5/21/14

Knowing that, as the third child of theirs, little Theo was forever going to be nestled between his siblings in the backseat of their Dodge Dart, the Crushers decided to acclimate him to the idea early on...

Judy and Ann Marie thought it was jarring enough that Lydia brought back all that Central American artwork to redo her house, but when she began to dress the part, even for such simple occasions as a Dominos & Watercress Bruncheon, a line was drawn in the sand.

The Bay City Bruisers had dominated the women's bowling league for four years running, amazing everyone, until their star player Hermia (center) was discovered standing up to urinate in the ladies room, resulting in the stripping of their titles and a scandal that is still whispered about today!  Later, Hermia reverted back to the name Herman and emerged as a mid-level men's bowler in a nearby town.

If anyone had told Velda a year before that she would fall head over heels in love with a man who wore more lipstick than she, she would have thought them crazy, but this is just what happened when she happened to be in line behind Lucky at the Automat.

Leo and Susan loved to kick up their heels and discount all the warnings about safety on the water, though shortly after this photo was taken - and Leo "docked" their boat in the parking lot of an all-night grocery - they mutually decided that one of them should remain cold sober when yachting.

Natalie had always dreamed of landing a man with nerves of steel, an iron will and a heart of gold, but Rusty exceeded even those lofty expectations (except that he did have to decline those rare occasions to dance in the rain with her...)