Enjoy Abby and Michael competing in the first annual Beach Olympics. Events including the 100M sprint, the football toss, the high jump, the low crawl, the javelin throw and concluded with the water pail fill. Both received medals for winning their respective gender and age groups. Congrats to Abby and Michael!

Note the last pic, with Michael competing in an unsanctioned event - the onion butt walk.

A few pics from the trip to Onekama this weekend including a trip out fishing and swimming

A fabulous extended weekend up at the Pelon’s cottage on the beach in Bay City. Thanks to hosts Robert and Jo for making for a wonderful trip and somehow accommodating 19 bodies: 11 adults, 6 young kids, 2 babies, and full size pooch.

Here’s a few photos from the big weekend, mostly of the kids:

Don’t miss the fishing photos as well.

One of the activities on our weekend in Bay City, Michigan, was a trip with the Eyeliminator sport fishing crew to hit the Saginaw Bay for the walleye that everyone’s been buzzing about. While we didn’t bring in the volume of fish you’d like to see, the four fellers aboard crushed 8 keepers with a couple monsters on the bookends:
* Kelley with a 7 pound, 35 inch Northern Pike for the first fish of the day.
* The Webmaster with a 10 pound catfish reeled in last. (Felt like pulling in a cement block).

Robert caught something he’ll never soon forget….the brunt of the nor’easter that blew through as our day ended. Some more pics from the day:

We highly recommend hooking up with the Eyeliminator guys, you can check out their website here. And if you’re looking for King salmon this fall, don’t forget former M man Michael Tilmann out of Manistee, Michigan.

Related: F.I.’s in Bay City

As promised, just a few photos from today. What an event put on by so many folks, but especially my Mom, Dad, Ron and Dina. Additional thanks from me to all those that donated especially our friends out there, and a special thanks to Robert, Johanna, Audrey, Carly, Catherine and Jackie who made it out to the walk.

Don’t forget you can support Jack Dooley’s Walk Team here

Enjoy these photos:

More including photos later, don’t forget you can support Jack Dooley’s Walk Team here

Congrats to sweet Abigail who turned four last week. We celebrated at our house Thursday and also at Uncle Willard’s 90th on Saturday. Enjoy a few photos from her various parties including her first ride on her new Trek bike!:

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Ron, Dad and I made the pilgrimage to the Bronx to visit the great House that Ruth Built before they tear it down. It was a wonderful time and the first visit to the stadium for me and Ron, and the first in nearly 50 years for Dad.

The seats were excellent but the Yankees were not as they were shelled by the Baltimore Orioles. Also getting crushed was my shoulder as I took a nose dive out of my seats onto the pavement to try to retrieve a foul ball. After nearly blacking out for 15 minutes I triumphantly recovered to leave the park mostly on my own power.

Enjoy a few photos from our day in New York on Monday which included a stroll through Times Square, over to Shelly’s for lunch and Bloody Marys, back down 5th Avenue. Later that afternoon we took the 4 train from Grand Central Station to the Bronx. What a trip!

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Jess’s great uncle Willard turned the big 9-0 this past weekend and we met up with family and friends to celebrate. Enjoy a few photos from Stony Creek metro park in Washington, then over at Jenny & Joe’s to hit the pool:

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Had a chance to head to the east side this weekend, where Jack Dooley participated with an elite travel team from Milford to complete in the Cal Ripken baseball tournament in Detroit. Jack and his team did great, making it all the way to the finals before dropping the championship game. Jack batted third and played first base for the squad.

Don’t forget the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is August 2nd in East Lansing. For those of you out of town, I hope you consider a small donation to help raise some money for Jack’s team this year.

A few highlights from events in the yard. First Abby (3) takes a few cuts with live pitching then Michael (2) steps up and jacks a few deep off the tee. It ends with Abby pitching a few to her old man with Mike out in the field shagging flies in the outfield:

Happy birthday to Mia Folkening (3) and Audrey Pelon (2) who celebrated their birthdays on Saturday. Enjoy a few photos from the big day, with Mia holding her party at My Urban Toddler just up the road in Saline, and Audrey having her party in Northville.

First, here’s Mia’s party:

Here’s a couple from Audrey’s party: