Where it ALL began...

Okay, ya'll. I promised a while back I'd tell the story (my version, anyway) of how Cowboy Cody met Ms Cowboy. But to really understand, we need to go WAY back to where it ALL started...

Aww, isn't she sweet? The pony, too. Her name was Princess and that's me on her back. The boy holding the lead is my big brother, Danny. Boy, was he a proud 8-year-old to have an annoying little sister!

By the way, LOVE his plaid pants!

What a good big brother he was, taking care of his annoying little sister (me!) and her pony. That's Princess with her momma, Cochise.

This was probably around 1974...wow.

Ooh--here's ma and pa on Cochise and Sundance. In the front yard. Don't all cowboy folk saddle up in the front yard? Love the '70's cowboy hats.

Oh yeah, the red stocking hat? Yep. That's me. Ma was one of those overprotective types.

Hmm. The whole family. Pa on Sundance, Danny on Tom Thumb, yours truly on Cochise (check out the retro blue straw hat!) and Ma on Pye Wackett. Please, do not comment about that poor horse's name. I really have no idea. He was Princess's daddy, by the way.

Yea! My first birthday! We always got to sit on the kitchen table for our birthday! It's getting a little harder to get up there these days, though.

What a good big brother, helping me blow out the candle on my cut-up-cake made by Ma.

Remember the Fisher Price record player? Got one!

And now we go back in time several years...this is Cowboy Cody with his younger sister Connie and his new baby sister, Patty. Those two girls didn't have a chance!

Cowboy Cody with Connie, Patty, and his Ma. And their station wagon parked in front of their spacious little trailer. Good times in Arizona!

Here's Cowboy Cody with his sisters and his dog, Porky, helping out his Pa.

Aren't the old pics the best?

Don't worry. This is only the beginning. We'll skip a few years and get to the good stuff soon...