Kacie's Gift Of Gus (2/24/01 - 8/25/12)

This Photo Was Taken Several Minutes After Kacie Brought Us Gus On Saturday, 4/14/01 And Here He Is In The Last Few Minutes Of His Life On Saturday, 8/25/12

We'll Always Be Thankful For Kacie's Gift Of Gus (2/24/01 - 8/25/12)

We Lost A Little Piece Of Kacie This Morning - Gus Died At 7:20 In Nancy's Arms On The Way To The Vet

Gus had been very sluggish for the last month or so and was losing weight.  His vision and hearing were rapidly deteriorating.  Yesterday, he stopped eating and was breathing heavily and this morning he was too weak to stand.  We'll always remember the day that Jeff and Kacie brought him into our house in a shoe box eleven years ago.  I didn't expect him to survive so I filmed one of the final minutes of his life this morning.

The Last Cd That Kacie Played

I've been playing a lot of Kacie's albums on her turntable/cd player and I just happened to open the cd tray  for the first time and this cd came out.

Water Fight With Cousin Pee Wee Jenny - 7/89

Gettysburg Battlefields 6/14/86

Gettysburg Miniature Horse Farm 6/14/86

Our New House In Woodbine 6/88

Our New House In Woodbine 6/88

Our New House In Woodbine 6/88 (the builder is Kacie's grandpa)

Our New House In Woodbine 6/88

Our New House In Woodbine 6/88 ( Kacie says "I'll get lost in this house")

Our New House In Woodbine 11/88

Our New House In Woodbine 11/88

Kacie's First Car At Our New House In Woodbine 11/88

New's O.C. Memorabilia To Be In Movie? The producers of the upcoming movie Ping Pong Summer are looking for O.C. memorabilia from the '80s. Google ping pong summer for the details. Our wall sculpture is big - 60'' x 30' 'and was created from scrap metal by a local artist. It depicts West O.C. in the '80s at a place known as Shanty Town. If Hollywood calls, we will take it to O.C. and try to gets parts as extras. Susan Sarandon has the lead role and I will be available for any romantic scenes.

Kacie's Dysfunctional Family - Circa 1960

Kacie's Knick Knacks Found In The Attic

We're still searching the attic for Kacie's gymnastic videos.

Money Dream

I had this dream several days ago. I was away from home for a short time and when I came back to our house in Woodbine there were servants everywhere performing all sorts of tasks. The lawn was being mowed by someone on a big tractor and the house was full of servants. I looked around and wondered how I could possibly pay for all this. Then I went upstairs to the master bedroom and Kacie was there talking to her grandmother, Haydee, and bragging about how much money I made. When I walked into the room she looked around ten years old and said "how much money do you make?" and I woke up.

A Message To Kacie From A True Super Star (Part 1)

Years ago Kacie, Beebs, and I used to hang out with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.  One night when they were appearing at the Fish Market Club in Baltimore, Kacie was home with a cold and couldn't attend so the boys sent her messages.  When I got home, I played them for her and it seemed to lift her spirits.  

December '63 (Oh What A Night) reached number 1 on the charts worldwide.  Jerry Polci, the drummer, was allowed by Frankie to sing lead and it worked well.  The song is now recognized as the longest charted single in the history of rock.  It sold 8 million copies!!  

Scoll down to Part 2 for the messages.    

A Message To Kacie From A True Super Star (Part 2)

The first message is from the musical director of the Four Seasons, the second from the piano player, and the third from the man himself, Jerry Polci.  The handsome rascal with Jerry is me.

Getting Dressed For The First Day In First Grade - 9/5/89

Kacie Films An Old Man On A Trampoline 3/18/96

We Knew That We Had A Comedian On Our Hands At Age 6

The Dam At Liberty Reservoir Circa 1960

Those black and white saddle shoes were the rage back then.

Hurricane Donna Hits Ocean City In September of 1960

We were absolutely  amazed at the severity and magnitude of the destruction that we saw.  The entire island looked as if it had been hit with an atomic bomb.  We couldn't believe that O.C. could ever  recover.  We were really wrong!!!

Hurricane Donna Hits Ocean City In 1960

The boardwalk was completely destroyed but somehow the hotels and stores along here somehow withstood the 110 mph winds.

Ocean City Vacation Circa 1960 (63rd Street)

That's me and Kacie's great grandpa, Elmer, playing with the raft.  Our dog, Fritz, loved the surf.

Ocean City Vacation Circa 1960 (63rd Street)

That's my father with the raft, me with the inner tube and Mimi brushing her hair.

Ocean City Vacation Circa 1960 (63rd Street)

That's my father and I playing in the surf and me digging in the sand.  Mimi is the lady on the lounge chair with the white cap.  The yellow house behind us was where we stayed for two weeks and it was entirely washed out to sea by Hurricane Donna two months later.

Ocean City Movie

A new movie filmed entirely in Ocean City, Md. will go into production this fall.  It will be called Ping Pong Summer.  We will be spending a week in O.C. during the filming and will put a lot of footage and photos of the filming on Kacie's website.

On The Swing The Night Before Starting 3rd Grade

Backyard Gymnastics - Night Before Starting 7th Grade

Pigs Feet - Howard County Fair 8/14/86

ID Bracelet

Kacie With Mom, Grandma and Great Grandma - 8/10/86

Surf Pug

Kacie Would Have Loved This Song - English Tea

This is from McCartney's Chaos and Creation In The Backyard album.. Nancy and I think of Kacie at the Dune's Manor when we hear this.

Old Man Catches a Big Shark Last Week

We got this one off of Dolphin Head and it went about 5-6 feet.  It was amazingly  fast and built like a bull.
This was probably a sandbar  shark and not as big as the hammerhead that we caught in May

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