JANUARY 9, 1953.....A SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF THE LAST 58 YEARS

58 years of wedded bliss was an opportunity 

to celebrate the love of our

incredible parents.

Who also are grandparents...

 and  great-grandparents.

As attested by each of their posterity;

Never have we heard them argue....

Never have we heard them speak evil of each other...

Never have we heard an unkind word pass between them....

From the beginning of their bringing 5 children into the world...

One of them being "the golden child".

( sorry Melanie, I couldn't resist, you know we love you!)

Have you heard Amazing Grace?

Gracie has an amazing voice in that tiny body.

and

NO FEAR....

What family function would be family

without everyones' favorite

KYLE

Grand daughters gave loving tributes to their

grandparents.

Lauralee spoke about what

it is like to be the favorite...and only

 daughter in law.

Jamie......

who got her name because being the 3rd girl

to come into the family

 dad was convinced

that perhaps he would never have a son...

He need not have worried.....

Kevin was born

and became the favorite....

son.

And we as his sisters, were determined that he

WOULD NOT BE A SISSY.

(that would be a whole other story)

Just when Kevin was enjoying his status as the favorite.

along came

Melanie...

The Golden Child.....

Need I say more?

She holds a special place in my heart

 as well as in the hearts of her siblings.....

She was the golden child to all of us....

Karen 

relates the tale of how she was just

a bit rebellious in her youth....

Nothing major...but the words

"I'm not going to church, and you can't make me"

as well as

 "You'd better hem that skirt up to here, and not down to there, or I won't wear it!"

did escape her lips a few times.

Leesa,

Mother to Amazing Grace and cute Ellie

and a beautiful person as well

and not only because she is married to....

  A practical joker extraordinaire....

Kevin is the master prankster....

Only he could get his mother in law

to shower with what she thought was a bar of soap,

but in actuality was a wedding mint.

(She wondered why it wouldn't lather up)

Tyler, and Tressa...

parents to 3 amazing children.

How Tyler survived his childhood without

losing any limbs, is another mystery of life.

Colton, who doesn't look ANYTHING

like his daddy; does he?

Jeff, Lacie and McKadee

this poor little girl doesn't have

anyone to spoil  and love her.....

Not anyone at all....

especially not these 3 uncles..

Whatever...

these guys would walk through fire; stand on their heads,
 and jump through hoops

for this "mini ruler" of all things breathing.

McKoy; one of the sons of

the golden child...

Does that make him a 2nd generation golden child?

Another descendant of the golden child is Morgan.

He is the youngest grandchild of the Ockey posterity, 

and therefore stands to

 inherit the "golden child" title.

Karter

aptly named after Grandma Great's parents

(only they spelled it Carter.)

Kyler kept begging and begging me

to put his picture on my blog.

He wanted me to post as many pictures of him as possible..

to give him the crucial exposure to all the babes in blog land

through this prominent , illustrious ,well known

virtually unknown blog.

I finally had to break it to him.... the unbelievable fact

that my blog gets very little zero traffic.

See the look of disbelief on his face?

I know, hard to believe that this blog has not

been voted the #1 comical site of the year.

Jamie and Larry also are finding it

hard to believe that my blog is not as well known

as say, for instance....

"Other Than That Mrs. Lincoln, How Was The Show"

a popular blog of an admired, role-model type Ockey cousin,  

But this post is not about "me" or "her"

so lets get back to the story.

Lily,

the youngest great-grandchild for now.....

and the youngest daughter of Tyler and Tressa...

In March, this family will produce the youngest great grand child

in the Ockey clan

In summary:

This is what 58 years,

5 children
19 grandchildren

and

14 1/2 great-grandchildren

looks like.

Missing in this picture, Dave and Lindsay Grantham and their 3 children, Macie, Dalan and Khloe.

For those family members whose individual photo is not here in all its glory....

I will
 "get you next time my pretties"....

In Conclusion:

This is what a phenomenal, admirable, incredible, awe inspiring,

 happily married couple looks like:

We love you!

(even though you will probably never see this post!)

and that my dear reader,

is

IRONY