it's where mark despain breezed through school with his easy charm. tanner is his mother. >> he was the only freshman that we know of that was chosen by a senior to go to the senior prom. >> reporter: mark became a high school football star. his sister jackie watched him bring home trophies to lay at the feet of his father, jack. and then -- it's an old story, really. >> when i was 18 and he was 19, we just bumped into each other. >> reporter: pretty michelle. she was sitting on top of the car when she spotted mark that night. before long, pregnant. >> the way i was brought up, if you got a girl pregnant, you married her. that was just what you did. >> reporter: there was a shotgun wedding. two families thrown together. mark and his parents, jack and tammy. michelle and her long divorced parents, her mom kathy and her dad, carl. michelle also brought along a baby from an old relationship. >> he never treated her like she was not his. never. >> reporter: together they had two boys. >> it was everything they ever dreamed of, he would do. anything. >> re