Yesterday we were able to spend the day at Silverwood Theme Park. It has been a tradition that dates back to 1989 I believe. This is the 30th Anniversary of Silverwood- lots of changes over the years and some rides have disappeared as well as lots of new ones.
30 years ago. Yes, that is Darcie and Jeremy.where does time go?
On May 11th, 2018 we drove 13 hours to Carson City Nevada to visit Jan's sister, Marian. We visited Reno strip and the North American Auto Museum as well as doing the Moms on the Run walk in memory of those lost to Cancer. It was my first visit to Virginia City on Sunday. We saw the oldest settlement in Nevada called Genoa and even visited South Lake Tahoe. We managed to find time to play Uno and Jan's sister, Marian, really spoiled us. We drove down hwy 97 and came back via 395 on Wednesday, the 16th- my favorite route is 97.
Some of the songs I debated on what to use for video were; The Gambler, Little Sister, Travelin Man, I get Around- but finally decided on a song from 1921 (87 years ago) sung by Billy Murray called On My Way To Reno. We really have a good marriage so please ignore the lyrics and his use of the "D" word- It was the best Little Vacation we had this year. And I will answer the question for you- No we did not spend any money gambling- but we are going to play Bingo tonight for fun at church?
These are wild Horses along the road
The North American Car Museum in Reno,
was one of my favorites
Even Managed to see Lake Tahoe on Tuesday the 15th of May
Why Do Kids Grow Up is a 1963 hit by Randy and the Rainbows, a American doo-wop group from Maspeth, New York. I added a few photos of my grandson, Billy to show how fast he has grown in one year as well as to remember the year, he was 4 years old. On April 26th-2018, Billy will turn 5- but I will hold onto those memories we had while he was 4 and looking forward to new memories. Happy Birthday Billy and may you have many more happy memories
Our grandson Billy turned 4 on 4-26-17, while we were on our cruise. We missed his party but put this video together for his 4th Birthday. It has mostly photos from his 3rd birthday to his 4th birthday. The other day he said he is almost 5 now- I think he is growing up too fast, and I am growing old too fast.
On April 20th, 2017 we left on a 17 day cruise through Panama Canal. It started in Miami, and ended in Seattle. With 3,000 people on board, you meet all kinds of people, hear all languages, and we experienced weather from 88 degrees with same humidity, to mid 40's- and even saw some rain. Passing through the Panama Canal was my favorite day. Getting home was a close second. (It teaches me to be thankful for our valley) Thanks Darcie for watching our house and "Mouse". Thanks Karen for watching our birds. Thanks to Mark and Maureen for taking us to and from airport. Thanks to my work for letting me have the time off and for Journey Travel and tours for finding us a low price. We took off for this cruise the same date we got home from our 2016 Hawaii cruise. This is our 7th cruise and 19 years ago we celebrated our 25th anniversary on our 1st cruise. This year I figured we would just stay home and tip every other stranger instead of a cruise.
Little Star was first recorded by the Elegants in 1958 and written by two members of the group. The music was adapted from "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I think most members of that group are still alive. Dion recorded the same song in 1993, which is the song I used in this video. Dion had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a solo performer, with the Belmonts or with the Del Satins. I best remember him for the singles "Runaround Sue", and "The Wanderer", among his other hits.
Billy turns 5 next month and Its been almost a year since I made a video of him. Most of these photos were taken by his mom in the last year. I think I have 9 other videos of him and I think this is my 231st video posted on you tube that I have made as a hobby. My computer files show 11 Christmas videos, 14 of Dennis, 19 of Dennis/Janice, 12 of DuCette's, 46 of grandkids, 28 of Hendricks, 11 of Janice, 35 of Misc, 9 of safety, 26 of vacations, and 40 of work. Most of them can be found under label categories on the left side of this blog. Some do not want their pictures taken, and the hardest part is finding a song I have not used yet. Not everyone enjoys my style of music but I do not know of a grandpa who does not think his own grandchild is "The Star"
