Saturday, October 28, 2017
Time to Catch Up - SEPTEMBER 2017
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Gabby Faye |
By early September, Gabby was seeing a boy from Wyandotte Roosevelt, who played football (#58). It was inevitable that his and Gabby's Dad's team would be playing against each other. Unfortunately, Gabby had a volleyball game that afternoon and sister Abby was the photographer at Wyandotte. Also, unfortunately, Carlson lost that game and a subsequent rematch a month later.
Later in September Gabby's school's homecoming and dance were the same night as her date's. They chose to go to the Wyandotte dance. Both families got together at Bishop Park along with a ton of other families to take photos of the kids and, for most, their first dressy dance. Later that night Gabby said it was The Best night of her life.
The parents posed with both kids and even the 3 grandmothers got into the photos.
Time to Catch Up - AUGUST 2017
As my dear neighbor prepared to leave on a 6-month jaunt to visit good friends (and some business) her son and some friends took over her house next door. To the delight of my granddaughters, one couple moved in with a couple of puppies. Adorable and energetic!
Gabby had to be around for volleyball practices as she worked to make the Freshman team for fall. Here are the freshman girls (green) with their varsity big sisters (yellow).
She made the team! The only lefty. Sometimes it pays off.
Carrie's Carlson class had a reunion at the winery near Carrie and
Mike's lake house. Abby went with her mother and played photographer
and DJ for the day and evening.
Friday, October 27, 2017
Time to Catch Up - JULY 2017
The first week of July the family goes to Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. The Suchy family in several cars travel on one day and stay overnight at a motel on the mainland.
Carrie and Gabby both celebrated their birthdays Grand Hotel Style.
Here is "The Gang" of teens. With a parent or two nearby, they often danced until the band left, then gathered in the foyer until wee hours of the morning.
This year's Grand Hotel Family Portrait
The first Grand Hotel Family Portrait
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Back home, I was having the old, leaky living room windows replaced with Majic Windows.
Gabby decided she wanted to buy a game system. Her girlfriend came over to help break it in but it took one of her male classmates to come over and set it up. Then it was play time and connect with friends with the same system.
The playstation has to stay at Grandma's house until she goes to Florida, said Dad. I don't mind the kids coming over to play at all.
During their few days home, Grandma (me) took advantage to spend some time with Abby and Carrie. Here we are having dinner with their other grandmother.
Here we are at Savannah's celebrating Butch's and Markie's shared birthday.
There was plenty of time to spend at the lake, since it is only an hour away.
With boating comes tubing!
Time to Catch Up - JUNE 2017
June seemed to be all about Gabby.
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"Island Fest" on Grosse Ile was the first of several big community festivals held each summer. This year the girls were dropped off to spend the day with friends and enjoy the festivities. Gabby spent time with several buddies, including her neighbor/friend, Alison.
Abby found some friends form Gibraltar that she "hangs out" with and had fun at the fair with them.
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Although she is officially "out" of St. Pius school, Gabby was accepted as a counselor for the younger kids' summer camp. Her mother and I were so happy that she didn't shy away from holding a snake...something both of us have done from time to time.
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Of course, much of the summer was spent at The Lake House.
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The end of June was Gabby's birthday with a BUNCH of her close friends from school and hometown. They swam, ate, watched fireworks, ate again . Several girls (and 2 boys) came after this "official photo" was taken.
and all ended up hanging out in the house.
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