Marie had a great family before she met me and I am thankful to now be included.

Alice, Jackson, and Roby have been in New Zealand for too long and I think they are coming home in the Spring. If they don't willingly come back soon,  I am going to get them anyway. She has become sought after worldwide as a Doctor of Audiology, but mainly she is sought after by her family in Montgomery.

Anna Ryan Hansen

born November 11, 2007

Parents: Todd and Erin Hansen

9 lb. and in great health

Her three children are now my step children. Alice Hickman Smith, who is married to Roby Smith. Alice and Roby have had a baby boy this April and his name is Jackson Conrad Smith. Their family has moved to Auckland, New Zealand and their progress can be seen on their family web page.

Erin Hickman Hansen  is married to Todd Hansen and they have a daughter, Katelyn, who I love as much as anybody. And Marie's youngest, Sir Sean of the Hitching Post (19) lives with us here in Montgomery when he's not going to college at The University of Alabama. They are a huge part of my family now.

Erin and Todd's daughter, Katelyn, treats me like I'm someone extra special to her and Jackson has now learned to smile at me as though he already knows I'm silly. Erin's daughter, Katelyn, is so much like Erin and Marie that it is a joy to be with them all.

Marie and I have been married since October 11, 1997. I have found her to have a level of integrity to which I aspire. There is a lot about her that I want to imitate. She cares for the people she loves as much as anyone I've ever seen. I mean that she physically shows love and care to the degree that there is nothing lacking; nothing left to be done to show that she loves us. I am grateful and continually surprised that I'm one of those people.