_{One of my strongest memories of my childhood is being five years old}

_{listening to "Teddy Bears' Picnic" as it introduced}

_{"Big John and Sparky" on Saturday mornings on the radio}

_{I don't know what my siblings remember, but here they are anyway ...}

_{First listed, last born, baby sister Eddi, and her family before there were grandchildren}

Eddi and Family

^{Next to last is little sister "Mad Dog" (really, her name is Mary Dawn)}

^{Mary Dawn}

My baby brother Clinton and his kids

Clint's family

Buddy is older than I am by many many months, and Clint is younger

Next is my big brother Buddy, here with former sister-in-law Kim and Clint

^{When I get the pictures, I'll link our older sister Marlene here, too, though I don't know if I have room for her 250 grandchildren. And I want to include a special section for our oldest sister, JoAnn, who died in January of 2004 and to whom we all owe so much}