Happy 24th Birthday Casey!

Here is some random information about the year you were born...

• The first episodes of the Simpsons were shown.
• 1 gallon of gas cost 97 cents.
• US postage stamps were one quarter.
• George Bush Senior became president of the United States.
• The Mirage Hotel and Casino opened in Las Vegas.
• The Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil off of Alaska's shoreline.
• Nintendo began selling Gameboy.
• An earthquake, 7.1 on the Ritcher scale, hit San Francisco.
• Popular movies were Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, The Little Mermaid, Driving Miss Daisy, Dead Poets Society, Honey I Shrunk the Kids and License to Kill
• Duran Duran, Prince, Phil Collins, Madonna, Cher, New Kids On The Block, Paula Abdul and Garth Brooks were popular musicians.
• A few of the most watched television shows were Baywatch, Married With Children, Matlock, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Growing Pains and The Golden Girls.

Happy Birthday Casey. YOU are the best thing
that happened to our family in 1989 and we love you!

What Were You Doing Twenty-Two Years Ago?

My son, Casey, celebrates his 22nd birthday today. So, just for fun, I put together a list of some of the goings-on in the year 1989...

One gallon of gas was 97 cents

Postage Stamps were 25 cents

The Mirage Hotel and Casino opened in Las Vegas as the first huge resort hotel

Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels of oil into the ocean

George Bush Senior became President of the United States

Toyota launched it's luxury brand the Lexus

A massive earthquake hit the San Fransisco Bay area minutes before the world series between the Giants and A's

The Berlin Wall came down

Serial Killer Ted Bundy was executed in Florida's electric chair

Nintendo released its popular handheld video game player- Gameboy

San Fransisco 49ers won Superbowl XXIII

Batman was the top grossing film

The Simpsons premiered

The Sega Genesis was released

Popular movies: Crocodile Dundee II, Big, Three Men and a Baby, Die Hard, Cocktail, Beetlejuice

Popular TV shows: The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Cheers, America's Funniest Home Videos, The Golden Girls

Songs that hit number one: Like a Prayer/ Madonna, Baby Don't Forget My Number/ Milli Vanilli, Every Rose Has It's Thorn/ Poison,  We Didn't Start the Fire/ Billy Joel


Happy Birthday Casey!