Splash Lagoon, Erie Pa.

The family took a vacation this weekend up to Splash Lagoon for the weekend. We stayed at a hotel and got a 2 day pass to the indoor water park. The temp outside (snow on the ground) was a blistering 35 degrees! Inside was 83 F, and the water is even warmer.

The kids had fun on the lazy river, water slides and hot tubs. We met up with my old school friend Russ Hall & his girl friend, who now live up in Erie. Then after dinner we went out to the theater to see Horton Hears a Who. (Gillian gives it two thumbs up!)

Stopped at the Grove City outlets for some Spring sales (School clothes) on the way home and had ice cream at Eat'n Park. It was a very fun and enjoyable weekend.

Trapped Info

Some of you have been asking about when does Sam's big "silver screen" debut occur? The release date for the film is still not set, but I think it's coming out over the summer at some point.

So I thought I'd put a few links up for folks to see. Here is a Trailer for the movie.

My buddy Gavin Rapp produced & directed Trapped as a sort of stepping stone film, with his real objective being the telling of his life story; that involving his Mom and her days of singing with the Skyliners.

Here in this clip he talks to Tom Atkins about filming his new film "Since I Don't Have You" which is based off Gav's perspective as a kid growing up caught in the middle of the Skyliners and his mother's tragic suicide. I read the script and I really hope Gav gets to tell this story. I think people will really like it.

Easter Dinner

Dad cooked a wonderful Ham, and we were joined by the extended McEntee clan as we all sat around for a pleasant Easter Dinner. Vee made a killer salad, Sam made Green Beans, Mary Louise made some awesome Spinach Lasagna, while Gram McEntee supplied the brownies for desert afterwards. Erin & Colin were fresh off the plane, back from Florida.

Here we see my children giving the old man a "power wedgie" tormenting the poor fellow. Soon Bob will head back down to Florida for a sailing adventure along the Florida keys with Jimmy Foley. I believe the plan is for him to update the blog if he is able. The man makes retirement look better and better each year.

Great Grand Kids (Easter Sunday)

All 7 of the Great grand children were present for Easter Sunday at the Farrell's homestead. It was a packed room, but we finally got their picture together... Well, Brianna was out of this shot, mainly because she wouldn't leaver her Mother's arms. Anyway, 6 out of 7 kids in this shot is about as good as I could get.



Everybody got lots of cool candy and Easter treats. Bubbles were a big hit as well. Gram looked good and was up and moving around. Everybody had a good time, including Cousin Finnigan, who is getting an early start on his Piano career. What a true Farrell... Oozing with musical talent. :-)

Birthday Fun

Aidan & Andrew (Adam's kids) invited the whole family to Olympic Fun park this past Saturday. Its an indoor play area, which entails all sorts of play areas, laser tag, roller skating, and a whole lot more. We were there for 4 long hours, and while the kids had a real blast, their father was on the verge of insanity.

Anyway, everybody had fun otherwise and the kids enjoyed all the games and stuff to do.

Easter Egg Fun

Dad's Birthday, St. Paddy's day & Easter (Same week!!!)

Last week my folks had us down for dinner, where we got to dye Easter Eggs with the kiddies. Easter falls very early this year, in fact the next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will
be the year 2228 (220 years from now)

Of course that's also how old my father is, as we celebrated another birthday of his (again) :-) Here we see him blowing out the candles of his cake. Lot of memories from the Ireland trip came up again as we celebrated both St. Paddy's day and his birthday in the same weekend.