July 2nd 2011

This is our family pictures of all the family that was there my family and Cyndi's family with us all it was so great to get everyone together for these photos

Diane 60th birthday July 2nd 2011

On July 2nd 2011 we were in Wasa and my children and grandchildren made a surprise birthday for me, the grandchildren made this huge butterfly cake from decorated cupcakes, it was awesome, and along with my daughter and son who made awesome meat dishes we had a wonderful time, it was an open house so some of my friends dropped in to say hi I was so very surprised it was a really great day, thankyou Tracy and Troy and families. I am truely blessed to have great people in my life.

Quadding in Wasa with Troy and Cyndi

Some of the scenery we saw on our quad ride with Troy and Cyndi in Wasa

Quadding in Wasa with Troy and Cyndi

In March of 2011 we went quadding with Troy and Cyndi behind Wasa dump, it was cool and we did have a little snow, a different kind of quadding to what we are used to in Arizona but it was fun.

Day 45 Sun Studios

Missed something while we were at the Sun Studios our guide you see in the white shirt gave Ken a guitar, I know Ken thought he was only to hold it but NO he was suppose to play it (yea right) anyway it was with a piece of paper that he stummed for about a half a second and gave the guitar back to the tour guide.

Now you will see Diane with a mic well she has now been anchor woman on Channel Two News, see her with Elvis, and will hear her on Sirus Radio (Elvis station) and now she is going to record a song, what will that girl do next????????????

Day 45 Sun Studios

After we left Sun Studios we were only across the river from Arkansas so we decided to take a drove over the Mississippi yet again to say we were in Arkansas, the Mississippi separtes Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas. yes we do some silly spontanious things.

Day 45 Sun Studios

Our tour guide took us into a room where there was all kinds of old equipment used in those early years and how combersome some were even though they were called portable not like our portable equipment of today, we then went downstairs to the recording room, this studio consisted of 3 rooms the reception room the recording room and the sound room it was very small, you can see all the entertainers who got their start at this small studio. It is know that the owner fell on hard times and sold the studio for 3500.00. He was then able to pay off his debts and probably was sorry he never kept some of the famous ones like Elvis, Johnny Cash etc. There is so much to hear about this little studio and we were told we could not go into the sound booth as it is still in use today yes every night someone will come in and want to cut a record or CD and they still do it, although the equipment in this room has changed it is still the unique studio that so many famous entertainers got their first break. Elvis was only with them a few years then he went over to RCA studios.

Day 45 Sun Studios

You may wonder what is with these red bar stoles well on them is the names of some famous entertainers that got their start in the music business in this very small recording studio, so we decided to take the tour cost of $12.00 each and see how it was done back in the 50's

Day 45 Beale Street in Memphis

This is Beale Street as I said it was famous for the blues and rock and roll you can see musical notes on the sidewalks with names on them I only took pictures of names I knew yep Elvis was there too. The other shops were neat to see and the famous Daisy Theater so cool.

Day 45 Beale Street in Memphis

The Peabody Hotel is a beautiful hotel located downtown on Beale street this is quite a famous street since most of the blues stars at one time or another were there and played there well let me get back to the Peobody Hotel, some of us may not of know this (I know I did not) everyday once a day at 11:00 am and then again at 5:00 pm 5 Ducks come from out of an elevator of the geogeous Hotel and walk on RED CARPET no less to the water fountain located in the middle of the Hotel. I guess they used to do this before the hotel was built and are still walking this walk but the amazing thing is even though they do come down with an elevator they have their own room upstairs so if weather is really bad outside they can stay indoors, this is true no lies look on google and find out all about these ducks and the famous Peobody Hotel.