“All he has to say is: ‘Alexa, I want to listen to Waylon Jennings. Alexa, I want to listen to Merle Haggard.’ ” Doreen said. “I phoned my son and said: ‘I was never jealous of your dad all these years, and now all I hear is ‘Alexa, Alexa.’ She listens to him and plays all his music. What are you trying to do, give us a divorce?’ ”
Harold, meanwhile, attributed their success to their big family, which consists of five children, 19 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. “Who can ask for anything more?” he said. “No millionaire can say that. I don’t have the million, but I have many thanks for each one of them kids were perfect. They love another, they get along, and they build their own homes which makes me proud of them.” The family who lives nearby Doreen and Harold also gets together every Saturday morning for breakfast, which has been a family tradition for 10 years.