CRUISE CONNECTION by LIDDY & SCOTT

Hello Everyone.  We are Scott and Liddy Paulsen, long time friends of Roger and Diana’s.  Scott and I met in college and moved to Newport Beach when we were first married.  Three children, nine grandchildren, and fifty years later we are still living in paradise.

Scott is a retired middle school principal and I was a “Newport Beach house wife” and later worked as a project manager for a company that sold products to schools.  Scott is the past president of the Friends of OASIS, now head of the travel office, and I am a volunteer at the welcome desk and in charge of decorating the center for various holidays. OASIS is an amazing active senior center in Newport complete with a library, dance room, fitness center, and travel office. The Friends own two sailboats that have been described as the most active pleasure boats in the harbor.  Scott is also very involved with the Newport Schools Foundation.  The Foundation provides direct grants to the teachers in our district.  We are on the Board of the Newport Beach Sister City Association, where I currently serve as President.  Our active Sister Cities are Okazaki, Japan and Antibes, France.  We have been to Okazaki several times and hosted delegations from the city.  I am trying to talk Scott into traveling with our delegation to Antibes to celebrate Bastille Day, take in the jazz festival and meet with friends we have made there. 

Roger and Scott were friends in high school and we met Diana at a planning meeting for one of their high school reunions.  The rest is history.  We have cruised with them to the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, so we know that this cruise will be amazing.  If I can keep Scott out of the Casino, we too like to play cards.  We will definitely be in the cocktail lounge before dinner. We look forward to seeing long time friends and meeting new ones.
Thanks Roger, Diana and Alex for making all this happen.