She has been in practice for six months – she played a Starfish and a Swan – in all the performances.
She did not try out for a speaking roll as she still is shy but has a beautiful voice.
Cassidy as a Starfish – she danced on stage and did a cartwheel in both directions and sang.
We were amazed at the costumes and the skills of the 6-7 and 8th. grade cast members.
Cassidy is on the right dancing and singing – once she gets over being shy – she will shine – she sings in front of the congregation in the choir and does vocals in a youth group band.
Cassidy as a swan between her sister Taylor and mother Tammy.
As a swan she danced and sang – she was very graceful.
Our shy little Cassidy – getting more brave to perform in front of a audience.
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Our granddaughter – Cassidy – Starfish and Swan in The Little Mermaid – 2 1/2 hour production.
Main Street and Beach Blvd intersection of North Myrtle Beach – during our nine-month condo stay here – we walked this almost every day – heading for the beach – you can see the stage at the entrance to the beach.
The radio station 94.9 THE SURF is on the left along with HODO’S Beach Club and the Old Arcade on the right.
The parking lot on Friday nights is full of beach chairs and the streets are closed off for concerts on the stage.
Turning around from the intersection is Main Street and you can see Sherry walking up the street.
We were here at the beginning of the Pandemic and this was a ghost town – although the stores were open.
Our favorite nightclub to go to where we finally learned what THE SHAG was!
A dance that came from the Rythem and Blues of the 40s and became a cross-over called Carolina Beach music.
And has become the state dance!
This scene has been ongoing for 80 years!!!!
“ENTER THROUGH THE JUKEBOX DOORS” so goes the advertisement heard on the radio.
This club is full of history – pictures and items from the past 80 years!
The dance is like the STROLL-JITTER BUG – SWING where you never lose contact with your dance partner.
Yearly competitions are held here and every four months SHAG comes to town –
Bands – music- dancing in the streets!
Like the Hollywood Walk of Fame – the sidewalks are full of plaques from all through the years of people and dancers and dates!
The big water tower that overlooks the town has a picture of a couple dancing THE SHAG!
On the beach from the beach entrance – we walked this every day while we lived here!
Sherry walking North Myrtle Beach – one of the widest beaches at low tide I have ever been on!
Exiting the sixth street beach entrance and looking up the street to where we stayed at the back entrance to Ocean Keyes.
Over 700 condos and a huge lake with six water fountains.
Six pools – tennis courts and a workout room.
Loved living there but no garage and no storage space – or else we might have stayed there.
Looking back from sixth street beach parking to the main town of North Myrtle Beach – our old neighborhood.
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My dream growing up was endless vacations near the beach – today we have that – watching others packing up to go back home – while we can come back the next day and the next day whenever we want!
Our dream now – living life to the plus one day at a time!
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Cousins – Sherry sisters daughter and her family – the JONES – and Debby and two of her daughters – the Myers!
We journeyed to Sunset beach – to catch the sunset – it so happened that the JONES was visiting and the Myers were also here at the same time.
Through the years we have tried to be all together – but families spread out and lives are different – so many things going on in each family.
Grandmothers and granddaughters. On the beach in Myrtle beach – after some shopping at the outlet mall and some dinner all together at Barefoot Landing.
The little ones are growing up so fast – years seem to go by before we meet up.
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June 25th, 1982 – Papa – brown suit – Sherry – as tall as me – our wedding day – The tall young girl – Debby – Sherry’s daughter -next to her – with her arms around the little girl – Tammy – Sherry’s youngest daughter.
We combined two sets of children – my two sons and her two daughters – in the early years – not much money but we made it!
Last summer – Papa and my two sons – Troy – with the beard – my oldest and Shawn – my youngest – still lived back in NWPA!
They visited last summer and will be back!
This is me! LOL If only I could putt!
Debby with her family – three girls – and husband Mike – Tammy with her three kids and husband Marcus.
The grandkids are growing up – Maddy graduates from college this spring – Ella will be a junior in college in the fall –
Sarah will be a junior in HS in the fall – Taylor and Cassidy will be in their teens next birthday and Bode will be nine on his next birthday!
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The six grandkids – Maddy – Ella – Sarah – Taylor – Cassidy and Bode – Cassidy always watching over Bode!
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Troy – Shawn – Autumn – Andera – Trisha – after a week of good times and fun – will be back! The salt life!
The yellow pollen was everywhere – so happy that we had the back lanai enclosed with EZ-BREEZE – allowing us to keep
it outside and not all over our furniture indoors!
But – the outdoor patio was covered as were the outdoor window screens and the screens to the lanai!
So – out came the water hose – and I moved all the furniture off the patio as well as the rug.
I began to wash everything down – starting with the siding and the screens.
I gently used the shower feature on the hose to rinse off the Tower Garden – and the big chairs which are too heavy to move and are connected.
The chairs are really heavy and connected – hard to move for Sherry and me!
I also gently showered the flowers – which we have grown since last spring and the Solo Stove fire pit!
Now on such a nice day – I would rather be out golfing – but this yellow pollen from all the pine trees is everywhere.
I have even seen it in the ocean!
When done and everything is back in place – glad to have it over with and nice and clean – however – this will have to be done again as the pollen season lasts for a while.
When the wind blows it is like a yellow dust cloud floating in the air.
A good rain will wash a lot of it down onto the ground but it forms a yellow scum on the water in the ponds!
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Today – I look back – back to the little ones – who now are the older ones and the next three whom I now call the little ones!
All six of the grandchildren several years ago before we moved to the Carolinas – this at our home in NVA!
Today – the oldest graduates from college – the second oldest is a Sophomore in college – the third oldest is a Sophomore in H.S.
The twins are in sixth grade and Bode – is in second grade.
All have been down to visit us – and the younger ones have spent a week’s vacation with us here at our new home!
The twins – Cassidy on the left and Taylor on the right – with Papa – they were so small when born – both just three pounds plus!
Today – Taylor – then Sarah ( who is 5’10”) and Cassidy – who is actually now growing faster than Taylor!
Sarah is a Sophomore in H.S.
MORMOR – Sherry – and Papa – at the beach shortly after Sherry retired early to pursue her Juice Plus business full time! She is a certified health coach and guides me in healthy eating.
Today the three oldest are with their parents – Maddy – then Ella and Sarah. They have all grown up!
Our memories of times gone by – forever young in our minds! Maddy – Sarah and Ella!
TAYLOR – love her smile!
Cassidy – the little determined one – loves her feisty attitude!
Bode – the only grandson out of five granddaughters – my little buddy – PAPA and BODE!
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PAPA and little CASSIDY.
PAPA and TAYLOR – who has turned into a horse rider and works in the barn!
Taylor – Sarah – Cassidy and Bode – cousins – at the ION ice rink in Leesburg, Va. There also is a full-size ice hockey rink here other than what you see behind them – with thousands of seats!
We got together with Sarah and her mother Debby for a two-hour skate – the kids loved it and they all helped Sarah who hasn’t skated since she was little!
The adults sat here at the table with a full view of the rink – I also went to the hockey rink and watched the youth hockey play – full pads!
Quite impressed with the arena which could rival the pros!
We were able to have food and drinks while watching the kids and they could join us for food!
Taylor who is 12 is almost as tall as Sarah who is 16 and around 5’10! Cassidy has been catching up to Taylor for the last year.
We then went to the grandkid’s house – for a short visit – exchanged clothes – and say our goodbyes!
Here are Sarah – Sherry – Debby – Cassidy and Taylor!
The afternoon ended too quickly but we all had such a good time and all the kids loved the ice skating!
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PAPA’S WORLD – just another day in our life – living life to the plus – one day at a time!
I am always up before sunrise – I love that part of the day – quiet – good nights sleep –
of course by 8:30 pm. I head for bed – so I get to see every day Sunrise and Sunset!
The sunrise at our family’s home in Leesburg, Va. Early morning hustle of kids getting ready – the youngest Bode is the first off to school – heading out the door at 6:50 AM.
Along with both of his parents to walk him to the bus stop!
Of course, Marley – the Goldendoodle – on her leash – leads the way!
The sky is getting lighter at this time – this was the sunrise before they headed out the door.
Then – after the late afternoon – the sunset out the front door!
The ever-changing skies of NVA – a beautiful wide expanse – in their neighborhood which is country!
Sunsets here are also beautiful – after dinner – kids are in from outside –
The TV is on – the dog sleeping – Taylor is reading –
Family time.
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Our youngest granddaughters – Taylor( the tall one ) on the left and Cassidy on the right – sing vocals in a band performance for their Community Lutheran Church – a band called INSPIRE!
They sang soft rock classics- 500 miles – I love Rock and Roll – Give it your best shot – and ended up with Sweet Caroline!
So proud of both singing in front of a group audience!
Both fraternal twins and 12 years old – Cassidy has a part in a play in April that we plan on coming back to see and both of them have begun Violin lessons.
Taylor loves to read and Cassidy loves to draw and is quite good! Both love their MORMOR – Sherry – MOTHERSMOTHER!
Taylor – Cassidy – Bode and mother – Tammy – our family in Leesburg, Va. MEMORIES!
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The band INSPIRE with Taylor and Cassidy on vocals – GRANDDAUGHTERS PERFORMANCE SINGING!
My day always starts off with humor – smiles and laughter on my social media page – setting the tone for the rest of the day!
A positive outlook on life! I will drink to that! LOL
WHAT is THIS? Why – to protect it from the low temps below freezing – a metallic cover for our Tower Garden – and it does just fine – but to me, it looks like something from “ET” or “STAR WARS”! LOL
A good thought for the day – one to think about – positive vibes!
HHHHHMMMMM – and here I thought it was the JUICE! LOL
Sherry with Cindy and Dottie – friends that make friends laugh – smile and just have good times!
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One of the reasons we choose to live in Cameron Woods – is GOLFING!
We are right in the middle of about 25 golf courses in any direction.
It was too expensive to golf back in NVA and we love to golf.
Just out riding around you pass the fairways and greens and we want to be out there!
Another reason is we wanted to be on the mainland side of the ICW – here – we are with our neighbors – Diane and her husband Steve – who own a boat – cruising the ICW.
There is also a boat rental on OIB that we have taken friends out on – this is only a ten-minute drive away for us!
We are thankful for our family – whom have at one time or another visited us in our new area.
Of course, we are the tour guides – we did that for years in the D.C. area and love it.
Here – we take them everywhere and show them the area.
This has once again followed us to where we live – we are living our dream.
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Our daughter Debby and her daughter Maddy – memories from long ago!
Debbby and Maddy – from 2001 – our first granddaughter!
Today – she is a senior – having completed her fourth year as a Hornet at the University of Lynchburg soccer program
and as a captain in her senior year.
Twice going to the NCAA tournament in her four years and winning the Conference title in her senior year.
Our little granddaughter will graduate this spring with an Environmental Science degree!
My two sons from my first marriage – Troy on the left and Shawn on the right.
Shawn and his wife – Trisha! He runs his own business contracting out to the state and energy companies for auditing energy and installation for the elderly.
Shawn is a ranked nine-ball player in both Canada and the USA – winning his way to Las Vegas numerous times.
Troy and his partner – Andrea visited us this past summer.
Until four years ago – Troy built houses from the ground up – doing it all – then he joined Shawn and runs the installation side of the energy auditing business contracting out to the state in insulation for the elderly.
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I always thought this – now in retirement – I still think any day of golf is better than – well you choose it! LOL
The Tower Garden – the smaller unit can be used indoors with grow lights – the outdoor unit is larger – producing with just water – light and nutrients and air!
Our Tower Garden is covered up for freezing temps – looks like something from Star Wars! LOL
Sherry and Dottie – best friends for over 40 years – living life to the plus one day at a time!
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