SPRING BREAK

TODAY WE WERE OFF TO LAKE HAVASU IN SEARCH OF SPRING BREAKERS. YOU KNOW, THOSE BIKINI CLAD COLLEGE CO-EDS CELEBRATING THE RIGHTS OF SPRING.  COME ON, YOU REMEMBER THOSE "CALIFORNIA GIRLS" WE USED TO SING ABOUT.

AND WHAT DID I FIND................

   MY FAVORITE "GRANDMA-JACK" !!!        

"SUNNY & 80"

SHEN YUN

FOR YEARS MARY HAS BEEN WATCHING THE COMMERCIALS ON TV EVERY WINTER FOR THE TRAVELLING CHINESE DANCE AND MUSICAL SHOW SHEN YUN. 

"SOMEDAY, I WANT TO SEE THAT SHOW". THIS WAS THE YEAR AS WE SCORED MATINEE SHOW TICKETS AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PREFORMING ARTS IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS.

RECORDING AND PHOTOGRAPHY STRICTLY FORBIDDEN, SO SORRY, NO PICTURES.  THE SMITH CENTER WAS EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM THE BALCONY OF THE SMITH CENTER AND YOU CAN SEE THE DOWNTOWN CASINOS IN THE BACKGROUND.

TWO NIGHTS ON FREMONT STREET, BUT YOU KNOW, "WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS".  ACTUALLY IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ADVERTISING, THE CURRENT PHRASE IS. "WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS ONLY HAPPENS IN VEGAS".

THE UPGRADED LIGHT SHOW IS AMAZING. IT IS SO BRIGHT AND VIVID THEY CAN USE IT IN THE DAY TIME.

     "SUNNY & 72"

60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

IF YOU KNOW EVERYONE IN THIS PICTURE, THEN WE ARE RELATED!

SO LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON MARY AND I WERE OUT WITH MARK AND JAYNE ENJOYING COCKTAILS ON THE PORCH AT THE SILVER DOLLAR IN GOLDEN SHORES IN HONOR OF MARK'S BIRTHDAY.  WHEN I GOT HOME AND FIRED UP FACEBOOK ON MY LAPTOP I SAW A POST FROM KATHY ROTH ANNOUNCING THE 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION FOR MY UNCLE NED AND AUNT SHARON AT THE JUDA, WISCONSIN COMMUNITY CENTER ON SUNDAY 1PM TO 5PM. I SAID TO MARY, THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN, YOU WANT TO GO?

A QUICK CHECK ON THE INTERNET OF THE WISCONSIN WEATHER AND AVAILABLE FLIGHTS AND WE WERE MAKING RESERVATIONS TO MINNEAPOLIS.  WE CALLED UNCLE HANS, WHO WAS ALSO ENJOYING A FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEER, TO SEE IF HE'D DIG OUT THE CADILLAC AND PICK US UP AND DO THE GROUND WORK. 

IN JUST TWO DAYS, AND 800 MILES, WE WERE ABLE TO DO LIMBURGER CHEESE SANDWICHES AT BAUMGARTNER'S ON THE SQUARE IN MONROE, THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY IN JUDA, AND HOY-HOY-HOY FOR SARA IN GREEN BAY.

WE WERE BACK IN VEGAS AT 6PM AND OF COURSE SPENT THE NIGHT ON FREMONT STREET DOWNTOWN. HERE ARE THE LATEST PICTURES OF THE NEW CASINO UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO UNCLE HANS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND TO UNCLE NEIL FOR THE HOY-HOY-HOY CELEBRATION AND LODGING.

"SUNNY & 70"

Renee Remembered

By Uncle Hans

I recently spent some quality time with Neil at Shorty's in Tomahawk.  He scolded me for not creating a memorial blog for Renee. Today is Valentines day and tomorrow is 6 weeks since she passed.

    What follows are a few pictures  and her obituary.....

Obituary

Renee Charlene Carlson, 56, of Spooner died on January 4, 2020, in Spooner.

Renee was born on July 23, 1963, to Paul and Karen (Kieran) Carlson in Stillwater, Minnesota.  She grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota.  She worked in the airline industry, ran her own daycare business, and went into healthcare, mastering each field with determination and dedication.  Renee mothered two loving sons, Garrett, 31, of Minneapolis, and Spencer, 27, of Hugo, Minnesota.  She cared for and ministered to both her parents as they died from cancer in their 50’s, taking her mother into her own home for nearly two years.  She has a brother, Matthew, in Phoenix, and a sister, Laura, in the Seattle area.  She moved to the Spooner area in 2008, after vacationing here since 1955, and loved living on the lake in the quiet Northwoods.  She is also survived by her husband, Hans Rechsteiner of Spooner.  She will long be remembered by all who knew her for her quick and beautiful smile and quiet thoughtfulness.

 Uncle Hans

LAUGHLIN, NEVADA

THOUGHT WE BETTER CHECK-IN ON THE BLOG. WE'VE BEEN HIKING THE LAUGHLIN RIVER WALK A LOT THIS WINTER, IT MAKES THE STEPS MORE ENJOYABLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE BIG CASINOS AND WATCHING ALL THE PEOPLE. PLUS AT THE END OF THE WALK IS THE LODGE,  WHERE WE'VE FOUND A MEXICAN BAR AND AN ASIAN BAR WHERE WE CAN PLAY BAR TOP SLOT MACHINES FOR NICKLES AND DIMES AND STILL GET COMPED DRINKS. CHECK-OUT MARY'S GOOD LUCK YESTERDAY.  DON'T GET TOO EXCITED, SHE WAS PLAYING NICKLES AND THIS ONLY PAID $12.50,

SPEAKING OF MARY, YESTERDAY WAS HER FIRST ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OF THE YEAR!  THE FIRST JACK DANIELS OF THE DECADE !!  SHE HAS JUST FINISHED 37 DAYS OF THE WHOLE 30 PROGRAM.

   "SUNNY & 71"