Videos - Before there were Children

With audio recording of  Dad recounting how he met Mom on a Greyhound bus. -Recorded February 27, 2024-

Cleaning the apartment preparing to move to Reseda house

00:10 Dr. Mort Mayer and wife

01:51 Jim Paliccino, Mom's Co-Worker at Akron City Hospital

02:27 Nancy Brown

High-Society friends of Mamoo and GrandFather

Handicapped guy was a doctor called Hiney (unknown spelling) who was also a hunting buddy for Grandfather and Uncle Moose.

Meme and Papa visiting The Hollywood Bowl

John Todd and Mary Ann Knudsen visit

Playing basketball with the dog

My god, they're so young!

Mary Ann Knudson delivering rescue dog, Jeff, from UCLA research lab to Mom and Dad.

02:44 Mom's first dinner party with John Todd and Mary Anne Knudson at their first apartment in Canoga Park.

Mom playing badminton with friend Barbara Skudneski

With musical friends, Mary Ann Knudson and John Todd. Papa being a goofball at 01:49

Meme and Papa visiting the Santa Barbara Mission, 1959

 Mamoo shooting, Dad and Mom playing with the neighbor's dog Rusty 

Meme and Papa visit Disneyland with Mom and Dad, 1959 - part I

Meme and Papa visit Disneyland with Mom and Dad, 1959 - part II 

After 40+ hours of labor!

 John from birth, September 27, 1959,  to about one year old, 1960.

Featuring Grandfather (Charles G Redhead), Nana (Edith Nina Gray Shively), Mom, Dad and little dog Jeff

John makes a mess, swims with Dad, turns one year old (with MaryAnn DeCarlo who's father worked with Dad)

January 7, 2024

November 12, 1962

Mamoo and Grandfather, Mom and Dad, John, Sue and Dale.

And, of course, all the dogs. So much retro.

Planting and Landscaping the back yard. Plus a little Halloween 60's style.

June 27 and 28, 1958

Visiting Meme and Papa, the Danseys and McElhoes' at Ligonier Lake, Pennsylvania

Visiting Meme and Papa, the Danseys and McElhoes' at Ligonier Lake, Pennsylvania, Part II