Well, they did it! On Wednesday, March 31st, 2004, Irene and Ron bought a beautiful carriage home here at VCC on the 17th hole. It's a long par 4 with 2 lakes in play, one off the tee and one on the second shot. We celebrated by going out for "dinner at the club" but I'm still waiting for Irene to pop the cork on that bottle of Champagne. On Saturday, we all went to the yearly Vanderbilt Gala and a great time was had by all. Joining us in the picture is our neighbor Gail Cowley, as well as new friends, Ron and Pam.

Tom's cousins Irene and Ron from back home in Massachusetts have been visiting for the last few weeks. Coe and Jerry arrived last week and on Thursday evening, Ron and Irene treated all of us to a great dinner at Amadore's. My old buddy Dave and Carol visited just before Christmas and then had to come back down to Venice. We all went to the Super Bowl party and rooted for the old hometown team.

Another cousin, Ron's brother Paul, couldn't stand the 15 degree weather so he came down last week. We went to the Champion's golf tournament here in Naples and we played golf here at VCC. I'm happy to report that only a few homes were damaged. They also came out to a couple of my gigs.

On Sunday, Feb. 15th, my parents came down and so did more cousins - Skip and Ron Evans from way up north in Venice. We had dinner here and had a great time reminiscing and laughing about the old days growing up. Here are some pics from the last few weeks.