Here's a picture of the missus and me. Leatha's a great teacher, but she's got a ways to go before becoming a great horseperson. For example, she thinks that the way to stop a trotting horse is to yell, "Boooooooooob!"

At a year and a half old, Madeleine Lemen tries her grandpa's hat on for size.

The daughter of Dave and Jen, Madeleine calls yours truly "Cowboy Bob," "Grandpa Lemen," "Cowboy Lemen," "Grandpa Bob," and my favorite, "Grandpa Cowboy."

Our first son, Matthew, had Cystic fibrosis and died in 1985, a little over a month before his 20th birthday. You can read a bit more about him on my newspaper column page.

This photo of my Mom and Dad -- Betty and Bob -- me, my brother Bruce and sister Mary Kay was taken at my folk's place during the last week of '98. My mom passed away on January 12, 2005. As I mention on the home page, I wrote a little about her funeral in a column for the Grand Rapids Herald-Review. You'll find it here.

By the way, Dad was the subject of an excellent feature story in the February 3, 2003 edition of the Los Angeles Times. The writer, Jenny Hontz, has kindly given me permission to reprint it. To read it, just CLICK HERE.