One of my first baby pictures....
...and in the crib.
Let me out of here.
Wade and his big brother Craig.
Still in the stroller.
Taking some first steps.
You have to love this baby bonnet.
A professional photo.
On a camping trip with Craig.
Now don't spill any.
Earl and the boys in Yellowstone.
Building a sand castle on a camping trip.
Same camping trip.
Dad always did like to save money by giving us a "buzz cut"
himself.
Not really sure who these people, or when or where this was taken.
Around the Santa Ana house.
This is the front lawn before Earl built the concrete path around it.
Note the period silver tree with the color wheel.
Christmas in 1964, since it looks like Dawn was just born.
All dressed up for St. Luke's Methodist Church in Santa Ana.
What a handsome couple of dudes.
In the back yard pool with Dawn, and our duck, creatively named "Quacky".
Earl would sometimes go to the mountains and bring back a truckload of
snow for us to play in.
Our Christmas stockings hung on the bookcase, since we don't have a fireplace.
An elementary school picture.
With Craig in our Boy Scout uniforms in the back yard in Santa Ana.
We had the troop quartermaster shed in our back yard; Earl built it,
of course.
Wade loved this quilted shirt.
The Adult Life:
Playing the piano at Diana's parents house in Garden Grove.
Playing with Steve Georges at their house.
On a rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon with
Diana.
Wade's girlfriend Diana took a stage makeup class and liked to do his
Halloween makeup in his 20's. Here is the old age makeup...
...and the Yin and Yang makeup...
...and Nurse Wanda...
...and the dreaded Pumpkin Man.
Wade and Diana's first house on Flagstone in Huntington Beach. Resurfacing
the fireplace bricks.
Diana's brother Steve is a professional press photographer, and was always
taking great shots.
Here we are with Mica at the park.
A publicity photo done for a presentation Wade gave at a DECUS symposium
in the late 1970's.
Wade' second house on Lucia in Huntington Beach.
With "The Blast": Micheal DeCuffa, Jim Flynn, and Jeff on drums.
Most of our gigs were at "The End Zone" in Manhattan Beach.
Visiting the Orange County Fair with Craig.
An early version of Wade getting people together to Christmas Carol at
work, this time renting a Rhodes electric piano at Emulex.
Wade tried to get a bunch of people from Emulex to go skydiving, but
in the end, everyone else chickened out.
An early visit to Paragould, helping Earl clear some land.
With Earl's dog Silver.
Building the house in Portola Hills with Nancy.
At a baseball game with Mark.
On a vacation trip back to Paragould, Arkansas. Teaching the boys to
play pool...
...and swimming in a local lake.
Three generations of Wooldridge boys playing cribbage.
Wade did one Christmas season with the Lamplight Carolers.
Wade's head shots from when he and Kimberly starting acting.
As "Adventure Man" for CSLCV's "Adventures in Faith".
One of the Adventure Man events was a trip to the shooting range in San
Juan Capistrano.
At the Orange County Fair.
Visiting Charleston to see Scott graduate from Navy nuclear training.
2013: Wade's birthday dinner at the Olde Spaghetti Factory in Newport
Beach.
2013: At the K1 Racing with the Broadcom crew.
Various Christmas visits back to see the parents in Paragould, Arkansas.
When Colton came along, it added some Christmas magic back to the vacations
to Paragould and Bloomington.
Many Christmases, we got new versions of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers...
...and almost every year, some form of fragrance from Dawn.
2014: The last time we got to go back and visit Earl in Paragould.
2015: Christmas at Kimberly's brother Stan's house in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
2018: Christmas in Bloomington.
The Travels:
2007: Sweating on the Great Wall of China.
2014: In front of Jackson Square in New Orleans.
2015: Visiting Austin, Texas, and having a great meal at Barley Swine
Restaurant.
2015: Going to N-Naka in Los Angeles after seeing them on "Chef's
Table" on Netflix.
2018: Preparing to bungee jump the Bridge to Nowhere.
2018: At Eleven Madison Park on a New York theater junket.
2019: At the Denver Botanical Gardens on our southwestern US trip.
2019: Playing Pinball Wizard at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.
2019: In front of Spasskaya Tower in the Kremlin in Moscow.
The Shows:
2006: Desserts Theater at CSCLV is a 1940's show, and Clarke Wilson and
I performed "Who's On First?".
2008: Wade as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh in "Anything Goes" at Newport
Theater Arts Center.
2008: As vampire Bela Lepescu in "Dracula-La" at Huntington
Beach Playhouse, being hypnotized by the infamous Dan Wozniak.
2009: As Harold Nichols in "The Full Monty" at the Maverick
Theater, and yes, we did.
2010: Wade as "old" Joe Boyd talking to Applegate in "Damn
Yankees" at Saddleback Civic Light Opera.
2011: As Felix Unger in "Oscar and Felix, a New Look at the Odd
Couple" at the Cabrillo Playhouse.
2012: As Vice Principal Doug Panch in "25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee" at the Cabrillo Playhouse and later at Huntington Beach
Playhouse. In the background is Mark Marger as Mitch Mahoney.
2013: As Jesus in excerpts from "Jesus Christ, Superstar" at
CSLCV. Here is Rick Dale as Judas, and Hans Smith as Caiaphas, with Rev.
Heather Dawn Clarke presiding.
2015: CSLCV's Desserts Theater was "A Grand Night at the Lil' Ol'
Opry". Here's Wade as a cowboy...
...and as the comic relief horse with emcee Clarke Wilson.
2016: As Sir Dennis Galahad (the dashingly handsome) in "Spamalot" at the Rose Center Theater.
2016: As Professor Sloane in "The Explorers Club" at the Camino Real Playhouse.
2017: As Mr. Sowerberry in "Oliver!" at Laguna Playhouse.
2018: "Singin' in the Rain" at the choir show at CSLCV.
2018: As Felix Geisel in "The Game's Afoot" at the Cabillo Playhouse.
2019: As Don Quixote with Rick Dale as Sancho Panza in the choir show at CSLCV.
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