_{Our Family}

_{My family considers its members as generally handsome and interesting, and our mother is the head of the family. At 87 March 1st, 2007, she lives in a building that has become an art gallery where she gives art lessons to an appreciative crowd}

_{I took this picture of Mama at Frick and Frack's in Kansas City, Missouri, during the winter of 2002 (Yes, that's a pool cue in her hand. That's why she looks so happy - )}

_{She and I spent 7 wonderful days in Oahu, and 3 in Kauai in 1998. My favorite memory of the trip, besides visiting my son Mike, and my brother Buddy and his family, was our helicopter flight over Kauai.}

_{In late July of 2001, Mama and I and my granddaughter Lorisa traveled to California to spend time with my younger brother Clint and his family, and then on to Hawaii to visit with my older brother Buddy and his family, and to meet my son Mike's wife Lorena and their new baby Joshua. Now Josh is 7 and his baby sister Shelby Lynn is 3}

_{It was a great trip, too.}

_{My stepfather, Dick Arbogast, died suddenly November 24th of 97.}

_{Here is my favorite picture of Mama and Dick, from a few years ago.}

_{My mother and I share a wonderful friendship}

_{Of my four sisters - Joann's gone now - and two brothers and their families, I have only a few pictures.}

^{Here's a fuzzy photo of the seven of us. I'm the cute one in the middle}

^{From left to right,}

^{Joann, Marlene, Buddy, Heywood, Clint, Mary Dawn, and Eddie}

^{Follow this link to more about them}

^{Click this link to more about my children}

^{http://heywoodlorraine.com/ kids.htm}

^{and the final one for more about their children and}

^{(I have pictures somewhere!) of my children's grandchildren - Amber has three children!}

^{http://heywoodlorraine.com/grandkids.htm}