Here goes ....

I've never blogged before, but I wanted to make a place where our whole family can get to know each other and post whatever they would like to share. Mom (Aunt LaVona or "Jeanne" or "Grandma Jeanne") located our Aunt Nancy's email and after many years we are able to get back in touch and to know her family. As everyone gets in touch I will add their email addresses to the list of "authors" on this blog so they can post, upload photos, and whatever they like. I have copied and pasted our first emails below for anyone who has missed them. Also, since this blog belongs to us all, feel free to suggest changes or new ideas as we go along. Love you all - and can't wait to get to know you all better!! patti

EMAILS - start at the bottom and read up to get them in order - LOL!!!

Subject: Hello!Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:16:16 -0400
From: PMaley@FedGar.com
To: nmitchell48@hotmail.com
CC: lynn_godsey@yahoo.com; djlray@hotmail.com
Hi Aunt Nancy!!
Mom forwarded us your email. It was so nice to get caught up. We seem to have lost track of so many people over the years and I'm glad we found you guys again.
We are all doing really well - with all life's detours taken into consideration! I hope Mark's wife is doing okay and please send our best wishes to her. April will be my 10 year anniversary as a breast cancer survivor. I was very lucky and only needed a lumpectomy and radiation as mine was caught very early.
April is also Lynn's 30th anniversary of being diagnosed with diabetes. She has managed her diabetes so wonderfully and takes such good care of herself that she is just an inspiration! She is a manager in the Information Systems department of our county community college. Her husband, Ken, is a sweetheart and takes very good care of her. I'm sure you'd like him - he has such a sense of humor and is a talented musician.
As for Dana, she's a dynamo. She has run the towing business on her own since she and her first husband split over 15 years ago and made quite a success of it. She's proudest of her kids, though, as every mom is. They are great boys (I guess I should say men at this point!), with lovely wives and cute kids that are fun to spoil. Dana and Lynn's husbands get along great. They have the same sense of humor and we joke that it's a good thing they live on different coasts or we'd all be in trouble. Ray and Dana are having a great time empty nesting, but like the kids to come home often.
As Mom said, she is living with Dana in Marysville, Washington, which is about an hour north of Seattle. She has her own little living area and is mostly independent. She did have to stop driving recently and it was very hard for her to give up that freedom. She does enjoy doing the psychic fair thing. It gives her an outlet to talk to people and she's always been good at telling stories. She's also very lucky to have a big extended family. Dana has remained close friends with her ex-husband's sister and all her boys' cousins, so she has help taking Mom places and keeping her involved in things.
It sounds like your crew has lovely families as well. I'll get together some pictures when I'm home and send them. I know we'd enjoy seeing any photos you might have. Say hello to everyone for us and if you have Aunt Barbara's email, I'd love to drop them a note, too.
Hugs to all, love, patti

From: Jeanne Maley [mailto:maley33@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:27 PM
To: Patti K. Maley; DANA LILLARD/UNDERWOOD; LYNN GODSEY
Subject: Fw:
Thought you all might like to see the update I got from your Aunt Nancy

From: nancy mitchell nmitchell48@hotmail.com
To: Jeanne Maley maley33@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:32:44 AM
Subject: RE:
The kids are all grown and doing their own thing. Melanie is married, has 2girls and 1 boy, is working in the schools and library in town. They live in Arizona and her husband is an electrical engineer. Mark is married with 2boys and lives in Arizona and is a police officer. His wife had breast cancer but is doing great, she also has MS. She works in the schools. Michelle in not married, she has two girls and two grandchildren and one on the way. She is a teacher at the local high school. Dennis is retired and works at WalMart. I am still teaching 1st. Grade here in town. Jim and Barb live in North Carolina. They are both retired. It was good to hear from you. Take care. Nancy

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:43:39 -0700
From: maley33@yahoo.com
Subject: Re:
To: nmitchell48@hotmail.com
Well the girls are all grown up....Patti is a legal assistant in Baltimore, not married and has no children...Lynn is married and is in management at AA College, no kids because of her diabetes she allmost died trying! and she lives in Glen Burnie Md.., Dana is who I live with, she is married,(2nd time) and has two boys from her first marriage; Brian is married,lives in Las Vegas, works in real estate and has two kids, a girl and a new baby boy; Travis is married, in the Marines and has a little girl and is expecting this summer, he is in Virgina at Quantico now but hopes to get transferred to California this summer...he is being spoiled by his two aunts that are glad to have some family out there. Dana owns a tow compamy! Her and her first husband owned it and he gave it to her at the divorce, her husband works for Genie. Believe or not I am a working Physic! I love it and it is fun.What is up with you and your brother?

From: nancy mitchell nmitchell48@hotmail.com
To: maley33@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:44:29 AM
Subject: RE:
Hi,You got the right one. How are you and the girls? It's good to hear from you. E-mail me whenever you can. Love, Nancy

Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:07:42 -0700
From: maley33@yahoo.com
To: nmitchell48@hotmail.com
I am not sure if I have the right person. Are you the sister to Larry Maley? I am trying to locate his sister so that I can let our daughters know about his family. I don't know if he contacted anyone after we came back from Iran. P:EASE let me know if you are that Nancy and if I can give your info to my daughters. Thanks