Jackson and Austin

Austin Gregory is one of Jackson's best friends from the Bay Area. They would fight sometimes, and now and then Jackson would tell me that Austin wasn't his friend anymore, but an hour later Jackson would ask when he could see Austin again. Here, Jackson and Austin are standing by the back fence at our "going away" party.

This picture, also taken at the "going away" party, shows Austin, Jackson, Allison, Courtney, and Mariah watching the MacNeill Lehrer News Hour on PBS. Allison is concerned about developments in the Middle East.

Jackson would visit Austin's house now and then. Austin and Mariah have a whole room devoted to storing their toys. They also have an extensive collection of "Land Before Time" videos. To avoid watching one of those, I am reading them a story