also photographed in early january, the photos below are of the jv and varsity girls’ basketball teams. my baby sister kelsey and cousin anna played on jv that evening, and cousins jenna and madison played varsity. both teams were victorious during these games, but their season came to an unfortunate end after losing on monday...
after taking emma for a quick walk saturday morning, my sisters kandis and kelsey and i decided to have a little photo shoot! we snapped a few portraits around the yard… … and then headed to the charlevoix ice skating rink! what a fun idea! although, we haven’t really been skating in the last eight...
the grand rapids shower for my sister’s first baby took place on saturday afternoon! family and friend gathered from all over michigan to celebrate with katie the future birth of her daughter ruth sophia glotzhober. what a wonderful day! we chatted for hours, ate lots of wonderful food made by aunt sue, opened presents and...
when asked how my Christmas and new years went, i have quite a story to tell… i spent Christmas Eve with my parents, four sisters, brother-in-law, and grandparents. we gathered at Way Bay, ate lasagna and celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior. we left the Lake to make our traditional trip to Santa’s...
this morning i made my family’s christmas card, and it made me think back to what our christmas cards used to look like… 1991 1995 1996 1997 it’s harder to get a picture of us all together these days, so we make a collage! 2009 MERRY CHRISTMAS!
the charlevoix rayders traveled to ferris state university this weekend for a volleyball tournament. the girls had great games! they finished first in the bronze bracket. great job, girls!! :)
august 14-15 held dry harbour marine’s second annual formula rendezvous. the theme was blue hawaii (you know, like the old elvis movie), and we dressed up to celebrate! thirty-seven boats were able to check in to the charlevoix city marina between the hours of noon and six on friday afternoon. an hors d’evours party started...
saturday of venetian was the most fun of them all! races, parades and lots of smiles! 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...
cousins who are close have inseparable bonds, these four especially. kelsey, elizabeth, courtney and christina have spent countless hours playing, chatting and laughing together since they were babies. even though there are age differences between them (kelsey’s 15, elizabeth is 13, and the twins are 12), they get along great and love spending time together!
