For Dad

1. Lonnie
E.
Smith,
a
hippie
at
heart

2. Some of your elders..the bunch on
the right looks kind of tough.

3. It is okay Dad, I don’t know them
either…

4. Just smile and nod…pretend you
know them..

6. HEY, this bunch you know..
Your dad and his siblings

7. Meanwhile, the love of your life was
born….Joetta Sue

8. She was quite the little doll…

9. ..
…the important thing
was that she actually
liked to mow the
yard….that sure
comes in handy now
that you live on a
billion acres of grass.

10. The little doll grew into a beautiful
stylish young lady…

11. …and you fell head over heels for
her

12. Wedding Bells

13. Then your little angel was
born. I was an absolute joy;
I was no trouble at all….

14. I then found my own angel…BRAD

15. ..and he is a KEEPER

17. Brad Jr.

18. Grandpa Smith and Grandma Jo
with Brad Jr.

19. Grandma Smith with Brad Jr.

20. ..then the world was never the
same….along came Derrick 19 months
later.

22. I turned
around, I
had Zach,
and all my
boys were
teens…took
me by
surprise.
Where does
the time go?

23. Zach, the bee farmer?

24. One of the boys making SURE he doesn’t miss a fishing
trip with Grandpa and John….nothing like eating
hashbrowns and singing, “All My Ex’s Live in Texas.”

25. Zach gave up being a bee farmer to
milk pretend cows.

26. A game of Uno…does Zach know
you cheat?

27. You said that you didn’t care what you got for Christmas as
long as it wasn’t a doll…that was a challenge, right?

28. You seem quite at home holding
that doll….hmmmmm

30. Mom and Brad
Jr taking a
short walk on
a long pier…
better than a
long walk on
a short pier.

31. Together for a graduation…

32. I wonder what you just said..

33. I inherited my love of cruising from
you.

34. Who is that CEO
and his trophy
wife?? Oh
wait, that is my
parents.

35. Wow, the look on Brad Jr’s face is
priceless.

36. The porta johns in the background
really add to the picture.

37. Beautiful…looks like she is about to
put you in a head lock though, Dad.

38. You sure know how to garden.

39. Some people as they get older
revert back to their childhood…
Lonnie’s snowman

40. The Mid-Life Crisis…vroom,
vroom..

42. 2 Fine Looking Young Men

43. Your grandson and his new wife,
Malinda

44. At Derrick’s wedding

45. Malinda and Mom

46. Not only did Derrick bring us his
beautiful bride to the family, we
also got CHARLIE!!!

47. Charlie is fun.

48. Man can’t live by bread alone…he has to
have Mexican food every now and then too.

49. Uncle Loyd, Uncle Ralph, Aunt Pearl, Auntie Wilma, Aunt
Ruth, Uncle Lee, Uncle Boyd (I think he is almost smiling—
probably just gas pains), Aunt Cheryl, Aunt Glenda hiding
in the back and Summer.
Hope Uncle Boyd isn’t seeing this.

50. Maggie Jean’s 29th birthday party.

51. Good food, good times…

52. Our Lizzy and the wonderful Jason.

53. Derrick tagging along on your
cruise…

55. Your Don Johnson,
Miami Vice look

56. Watch out world, it is Aunt Pearl,
Aunt Wilma, Aunt Glenda, and Aunt
Ruth…

57. Cruising, the best vacation EVER

58. Alaska

59. You begged like a dog wanting
bacon, but they just wouldn’t let you
steer the ship

61. I really want to know what was
said…or maybe I don’t.

63. Dad and Brad

65. The worst part of cruising, layovers
at the airport.
Lonnie and Derrick

66. …and waiting…..
Lonnie and the masked man, Zach

67. and waiting….
Derrick, Lonnie, and Brad Jr.

68. If you have a good name, if you are right more often than you are
wrong, if your children respect you, if your grandchildren are glad to
see you, if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in
time of trouble, if you can face your God and say "I have done my
best," then you are a success.
- Ann Landers

69. THE END