My beautiful wife.

We are Family

This is a combination of photos of my recent family, through marriage and the family I was born into.

 Me and my friend Anthony Gant in the small pool in my back yard 1965

 Me and a good friend Margaret Matsunaga, music teacher who was a friend of my fathers'.

Me and my first cat. Miss Kitty.

 My family: My father Ralph, my mother Evelyn, my older brother Geoff and most importantly Me.

 My mom and our neighbor Mike Keshiama who grew huge pumpkins back in the day.  1978

 My Cousin Susan, her Husband Rori and their first son.

 My two fathers. My dad Ralph Richards 1948 and my Father in Law Bob Hudson December 2010

 My best friend Morgan and I at the Halloween Ball 2009

My father Ralph. 1973

 My Uncle from Hawaii, David Akana Espinda the 4th

 My Uncle Bill Christ.  May he rest in Peace.

 My wife Michelle and I at a Colorado Rockies game, where they won.

 My Step Daughter Natasha her only Christmas in Colorado December 25th 2008.

My wife at the Halloween Ball October 2009

The H  D and D  Family.  Top to bottom Left to Right.  My step Son Joshua D Uncle Jim and Aunt Marcia D, Me, Mom in Law Ree, Grand Mother Dunn my Wife Michelle Aunt Carol Uncle Lloyd D, Step Son Joshua D and his wife Mary.
Center, Left to right My Wife Michelle and her mom, my mom in law Ree, My step Daughter Natasha D
Bottom Left to Right Father in Law Bob H,and the dread Penguin, My future wife Michelle and her two children Joshua and Natasha D and Mom in Law Ree with step Daughter Natasha,

Journey 1. Las Vegas, the Meadows back in the day.

What follows is a visual collection.  Most of the pictures I took myself, there are some that are from the internet.  What they all have in common is that they are reflections of my life.  From my childhood to my current life.  They may be in a sequence, based on a time or place or event of my life, or they may be mixed. These images are a journey of my life.  

 Sunset on Twain Avenue 1986.  An end of an era, but I did not know so then.

 Sigfried and Roy, before the accident, another end that changed Vegas forever

Redd Foxx

In 1986 I went to Las Vegas to live, I stayed for a little over a year.  I had the chance to see the city before it changed, when people like Johnny Mathis and Jerry Lewis were still top entertainers, and when the city for the most part was safe to walk at night,

Stratosphere Casino 1986

 Mr, Las Vegas, head of the MDA Labor day telethon for years.  Jerry Lewis.

Englebert Humperdink one of the cleanest entertainers of old Vegas.

 The Rat Pack one of 3

Las Vegas was significant to me, it was the first time I moved out to live interdependently, and succeeded even for a short term.  I just wish that the city had not changed so drastically.  However I know that change happens, for the good and bad.  At least I saw it when it was still interesting.