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Week of August 24, 1991. List made on August 30, 1991.

Top ten things we enjoyed doing with Uncle Ray.

  1. Watching the Parent Trap on TV (Joshua)
  2. Swimming in the hot tub & the pool (Jeremiah)
  3. Seeing Hot Shots at the movie (Bob)
  4. Doing whale stamps at the Science Center (Marilee)
  5. Playing Take Off (Joshua)
  6. Watching Duck Tales-the Movie (Jeremiah)
  7. Ray pulling my head to pop my neck (Bob)
  8. Playing legos (Marilee)
  9. Wrestling with Ray (Joshua)
  10. Going to Jeremiah's Drive-In (Jeremiah)


Week of August 24, 1992. List made on September 1, 1992

  1. A baker's dozen of things we enjoyed doing with Grandpa Charlie & Grandma Doris
  2. Snuggling & hugging Grandma & Grandma (Marilee)
  3. Sitting beside them in the car going to Levinworth (Joshua)
  4. Eating Gandpa's fajitos (Jeremiah)
  5. Going shopping & talking with Doris (Connie)
  6. Picking blackberries (Bob)
  7. Playing Uno (Marilee)
  8. Fishing (Joshua)
  9. Watching the Great Mouse Detective (Jeremiah)
  10. Going on the picnic at Edmunds beach (Connie)
  11. Swimming (everyone)
  12. Going to the candy factory (Jeremiah)
  13. Showing Grandma & Grandpa the Keen game on compter (Joshua & Jeremiah)
  14. Singing (Marilee)


Top 5 favorite Movies (Sept 1, 1992)

Marilee

  1. Winnie, the Pooh
  2. Dumbo
  3. Little Mermaid
  4. Land Before Time
  5. The American Tale

Joshua

  1. Ewoks Adventure
  2. Robin Hood (Walt Disney)
  3. ET
  4. Wizard of Oz
  5. Gunsmoke (all of them)

¨ Jeremiah ¨

  1. Ewoks Adventure
  2. Duck Tales: the Movie
  3. Robin Hood
  4. Absent Minded Professor & Son of Flubber
  5. Secret of Nim

Ray

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Star Wars
  3. Back to the Future
  4. Heavy Metal
  5. The Naked Gun

Monika

  1. Gone With the Wind
  2. The Sound of Music
  3. Yentyl
  4. The Way We Were
  5. Fantasia

Bob

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Hunchback of Notre Dame
  3. Star Wars
  4. Back to the Future
  5. The Untouchables

Grandma Doris

  1. Gone with the Wind
  2. Imitation of Life
  3. Sound of Music
  4. To Each his Own
  5. Home Alone

Grandpa

  1. Gone with the Wind
  2. Home Alone
  3. Mutiny on the Bounty
  4. Romancing the Stone
  5. Crocodile Dundee


Favorite Books (except the Bible)

Marilee: 1. Dumbo 2. Winnie the Pooh 3. Robin Hood

Joshua 1: Robin Hood 2. Peter Pan 3. Jungle Book

Jeremiah 1: Box Car Children Series 2. Exitorn Series 3. The Run Away Princess 4. DJ Dillon Series 5. Pilgrim's Progress

Ray 1: Hitchhikers Guide Trilogy 2. Battlefield Earth 3. Memoires ofInvisible Man 4. Replay 5. Beatle Recording Session

Bob 1: Shannon Sampling Theory 2. Born Again 3. The Andromeda Strain 4. The Book of Lists 5. The Catcher in the Rye

Grandma Doris: 1. Little Women 2. Ashes in the Wind 3. To be the Best 4. Wuthering Heights 5. Windmills of the Gods

Grandpa Charlie: 1. The Black Rose 2. Robinson Caruso 3. A Man Called Peter 4. Ninja 5. Shane