• Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Solange - Travel - Videos

    My Beautiful Wife

    This year, Solange and I are married 17 years. It has been an incredible ride and I am so proud of my wife that is so beautiful inside and out. I found some photos Solange took a few years ago on an old SD chip. I started experimenting with Davinci Resolve which is an incredibly powerful free video editor and this is the result. For the soundtrack, I chose the song “Diga Sim” by Raça Negra. The name translates to “Say Yes”, and it is a sentimental song for me. When we were dating, Solange and I went on a cruise from Santiago, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and she played this CD every day. I am so happy that she said YES.

    3 Comments on “My Beautiful Wife

    1. Great. Happy anniversary. Now…STOP the stupid commercials. They are annoying and LOUD. And just because you have a “band” doesn’t mean you should use it to advertise this product. Good GAWD get over yourself. Have a professional create your ads. YOU are not qualified.

      1. Hi Cathie,
        Thanks for reaching out and providing feedback. By this time, the commercial should be off the air, although we have also received a lot of feedback so you can expect to see more of that commercial in the future.

      2. I thought his band was cute. Shows a real guy…His ads were genuine; he appealed to those who don’t need gltz and glamour to advertise his great all American product. He projected the American value of being himself, working hard, patriotic, and succeeding.

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  • Jesse - Solange - Teddy - Videos

    90th and 95th Birthday Celebrations

    At the end of March, my mother turned 90 and my father turned 95. We had a great family reunion. My nephew, Ryan, married a photographer and she made a video of the event. Grace is a great photographer and editor.

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  • Jesse - Photos - Solange - Teddy - Travel

    Xcaret Adventure

    Our last adventure for our Cancún vacation was to a wonderful place called Xcaret which is one of the coolest tourist destinations in the area. The highlight is a man made salt water that runs through the park. Each person puts on a life vest, and swims throughout the river. There are numerous spots to take selfies built into the trip. There are numerous restaurants, and we saw two shows. The first one was a Mayan dance show and the second they call the Spectacle. Dinner was included, and it was as spectacular as the name suggests. The show lasted about an hour and a half and reviewed the history of Mexico through song and dance. The park includes an aquarium and a small zoo, plus places to swim and a boat ride. If you are going to do one thing while in Cancún, it should be Xcaret.

    They have a technology, where each person gets a wrist band, and it takes a Xelfie in hundreds of different places. These photos are an assortment of our Xelfies.

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  • Jesse - Photos - Solange - Teddy - Travel

    Mayan Cenote

    We went on an excursion to Chichén Itzá and then our group visited a Mayan Cenote which was the highlight of the trip. Cenote is the Mayan word for a sink hole or underground cave. The height of Mayan accomplishment is the monuments built in Chichén Itzá which took hundreds of years to construct. It was fascinating to see how the Mayan people live today in the Yucutan. We had a typical Mayan meal primarily consisting of chicken and tortillas. Later, a Mayan priest blessed our trip into the cenote. We rapelled down 60 feet into the cave into the super cold and refreshing water. The Mayan people took these photos and then sell them to tourists as a new form of income. It was great.

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  • Jesse - Photos - Solange - Teddy - Travel

    Rio Secreto

    While on vacation in Cancún, my wife booked an excursion to Rio Secreto, which is about a 2 hour bus drive from our hotel. It was so worth it. They discovered a cave system that can be explored by tourists. Some time ago, we went to Ruby Falls in Chatanooga, TN and this blows that away. With a patient guide, we spent an hour and a half swimming, wading and walking through the incredible formations in the cave. This is highly recommended.

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