OUR FAMILY
These are the most important people in our lives... the ones who made us what we are today.  We dedicate this page to our ROOTS. 
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Dan and his dad Art.  Art passed away in July 2000.  He was a great guy.  A thoughtful, caring father and a wonderful husband to my mom, Dorothy.  He will be remembered very fondly. 
Sandy and her uncle Roger. Roger passed away in July 2000.  He was a very thoughtful guy.  He would give you the shirt off of his back if you were in need.
Sandy and her Grandma "TOOTS". 
Sandy and her mom & dad, Jim & Leona up in Northern Michigan.  HEY!!!  Jim & Leona have their own website... created just recently in September, 2001... Check it out: click the button below:
Dan and his family.  Sister Diane, and mom Dorothy, and dad Art during a visit to North Carolina.  Diane passed away in January, 2003.  She sure had a tough time... She's in a better place now.  She can just sit back and relax now...
Sandy's sister, Holly having some fun while on a visit here in Cincinnati.  She's a fantastic artist and writer.
This is Sandy's crazy brother Rik.  He lives in Virginia at the moment.  This was taken while he and Holly were visiting us here in Cincinnati.
Here's Sandy, Dan, Grandma, Fred & Tracey. (Tracey is Sandy's sister and Fred is Tracey's husband).
...and now a couple of baby pics of us..... Here's Sandy and her brother Rik.  It's tough to see in the picture, but Rik just had a little "accident".... isn't that precious??!!
Here's Dan riding on his dad's shoulders while he mowed the lawn..."Hey dad...ya missed a spot!"
Here's a pic of Sandy's family. 
L to R:  Rik, Sandy, Jim, Holly, Leona, and Tracey. 
This is Sandy's brother Jeff.  Jeff passed away when he was 18, many years ago.  Sandy says he was a straight up guy, well liked by everyone.  He is sorely missed.
Here is where you begin to see just how big Sandy's mom's side of the family is.  This is Gramma (center) with all her children.
.... And here are just some of the kids added to the group... plus spouses etc.   Big group huh?!  All some of the nicest people you could ever meet!
Here's a pic of Sandy's Dad (Jim), Mom (Leona), Gramma (Christine "Toots"), and Sandy's sister's  (Tracey) family.  Tracey's husband (Fred) is up on the couch, then on the floor you have Eric, Tracey and Ashley.
This is Sandy's uncle Bob & aunt Chris with their oldest son Brent.  Chris is Leona's (Sandy's mom) sister. Great people.  These are the party coordinators of the bunch!
Here is Bob & Chris's daughter Amy with her husband Matt and their baby Megan.  Isn't she a cutie??!  Calm down Matt, I meant Megan... hehehe!
July 2001, Dan's family celebrated a LANDMARK EVENT!  His Gradmother on his mom's side (Mary) turned 100 years old!!!  So, we all converged on aunt MaryJo and uncle Freds place.  Here is some of the second generation: L to R: Don, Debbie, Fred, Bob, Sherry, and Dan.  Unfortunately Mary passed away shortly thereafter.  But she sure did lead a long fruitfull life!
Here is the first generation.  Aunt MaryJo, uncle Dave, and Dan's mom, Dorothy... and of course gramma.
...And the third generation!  Clockwise from Gramma's right:  Cameron, Matthew, Jason, Becky, Alicia, Mike, Jennifer and Brian.
...a FOURTH GENERATION??!!  Heck yeah!  Here's Becky with her son Kyle and here's Alicia with her son Dillon.
The day before, we met cousin Fred and his family on their way down in North Carolina.  It was a chance for Dan's sister (Diane) to have a reunion with cousin Fred who she hadn't seen in 20 years! Here's Dorothy (Dan's mom), Dan, Diane, Fred, and Fred's family, Mindy, Jennifer and Brian.
Here's uncle Fred (MaryJo's husband) taking a well-deserved break!
Some other birthdays were celebrated that day too.  Here's Dan's mom Dorothy, Becky, and Jason having fun with the party favors.  Nice hat kids!
Here's uncle Fred teasing Kyle at the birthday party. 
Here's an old picture of Dan's mom & dad's wedding.  Smart looking couple eh??
Here's aunt MaryJo and uncle Fred.  They did an incredible job hosting the family reunion for Gramma's 100th b-day party!
Another wedding pic!  This is cousin Tim's and his wife MaryJo's wedding.  Tim is Dan's uncle GR's son.  Here is their entire family
L to R: Mike, MaryJo, Tim, aunt Judy, uncle GR, and Chris.
We can't forget about our newest additions to our family!  Our two dogs Amber and Bock... hehehe...named after BEER.  Amber is the amber colored German Shepherd/ Chow mix.  And Bock is the Black Lab/Chow mix.... They are fun and oh so cute!
This is Angie & Tom from their wedding in Arizona.  What a beautiful wedding!  Congrats Kids!

Here's Cousins Angie, Sue & Chuck with Carolyn when they visited our place for Easter 2002.
Here are Cindy & Rick and their kids Jerome & Shannon at Angie & Tom's wedding.
Here is Gramma TOOT's sister Alma with her son Barry and his daughter Krystal when they visited our house for Easter 2002.
Sandy's sister Holly and Darrin have provided the family two new additions!  Welcome Alexis (born 3/23/2005) (Top with one year pic too) and Kennedy (born 12/29/2006) (Bottom)!