We may tell you more than you want to know about our family.OUR FAMILY
Updated: 12/13/21
We may tell you more than you want to know about our family.
We will try
to be brief … but … please bear with us
if we key too many words and display
too many photographs.
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Family Reunion - 2021 at Nick's Grad and Party
Visit our Reunion History page to see our annual group photograph from 2000 to the current year.
LINKS: Our Children With their spouses The grandchildren
We threw in a little about us at MOM and DAD
and Our 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration in 2016
You will also find a few words about OUR PARENTS on this page.
Use this link to read/print
our Holiday Letter - 2021
Look at our Christmas Photographs - 2019 using this link.
There was no family gatherings in 2020 due to Covid-19.
Mom and Dad
With their spouses (2019) . . .
Scott Melanie
Fred Becky
Michelle Steve
2019 Fun photo . . .
LINKS to their pages:
FRED and BECKY , MICHELLE and STEVE and MELANIE and SCOTT.
Nick Caitlin Wyatt Lily Ashlyn
2019 school photographs.
Caitlin Ashlyn
Nick
Lily
Wyatt
LINKS to their pages:
Caitlin Nicholas Ashlyn Lillian
FRED
and BECKY have lived in Indiana since 1999. Fred
enjoys the longer season for outdoor activities - fishing, hunting and just
watching animals. They both appreciate the open space they missed in the city.
Fred owns and operates an optical office in a town near their home. In 2015, he purchased a building and moved his office across the street from his original location. He has become quite an amateur golfer. Becky is a licensed Real Estate agent/broker working for a local real estate broker. She has established a real estate team in her name.
CAITLIN, their first child, was born on September 3, 2000. She is also our first grandchild.
We have more information and photographs. Caitlin
NICHOLAS, their second child, was born on March 5, 2003. He is our third grandchild.
We have more information and photographs. Nicholas
In January, 2016, they added two puppies - Trooper and Charlie.
MICHELLE and STEVE moved
in 2007 to
a city a little farther away from us. They are still close enough that we are able to see them
regularly when we are home.
They thoroughly enjoy their cottage on a lake in Northern Michigan purchased in
2011. They have
replaced their boat totaled in a rear-end auto accident and purchased two used
snowmobiles so they are ready for summer and winter fun.
Michelle is the Vice-President, Human Resources for a world-wide supplier to the automotive industry. Steve is a CST (Mapping Specialist) in the survey department of a civil engineering / land surveying company.
ASHLYN, their first child, was born on March 8, 2002. She is our second grandchild.
We have more information and photographs. Ashlyn
LILLIAN, their second child, was born on May 13, 2004. She is our fourth grandchild.
We have more information and photographs. Lillian
In 2008, Riley was added to the family. He was a stray from the wooded area behind their house who wandered into their yard and into their hearts.
His mannerisms are very similar to a dog - greets the family after school and work. He loves the girls - goes to bed every night with Ashlyn.
Early in 2013, Riley's life changed considerably. Two puppies were added to the family - Charlotte and Lucy.
MELANIE
and SCOTT have lived in a city about 35 miles from us since their marriage in
May, 2011. Melanie has several interests including, reading and watching old movies. Scott is a sports enthusiast following
several teams -
especially the University of Michigan. They both enjoy eating out at a wide
variety of restaurants and attending festivals and concerts. Now, when they go
to a restaurant, they have a little 'tag-a-long' if they can't find a babysitter.
Melanie is a senior business systems analyst at a healthcare performance reporting company. Scott s a product manager in charge of Data and Analytics solutions for an advertising company that integrates and optimizes ad campaigns including direct mail, newspaper inserts and digital advertising.
WYATT was born on June 29, 2013. He is our fifth grandchild.
We have more information and photographs. Wyatt
Sorry, no pet, no pet photograph.
MOM and DAD (that's us) are
doing well. Fred retired from his job as a cost analyst at a major automotive
manufacturer on February 28, 2001. Mary Lou retired from her job as a call
director at an electronic parts distributor on June 14, 2002. We sold our house and purchased a new condo in the area. We
moved into the condo the end of June, 2002. The condo gives us more freedom to "come and go" as we choose.
We have been very fortunate, with the help of family and friends, to be able to travel since we retired. In 2009, we visited our 49th state. There are several destinations we still want to visit - the rest we will find as we roam.
We have adapted well to our job as grandparents. As grandparents, we would never, ever, under any circumstances, even consider, spoiling our grandchildren. Well, maybe that is not entirely true.
OUR PARENTS
Prior to moving to our condominium in June, 2002, we always lived within four miles of our parents - except for our time
in Missouri with the U. S. Army. As our children were growing up, they and we always appreciated the frequent
interaction with their grandparents made possible by living near each other.
Mary Lou's mother died in August, 2001.
Fred's father died in July, 1998.
Her father died in January, 2001.
His mother died July, 2007.