Pool Party Weekend  -  Aug 10th, 2009 2:12pm

There must be something in air which recently triggered everyones need to host a pool party.  I'm not complaining mind you -- I feel blessed to have friends who are both willing to throw these bashes and request my personal brand of mayhem.  Its just that I'd wish they would space it out a little.  This last weekend there were no less than 3 of them - 2 of which were birthdays and thus required my attendance.

The first up was Kellie's birthday which was being held at the Point South Mountain/AZ Grand/Whatever they call it now.  Its a nice hotel on the west side of Tempe and a cool place to host this kind of bash.

A big part of the work gang showed including Amy and her husband Jon, McCoy and Trudy, Cupp, Denny and a whole host of others.  Its always a good time with this group and that night was no exception.  Kellie had a friend who worked at the hotel and kept the booze flowing which was appreciated and consumed by all.  There were no fatalities which is always good - though McCoy did try to give everyone who crashed at the hotel hypothermia by rolling the thermostat to the edge.  It was a great night but maybe a little much for a leadup to the next days shindig.

Fortunately Trudy's birthday at the Princess was a lot more docile.  In fact, the Princess is just kind of a calming place in general - unless your Cupp of course who shortly after arriving rammed headlong into the side of the pool.  Most of the same crew arrived, as did some of Trudy's friends and family - it even began before sunset which is an oddity for anything we do as a group.

The Princess has 4 or 5 different pools and we moved from one of the smaller ones to the southern/bigger pool as the kids headed off to watch a movie in the huge central one.  McCoy, Denny and I made a $60 In-N-Out run and then we spent the remainder of the evening moving between the pool, hot tub, and consuming burgers and fries.  Sure the occasional sparkler went off in someones crotch but for the most part it was just a great relaxing night with good friends.