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Family

December 24, 2006

The Big Dutkiewicz Christmas Party at Cathy and Ron's house.

Just a few days after grandpa Dick's funeral, Rusty and the family were together again for Christmas Eve at Merren's. Nearly everyone was there, since we had Stacy, Eric, and Logan here from Atlanta, Becky from Florida, and Alison from North Carolina. We were missing Jeremy's family, because little Niko has been sick. So, hmmmm, looks like the tally was something like this: "the 7" Dick & Rusty kids plus spouses, 20 grandkids plus spouses and friends, and 11great-grandkids. That's too much math! I give!
All I can say is, "what a great family time"!

Here are a few pictures that we managed to snap in all the confusion. Christmas PICS

Dave takes his turn at holding baby Bryce.

November 1, 2006

Rick & Krys at home - Collin, Ava, Niko, Logan, Kyra, Stacy, Jackie, Gerah, Jeremy

Stacy is visiting Michigan for a few days, so we asked everyone over for Tuesday evening dinner. It's the day after Trick or Treat; maybe that explains the hyper-active grandkids. It was all fun. Wish we had more times like this, but maybe it's okay once in a while. One thing Rick and Krys learned: we need more toys and games at our house if we want to entertain grandkids.

Here are Krys and Rick's party pictures from our great time with the 5 grandkids. pictures

We figured it would be a good time for a posed picture, while the grandkids figured it was a good time to jump on Grandma Krystal's air mattress.

September 8-10, 2006

Rick & Krys in Atlanta - Logan, Stacy, Eric

Krys and Rick drove down to Atlanta for a weekend visit with the Sepeda family. We gave Logan a real "Dean Playmate" child-size guitar for his 2nd birthday. He knew just what to do with it. Another big event was taking Logan to the Sesame Street live show in downtown Atlanta. We had great fun hanging out with the Sepeda's. Logan is such a smart kid.

Here are the photos from our 3-day visit.
Logan pictures

Logan grabbed the guitar and started strumming like a real natural. 2 Years Old!

Sunday, July 24, 2006

Summertime Fun with Kids and Grandkids

Krys and Rick hosted a nice little get-together with Jeremy, Gerah, Kyra, Niko, Dan, Jackie, Collin, Ava, Kaitlyn, Don, and Loretta. We played with bubbles and chalk and went swimming and ate good stuff and had ice cream and it was just a beautiful summer afternoon.

Naturally, we had to snap some pictures to remember this day by. Share the fun, see the pics.

"Too much fun"! with Grandkids.

July 17, 2006

Ella & Alex - revisited

On the way back from The Greencards concert, Rick and Krys stopped in for a short surprise visit with Heather and the twins, Ella and Alex. See how big they are getting, just 3 months since our last pictures. Wilhem was taking a nap, so we didn't get to see him. It was so good to see Heather. baby pictures.

Compare with pictures below, from April.

July 16, 2006

The Greencards
At Sleeping Bear Dunes

Rick and Krys went for their 2nd annual trip to see the opening night of the Manitou Music Festival - free concert outdoors, right at the foot of the Sleeping Bear Dunes "Dune Climb". The Greencards are a hot new "progressive" bluegrass band. Fingers were flyin'! Beautiful voices.
The Pictures tell most of the story.

The Greencars are amazing musicians.
Fantastic fun music!

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Jimmy Dillon Concert - WLAV Blues On The MAll

Krys and Rick went to downtown Grand Rapids, along with our musical friend, Dylan. We saw a great concert from Jimmy Dillon, who is an international blues star. Jimmy is from South Haven, Michigan. What a great time on a summer evening.

Great pics from our friend Denny Veldhuis, of the West Michigan Blues Association. Denny took these pictures with his nice SLR Digital Camera.

Jimmy Dillon knows how to please the crowd!

April 9, 2006

Visit with Ella & Alex

Krys and Rick had a great little visit
with Heather & Matt, and their 3 babies:
Wilhem is a few months shy of 2 years old.
Ella & Alex are almost 4 months old.

Lots of great pictures.

Ella & Alex are the cutest twin babies you ever did see!!
Ella likes to make faces and Alex likes to make noises.

February 2006

Stacy & Logan visit, Feb., 2006

Stacy & Logan came to visit in February.
We only had a few hours of visiting time, since Stacy had to cram everyone into her schedule. We made the best of it and had a nice dinner with Stacy and Logan. Gerah, Jeremy, and Kyra came out as well.
Here are pictures from Stacy & Logan's visit.

Stacy, Logan, and Grandma Krys - Quality Time!

January 21, 2006

Christmas '05 in January '06

Krys and Rick's traditional belated holiday celebration with the kids and grandkids. We all had a fun time.
Here are the pictures.

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