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We kinda ran a halfway house for kinfolks kids. It would have been more accurate to have said that in addition to our two daughters we pretty much raised three nieces and two nephews. And as I posted below, two of the nieces are/were Elvis Presley's cousins. Here's their pic when both were named homecoming maids the same year in highschool. I almost had a stroke when I found out what I paid for those dresses, gowns, or whatever they're called <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
">.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/homecoming.jpg" border=1></center>That's Toni, the younger one, on the left and Tanya at right, two completely different personalities. Tanya was as good as anyone could expect a kid to be, never complained and would do what was asked of her with a smile. Toni was just the opposite, she was hard headed, obstinate and would argue with a stop sign. Both are in the medical field, Toni is a Radiologist and Tanya is a registered nurse. Strangely, they completely reversed roles after they were grown. Toni is good as gold and Tanya gradually slipped into the behavior typical of most of the Presleys.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/rambling.jpg" border=1></center>When they were living here there was always a houseful of kids, and like most kids they wanted to be entertained all the time. Every day off work I got they pestered me to take them somewhere, do something with them or buy them something. One Sunday I decided I would take them somewhere they didn't want to go, or so I thought. I took them over in Alabama to some places that are wild, with cliffs, big rocks, rivers and waterfalls. Rough places for little girls, or so I thought again. They loved it so for the next several years it was a trip over there every weekend I had off, if the weather allowed. The pic above has a few of the places.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/ricky.jpg" border=1></center>This is Ricky, one of the two nephews we raised. He died of cancer two weeks past his 33rd birthday. Even before he and his brother Ronny lived with us they were here every weekend from 8 o,clock on Saturday morning until 6 o,clock on Sunday night. All the kids that lived here seemed as much ours as our two daughters.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/courting.jpg" border=1></center>This is my wife and I when we were courting. Taken in the spring of 1961, a year and half before we got married. Wish I had the car now, 1953 Chevy Bel Air hardtop with canary yellow laquer and white leather upholstery.
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">.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/homecoming.jpg" border=1></center>That's Toni, the younger one, on the left and Tanya at right, two completely different personalities. Tanya was as good as anyone could expect a kid to be, never complained and would do what was asked of her with a smile. Toni was just the opposite, she was hard headed, obstinate and would argue with a stop sign. Both are in the medical field, Toni is a Radiologist and Tanya is a registered nurse. Strangely, they completely reversed roles after they were grown. Toni is good as gold and Tanya gradually slipped into the behavior typical of most of the Presleys.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/rambling.jpg" border=1></center>When they were living here there was always a houseful of kids, and like most kids they wanted to be entertained all the time. Every day off work I got they pestered me to take them somewhere, do something with them or buy them something. One Sunday I decided I would take them somewhere they didn't want to go, or so I thought. I took them over in Alabama to some places that are wild, with cliffs, big rocks, rivers and waterfalls. Rough places for little girls, or so I thought again. They loved it so for the next several years it was a trip over there every weekend I had off, if the weather allowed. The pic above has a few of the places.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/ricky.jpg" border=1></center>This is Ricky, one of the two nephews we raised. He died of cancer two weeks past his 33rd birthday. Even before he and his brother Ronny lived with us they were here every weekend from 8 o,clock on Saturday morning until 6 o,clock on Sunday night. All the kids that lived here seemed as much ours as our two daughters.<center><img src="http://www.jb-ms.com/images/Pics2/courting.jpg" border=1></center>This is my wife and I when we were courting. Taken in the spring of 1961, a year and half before we got married. Wish I had the car now, 1953 Chevy Bel Air hardtop with canary yellow laquer and white leather upholstery.JB