Late in 1980 or early in 1981, Aunt Arleigh, Uncle Richard , and Cousin Lindeigh stopped by to visit us in Jacksonville, FL, on their way to Disney World. We had two babies at the time: Ted was about 18 months old and John was right around three. Arleigh and Richard volunteered--volunteered!!--to take John along for the trip to Disney World, even though he was still so young he wasn't clear on the difference between Mickey Mouse and Jimmy Carter. And while he no longer wore diapers, he wasn't yet a completely independent bathroom-going sort of person.
Nonetheless, they strapped John's carseat into their car and headed for Orlando. John and Lindeigh had a wonderful time, and Arleigh and Richard were awarded super-duper extra credit in the family-generosity account. A few months ago, they moved to New Zealand (except for Lindeigh, who's still in Seattle), where they are in the process of buying a house with three sheep, but that doesn't change the accounting: we still owe them big-time.
The truth is: we owe just about everybody. When it comes to kind, generous family and friends, we lucked out big-time.
Richard also lucked out soon after this picture was taken, when fashions changed and he could get a haircut.
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