It was so nice to see a comment from Jess here that I decided to address this post to her, her siblings and cousins. 

I don't have all that many pictures of Ryan and Jess together.  Ryan looks pretty comfortable but I'm not sure Jess could say the same.  This was taken during a trip we took to Boston together in April 1995.  I remember specifically because our entire ride out there was dominated by the radio broadcast updates on the Oklahoma City bombing.  Upon hindsight, we probably shouldn't have had the kids listening to all these stories but you couldn't help yourself.  It was a little bit scary as there was quite a bit doom and gloom speculation as to larger forces at work in this act of terrorism.

Anyhow, we continued on our trip but this event did overshadow much of what we did in those high traffic tourist destinations in Boston that April.  There was lots and lots of extra security and visible security measures in place.  Do you remember that Jess?

One of the stops we made was to visit with Patty Flynn Donohue and her sister Sharon Flynn.  They had never met any of you so it was kind of cool to introduce them to you guys in person.

Patty and Sharon are Weenie's nieces.  Weenie had two brothers:  Charles (Dinty) and John (whom we called Four Five).  Patty and Sharon are Four Five's daughters.  I don't ever remember meeting Dinty but I do remember going over to Four Five's house--a particular treat was to play with the poker chips in their holder.  Poker is apparently how Four Five got his nickname.  One of us ( I think it might have been me) counted out cards emphasizing FOUR FIVE between three and six.  Then he was Four Five.

Weenie called his wife "Fat Aunt Marg".  Though I didn't realize it at the time, she was anything but "Fat" and I'm sure that's how she earned her nickname.  Classic Weenie.  I also think we were the only ones to ever call her that.  I remember a little bit about these girls.  They were older than us and rarely around when we were there but always present in the catching-up phase of the visit.

This is Chris and Uncle Four Five in their yard in Olean.  Those Flynn men were pretty handsome all around.

I think this is your grandmother as a small girl with her parents Weenie and Nanny-Nan.  The woman behind Nanny is Gammy Flynn, Weenie's mother.  Behind her is her sister Anna.  I believe the other men are John (Four Five) and Charles (Dinty). 

Pretty odd about the nicknames, don't you think?  One thing I think about a great deal is how we all called our grandfather Weenie--just like EVERYBODY else.  The entire city called him the same thing we did--a little bit different than most grandfathers (and great-grandfathers--which he was indeed!)

So we can bring this right back around to Jess!

PS:  I'm a little disappointed that no one seems to have read all the way to the end of the caption on the picture of us girls in the green dresses.  Take another look!  I'm ever so clever.