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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <B> Sims Family Site - Welcome</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=175 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="07bd4c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><B>Home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Family"><B>Our Family</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More of Our Family"><B>More of Our Family</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Golf"><B>Golf</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resumes"><B>Resumes</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><B>Contact Us</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.johnsimsfamily.com/Photo/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.johnsimsfamily.com/Photo/inde"><B>Our Photo Album</B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=366 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> <embed src="HTMLobj-249/California__Fight_For_California.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </B></FONT><B>W</B><B>elcome to </B><B>our</B><B> Family!</B><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B><B>                          </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>The Photographs on these pages show our family over the past several years and </B></div> <div> <B>should be able to give you an idea of who we are.</B></div> <div> <B> In later pages, we will show our album, our intrests and our family in more detail.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="076c24d0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Patrick, Lydia, John and Joy taken at the Air Force Academy when we lived in Colorado in </B></div> <div> <B>the mid-90's. Patrick visited the Military store there to pick up one of the medals he won for the First Gulf War when he was an officer on a nuclear submarine in the Navy. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Over the past 15 years, we have lived in New York, California, New York again, Colorado, Nevada and now we live in New Jersey. Patrick is still in California as an aerospace engineer managing a Division of an Aerospace company (if you have ever flown, look at the rivets, nuts, bolts, screws that hold the plane together - if it is a Boeing plane, Patrick runs the division that makes them). Michael is a teacher in New York and Joy is a teacher in New York but lives in New Jersey and Lydia and I have been retired since January 1996. Between the three kids, there are 6 Masters degrees!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0fdf4760.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Top Row: son Patrick,  Daughter Joy, Son-in Law Kevin, Lydia</B></div> <div> <B>Bottom Row: Granddaughter Toni-Ann, Me, Grandson Brandon, Granddaughter Deanna, Son Michael.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Through these pages, you will learn more about the </B></div> <div> <B>Sims family and keep up with our ever changing world.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We enjoy the retired life which gives us time to pursue activities that we really enjoy such as taking care of our grandson, reading, playing golf and working on my 1958 Austin Healey</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> (The last two are John's -- not Lydia's).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I play golf at least twice a week -- sometimes more. I am active with Healey clubs and write a monthly article for one of the International Austin Healey Club's magazine. These articles give technical and repair tips for Healeys. I have posted some of the articles in my Healey Web Site.</B></div> <div> <B>Click the link at the end of this page to see my Healey.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <embed src="HTMLobj-247/comeonin.wav" autostart="true" hidden="true">  </B></div> <div> <B>So drive down our street ------        </B>                                                                                                                                                                                                </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="081f45f0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="351" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                                </div> <bR> <div> <B>Come up our driveway -----------</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="082f45b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Walk past our sign ------------</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="083f45e0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Ring the doorbell -------------</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="084f45b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>And come in and spend some time with us.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="085f45b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>We were full time babysitters for our grandson for his first three years on Earth. It is something that we cherish. Now, through providence, we have our granddaughters and we are living a very fulll and rewarding life.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Listed below are the sites for my Grand Children as well as a site for my Austin Healey.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brandonvaccaro.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brandonvaccaro.com"><B>Brandon's Web site</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.toniannsims.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.toniannsims.com"><B>Toni Ann's Web Site</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.deannasims.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.deannasims.com"><B>Deanna's Web Site</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.healey6.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.healey6.com"><B>Austin Healey Site</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Since many of you live far away, please look at the following pages </B></div> <div> <B>for the latest news about the John and Lydia Sims Family!!!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When you are finished visiting, please sign the guest book on the last page </B></div> <div> <B>and give us your comments or you can send us an email.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><IMG SRC="0b963230.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>                                                                           <IMG SRC="0ba62230.jpg" border=0 width="98" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                          </div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=24 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Music courtesy of the University of California Marching Band. Go Bears.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>