Found some old family pictures that I'd forgotten I had so I thought I'd add them. There are more family pics in 2020.

Clockwise from Mom and Dad, Ralph and Caroline Meyer is me Ralph Jr., age 29, Mark age 18, Joe age 27, Sue, his new wife, Herb age 22, and Rick age 19. As I recall, we took this picture the night Joe and Sue got married in the Circus, They were the third act. The Circus thought this would be a good idea so they advertized and Joe and Sue were picked. I believed it is late summer of 1979 just after the ceramony at Mom and Dad's apt in Reno NV. The picture was taken by my girlfriend Michelle Oviatt.

This picture is from sometime in the early 1950s, I believe and features my maternal grandparents, Herb and Gusty Schmidt, along with three of their four daughters and their husbands. Missing is Leona and Harry Halberg. Front row L-R is my mother and father Caroline and Ralph Meyer, Mildred and Harold 'Jug' Schmelz. In the back is my mother's twin Adaline and Harland Palmquist.

Reed and Jade FINALLY graduated this spring semester. Reed in Music Production and Jade in Public Relations. I'm a little late but here are gradulation pictures.

It has been awhile. Let's see... I got my shots. Pfizer with second shot blues that started with the chills and then a malaise for 4 days. Jade got a shot yesterday and Reed promises to get his tomorrow. UPDATE: And he did get it which means both he and Jade are protected so far with ONE Pfizer shot and will get the other in 3 weeks, supposedly. Oh and Reed also had his Senior Recital only one year late. Here it is. The highlight for me was when he found a dance group in Vancouver, Canada that was using a piece that he helped compose. And they were good. To see this part go to the 23 min point (more or less) with the actual dancing at 35 min+. Sorry the sound is so low.

So I'm on the Zoosk dating site chatting with a lady who used to be an opera singer. Attempting to impress, I make the statement that for those of us of a certan age, the last line of the cartoon What's Opera Doc? is one of the most profound statements ever made. Bugs: "So what did you expect, a happy ending?" I misquoted Bugs but for us old guys, my version is better. :-))