Derek:
Wrangling
a resistant, 15-pound salmon at sunrise on Lake Michigan 2007
Showing
off the blindfolded drawing of "afro" that clinched the New Year's
Eve Cranium
victory for him & teammate JD 2007
Playing the ghee-tar in Phoenix 2005
Amused by a funky cactus in Glendale 2005
Petting the world's sweetest camel 2005
Sedona 2005
At the
rest area on Highway 17 north of Phoenix 2005
Trying
on "old man hats" at Cabela's 2005ish
Rub-a-dub-dub
2004
Executing
a jump shot 2004ish
With
his Mom 2003
"pardon
me, do you have any grey poupon?" 2003
At
Leslie course, with deer in background 2003 or before
Spellbound
by a tornadic-potential storm rolling in 2001
Playing
in the City Golf Tournament 2001
City
Golf Tournament #2 2001
At
Navy Pier 2001
Another
Navy Pier shot 2001
Hosting
Thanksgiving dinner for the kitties 2000?
With Mom, Ted,
Wink, Kristin, & Yan 2000
On
the Pictured Rocks boat tour 2000
Showing
off on the rock wall, State Fair 2000ish
Wearing
a dorky U of M football "helmet" 2000ish
1990s
40th
birthday #1 1999
40th
birthday wearing his birthday present 1999
40th
birthday blowing out the candles 1999
At
Epcot, Disneyworld 1998
At
Epcot one more time 1998
Harassing
our friend Pat year unknown
Marveling
at a hermit crab in the Florida panhandle 1996
...attempting
to then EAT the hermit crab 1996
Funky
picture of a 9-ball break mid-1990s
At
a pool tournament in London (Canada, not England) 1993
Showing
off his roofer's balance at Presque Isle 1991
Using
a sand wedge in Gladstone 1991
At
my apartment on East University shortly after we first started dating
1991
(The 80s never happened, evidently)
1970s
Sometime in high
school 1976ish
Face-off! mid 1970s
What a stud!
mid 1970s
A former
pastime mid 1970s
Studying, sometime
in high school mid 1970s
In his little
league uniform August 1970
1960s
5th grade (roughly) school picture
1969
2nd grade
1966
1st grade (roughly)
school picture
1965
Riding a camel
in the Middle East 1965
Snuggling in a
blanket after falling in a fountain at lunch January 1964, Turkey
Little red (I
assume) wagon
1964
In a tub in Turkey
somewhere 1964
Master Scuba man
August 1963, Zurich
Brushing up on
his "Colloquial Turkish" (at age 4??) May 1963, Turkey
Age 2
Age 2
Age 2
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Togetherness #1
Our trip to "The Thumb" July
2007
St. Clair, Michigan, visit with Fran S., July
2007
Our day's catch on Lake Michigan, July 2007
Our blueberry buckets, July 2007
Lake Michigan weekend, August 2006
Later that night at the rental house
Christmas Eve 2006
New Year's Day 2006 in Mexico
New Year's Eve 2005-2006 in Phoenix
North of Phoenix on Hwy 17, 2005
Glass City Open Pool Tournament, 2002 |
Betz:
Enjoying
smelt at Bortell's on Lake Michigan 2007
Picking
blueberries near Pentwater, Michigan 2007
Reveling
in her clay creation of "underwear" during a heated game of
Cranium 2007
At the
"Gates of Detroit," one stop on the Culture Bus Tour with DSA colleagues
2007
My
scrapbookin' birthday 2006
Letting
Elayna try on my hat at the Dietzler Family Reunion 2006
At Bond
Falls in the U.P. 2006
The hottest
day of the summer in Ontonagon, and the hottest place in Michigan that day,
97 degrees 2006
At the Gay Bar
2006
The river
that bears my name (just north of Gay) 2006
Atop
Brockway Mountain 2006
At a
refreshing waterfall near Eagle Harbor 2006
Watching a
Scottsdale camel try to chew on my shirt 2005
Downtown
Phoenix 2005
Sedona
2005
Rest area on
Highway 17, en route from Phoenix to Prescott 2005
Remember
when my hair was black? Witch costume, Halloween 2005
The whole
costume 2005
Posing
for a UM staff spotlight photo 2004
(Click here
to read the article)
With
Mercutio the hedgehog (a student employee's pet, Summer 2004)
Mercutio
again (he hissed at me and poo'd on my shirt)
Posing with a 1929
Duesenberg at the 2003 Rolling Sculpture Show, Ann Arbor 2003
With an Elvis
impersonator 2003
In
a historically significant (but evidently not significant enough for me to
remember details) spiral staircase from some European church or something at
the Detroit Institute of Arts 2002
In
a huge fireplace in Albuquerque's Old Town 2002
As
Dorothy, Halloween 2002
Casa
Loma in Toronto 2001
With
Demi Moore in Toronto (haha)
On
the ACUI Region 7 Quiz Bowl 2001
With
Bruce the Moose in Toronto 2001
At
the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto 2001
With
the Coca Cola bear in Las Vegas 1999
At
the Ringling museum in Sarasota 1998
Playing pool
year uncertain, mid 90s
My
favorite hair day ever! 1995 (?)
The
Christmas tree murderer 1993?
Christmas tree murderer, post-kill 1993?
My first trip to the
U.P. with Derek 1991
Asserting my belief
that changing my hair color would somehow change my miserable life (one
could argue that it actually did) 1991
Being exceptionally
childish and avoiding school work like it's my job 1991
Summer job at the
Marquette Chamber of Commerce 1990
My brief encounter
with the Greek system 1988
The original Michigan Squirrel Club
1988
A former
pastime 1986-88
Graduation
picture The official one
Graduation picture
Ford River #1
Graduation picture
Ford River #2
11th grade
10th grade
9th grade
8th grade
7th grade
6th grade
5th grade
4th grade is missing!
3rd grade
2nd grade
1st grade
Kindergarten
With my little
brother 1977
Mom, Betsy,
Sean 1975
My first bra
1974-ish
With my Easter
bassssskitttt
1973-ish
Age 2 1973-ish
Age 2
shopping for girdles
Age
2
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Togetherness #2
North of Phoenix on Hwy 17, 2005
We searched high and low for
the perfect saguaro with which to be photographed, even going to another country. On the 6th and
final day of our vacation, after covering thousands of miles in the
southwest, we found it about a mile from Cathie & Steve's home
Florida 2005 (Rick & Laura's wedding trip)
Florida, December 2004 (when we met Laura)
Tara & Chris' wedding, 2004 (click to enlarge)
In Louisville en route to
Alana's wedding, 2004
Derek's birthday at Palio, 2004 (click to enlarge)
Christmas Eve 2003
New Year's Eve 2001
Lisa & Dan's wedding, 1997
4th Street, Marquette, 1991
Our first trip to the U.P. together, July 1991
At the Mackinac Bridge
Our first trip to the U.P. together, July 1991 |