waiting for the ryan shay memorial race to start. two of the runners stayed at my parents’ house for the weekend.

sean tully, the  third-place winner of the men’s race, finished the mile-long course in four minutes and four seconds! sean spent the weekend at “hotel way” 

frances koons took first place in the women’s race finishing in four minutes and thirty-one seconds for a $1,000 prize! congrats frances! she was also a guest at “hotel way” on friday night.

wendi and mike knoblock and their precious baby princess, alexandra

jon, my cousin, placed first in the jeff drenth memorial 10k foot race! awesome job, jon!!

brent and i wearing matching shirts! haha :)

enjoying the street parade from the same spot as the past fifteen years!

problem was, they were sitting on somebody else’s blankets assuming they belonged to our family… oopsie!

katie, my sister, and her husband paul, who is finally home from working seven long weeks on the great lakes! welcome home!

aunt stacy and uncle don on the left – jon boss on the right

congratulations girls!! i’m so proud of you! :)

alyssa, the outgoing queen, was absolutely radiant riding down main street in dad’s cutlass supreme. you were a beautiful queen and did a wonderful job! congrats!

here comes dry harbour marine‘s big truck! the boat dealerships and service centers in charlevoix brought their biggest rides out for the parade.

uncle mike’s business, pine river inc., showed their e-log house in the parade.