville to spend part of the week with Yana (we shared him).

He then came up on Wednesday night and took off part of Thursday to play with him before he went back to Yana's to try to play on the beach on Friday.

Friday afternoon both Bas and Yana returned to my house to attend a 50th birthday party of the guy who taught both Dirk and myself to dive.

Saturday was spent playing and eating Sushi!! Yana then went home (hated to see her go) and we chilled the night away watching movies. Bas was very impressed with movies on demand - he loved the fact that you could push a button and you could watch the movie - even pause, rewind or fast forward it!!!LOL!!

Sunday was a lazy morning and then we took Bas to airport to start his trip back home!!

Will post pictures later as they are on my other computer!!

Yana and Bas can fill more details in if they desire!!

BAS - as I said Sunday night - thanks for stopping and spending the time with us - we really had a GREAT time.

Yana - as always - I love spending time with you and can't wait for that 50th birthday bash in October!!! Plus our adventures this summer. Maybe you will make another trip to Raliegh before that!!!

PS - my oldest son thinks Bas is really cool!!!!

All,

What a fun time we had with Bas. He is the easiest guest to entertain and he COOKS too!

Sunday night…..we were yakkin till 2 am.

Monday morning we started our day the way we always start our day in Bonaire….with pancakes! Then Bas and I went shopping for items for him to make his famous coconut and chicken soup. Next, Bas took me to work and I explained how to use the GPS in my truck and then he went shopping for Eddie. Later in the evening we went out for Mexican food and topped the evening off with after dinner drinks and more“yakkin”

Tuesday, I rode to work with Craig and Bas began his soup making. Then around 4:30 he drove out to where Craig and I work and “toured” the simulator for 2 hours. After the “tour” we went home and had DELICIOUS soup and French bread. Bas made enough to share with Bettie and Mary. mmmm good.

Bas was surprised to know our neighbors were “watching” our house and him. They made the calls to one another and then to me at work….”There’s a young man on Yana’s deck cracking something”…”What’s he cracking”…”I think maybe a coconut?...I’m not sure”….”Who would crack coconuts this early in the morning?.. And why would they crack 6 coconuts?”…”Must be for somebody’s birthday cake”….”I’ll say pretty big cake” Needless to say I got the full report on Bas’ activities. I guess you can tell most of my neighbors are retired folks. They always let me know how many smoke breaks the house keeper takes…..lol

And now you know the rest of the story.

Maybe…more to tell on shopping?:
“Larry the Cable Guy” DVD’s
Bas has a new ¾ gal sippy cup!!

Glad to hear about the sippy cup. Last August his cup was pretty beat and on it's last legs.

Get'r'done.

Yana, Mary, thanks for sharing the "Adventures of Bas in South Carolina"...but, do your neighbors take pictures as well? LOL...just got a good picture of Bas on your back deck cracking coconuts at 6AM...they probably thought he was honing his skills for the next episode of "Survivor." tee hee...now where are the PICS?

Also glad to hear he got a new sippy cup as well

SIPPY CUP?????!!!!! His old cup was so big, his dogs used it as a bath tub. Sippy cup indeed

Tom, but it's still Bas' sippy cup

Cyn - NORTH Carolina - we in the Carolina's get a bit touchy abut which one we live in.

Tom - you should see the size of the new sippy cup - Bas said it adds a quart to the size he already had!!!

Pics will be posted shortly!! I even some pictures from his adventures in Maine - they are a hoot!!!

Mary --- I was just about to ask for some pictures.... I am sooooo jealous !!!

To start off the party girls with Bas!!!


Notice the coconut bra that Yana was sporting!! I had on the flowered one

Next the party girls with the birthday boy!!

The next morning after pancakes was a trip to Wal-Mart to buy Bas the Blue Collar comedy DVD!!!
It was rainy and cold!!




I got some strange looks taking pictures in wally world ANd Bas learned a new name for Wal Mart!!!

I almost forgot the computer search that we did first to make sure Wal mart carried the Blue Collar comedy DVD!!!

We went home and picked up the boys and headed to Sushi!!! I had taken both Bas and Yana to this Sushi Thai restaurant earlier (different occasions) and they both loved it and wanted to return!!!

Yana and Bryant!!


Bas Alex and Dirk!!


Bas Bryant and Mary!!

And out Sushi Chefs - who were wonderful!!! They remembered Bas and myself from earlier that week and when we left they said "Mary will be coming back weekly to see us - please?"

The we finished off with the world famous spider roll. The only shots of people eating the end pieces that came out were Bas and Yana - both ALex and Dirk also ate the end of the roll with the legs sticking out - but they moved too much - so the picture was blurry!!!

Now for some pictures of Bass New England Adventures.

2 weeks before visiting us - he was in Maine visiting Mary Lou!!!

He kept himself busy skiing!!


Taking pictures of the cat!!

Taking his picture for the Reporter!!! Notice the scuba gear on the snow lady!!!


And when it snowed more making the entire snow family!!!

Wow, great pictures! Sorry about the "North" "South" thing...LOL!

I love the pic of Bas and the Bonaire Reporter, more interesting is the look the cat is giving him...wonderful pics and thanks for sharing...Bas is quite the "catch" scuba diver extrordinaire, and snow skiier

Oh, and The Cable Guy, and Blue Collar TV is good..."lord forgive me" LMAO

Thanks for sharing your mini-meet. I love having faces to go with the names. When we all win the lottery we need to a BT Super-Meet so that we can all have a blast together.

Uh....spider roll? Who moved too much, the people eating the end pieces or the legs inside the end pieces?

Mary,

It was great seeing the pictures....Made me miss You and Bas :-(

I thought yer new camera had the -10 lbs feature. Maybe you just forgot to use it when you were taking pictures of me....lol

Loved the spider roll picture! And I'm not commenting on the snow family...."lord I apologize"

Yana

I like the pic of Bas with the snow lady and the cat!

Great photos!

GIT-R-DONE!!

Lord I apologize for yelling and please do be kind to ...............

Mary - Yana, why didn't you tell us that you also took Bas shopping for new clothes?

Them be Sunday go to meeting clothes there Tom. Now the real question is how is he going to get that double wide, pickup truck, hound dog, case of Malboros, case of budwiser and shotguns through Bonaire customs.

Mr. Cecil, if he wears dark sunglasses, puts a harness on the dog, paints the shotguns white and uses them like canes after drinking himself blind on the Budweiser, all he will have remaining to sneak past customs are the doublewide and truck. Will get back to you with suggestions on those soon, I hope;-)

Tom,
How did you know "Larry the Cable Guy" and Bas "is kinfolk"
ROFL

Yana, because they sound alike

tom...LMAO...OMG...GIT R DONE Bas...I'll have to make that my "greeting" to him when I see him my next trip...oh...Yana, I had to go back up and look at the snowman family...Oh My! As Mare7 would say...LOL!

I love the pics!! Looks like everyone had soooo much fun! Love the Snow Family!

Cyndee, I had to go back and look again after you said that.LOL Good eyes LOL :-O

So Cyn you looked close enough to see the details Bas gave them. I have better shots - some side views that I would have to censor!!LOL!!!

Yana - miss you and Bas too - you need to come back to Raleigh soon!!!! We can always go eat sushi or thai!!! I did forget to use the 10 lb feature sorry!!

Mary, Thanks for sharing the mini meet!! The photos are great!!! It sure looks like you all had a blast!!!

Mary,
If we can get out of here (work) by 5pm today we should be at RDU in time to have sushi with you and Dirk later tonight...leaving in the am for MSN.

7mare here!
I am soooo glad that Bas did not have one of his snowmen mooning! We did a dive with him to the underwater cam when it was over at small wall. We brought along a Little Mermaid figure -- Ariel. In our hands, she waved



in Bas's hands, she mooned!



thanks for the giggles,
Mare

Boy..."South" "North" "Mare7" "7Mare" I did need some coffee, or maybe some sleep would be better!

Hi all
Mary, thanks for posting some Maine pictures! We had a great time with Bas.

The skiing picture was taken at our local ski lodge where he spent the day skiing with our son, Joe. Bas had his GPS with him, fastest run, 60mph!

The cat is our Maine Coon, Zana, she loved Bas, followed him all around. Looking at him with dreamy eyes. It was cute.

We had Maine lobster a couple of times, Bas decided it wouldn't be a good idea to wrestle with one of those underwater. He did take the bands off one before putting it in the pot, crazy.

It was fun to see tan Bas in the snow, he and Joe, the Dad, made the snowlady and decorated her for her photo op. She is wearing my mask and reg set up and Joe's fins. She was alone for a week til we got more snow. Monday morning I came down to a snow family! Bas was up till midnight making the rest. Take a gooooooood look at the snowman, he isn't mooning............ hmmmmmmmmm :-) We got crazy one night after dinner and drinks and went sledding, it was great.
He cooked for us too, I miss his omelets, yum......
We had such a good time with him it was hard to see him go. Great thing is we will be visiting him in 18 days!! Can't wait!!!
Mary Lou

Mary Lou - bas is so much fun to have around!! And the fact that he cooks too is wonderful!!! As Yana said - such an easy guest!!!Did you get the CD yet?

Yana - call me!!!

Mare look very close at the snowman - no mooning going on!!! I may send you another shot via email!!!LOL!!! you'll love it!!!

Mary- we did get the cd, awesome pictures :-) yes that snowman.......:-) nice package. LOL we had an interesting lawn for a bit :-) I am afraid we had to "fix" him though, can't have the neighbors thinking we are odd, LOL!!!

Bas was the best guest! Every night when I came home from work, he was right there with a big smile, "would you like a glass of wine?" Loved it.

It was fun to see your pictures too! I took Bas to Walmart here and he stocked up on stuff. Then I took him to Reny's, a Maine store. He was in heaven, the red plaid shirt he is wearing in some of your pictures came from there. Also the bikini the snowlady is wearing. We had so much fun with him. It was fun to show him our neck of the woods!

Oh yeah, and Yana, what do you mean you aren't commenting on the snow family? :-)

Oh Boy - Yana and Craig are coming to see me tonight - I get to play with Yana again!!!