Marie's Granddaughter Loves Being A Grandma Too

On Labor weekend last year I had a wonderful opportunity to meet Fran's niece, Tricia and her husband, John and youngest daughter, Sydney.
They had fun with Marie, her grandmother; modeling her hats and taking lots of pictures with her.
John is a story teller, which met with my approval, because, of course, I love telling stories.
One of the stories that he told was met with some interruption of such by Tricia saying, "no that's not right" and laughed and continued on with her version. The story being of how they met. I love to ask that question and love the variety of answers I receive.

Hmm, I thought I wonder. But the longer they both talked and interrupted each other and laughed and laughed and stopped and started all over again it really didn't matter who was right or who was wrong it was true love at its finest.

Their youngest daughter, Sydney just laughed because I'm sure she had heard this story many times before and enjoyed hearing it again. She fed John french fries? Surely she didn't. Yes she did and it seemed that her stepfather didn't like John and didn't like that Tricia was modeling so she moved out and moved in with John. She said they weren't getting along all that well. I could go on and on about their courtship, but who couldn't fall in love with a pretty little gal that fed you french fries at McDonalds?
They started dating in 1987 and and their first child, Brandon was born in 1990, got married in 1991 at the Holy Rosary in Gardner, Ma.
They honeymooned in Florida; that started a family move and that has resulted in a close knit family.
A job as a waitress, living in a trailer house, John was a manager at Mc Donalds, yes he was!

They had a baby girl in 1993. She wanted to do something special with her life so she went to school and became a Dental Assistant. I
 think she has been at the same office for many years.She calls Sydney their bonus child. She just

loves to dance and be in plays and keeps mom and dad on their toes.
Like Tricia, her son wanted to be on his own at nineteen and has done well for himself. He and his wife are expecting their second child. Their daughter didn't want to go to college but loved film editing and school technical school in Orlando. She went to a community college and got her TV Media Degree. She is working full time now at NASA and is still taking college courses to get her BA.

Sydney and Fran having a ball

Well, those of you that know Fran if he can get you to sing karaoke with him you are just all right. While his family was singing with Fran John and I were in the kitchen swapping stories. Fun fun Labor Day weekend.