August 16, 2009

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

The Rykse family got together to celebrate Grandma's 82 birthday at aunt Mary and uncle Todd's on West Lake. Many of you probably don't know, but, since my family lived out of state, I moved in with my grandparents while I went to college in Kalamazoo. It allowed me to develop a strong connection and bond with them. My grandma is an amazing woman. She is such an example of compassion, kindness, spunk, living by faith, a godly woman, and a super baker and cook. I love you Gram!

Grandma and some of her great grandchildren.

My cousin John, with his sweet fiancee, Carly.

Tubing on the lake... Shane was a little apprehensive at first, but had a good time.

Isabel was quite daring...here she is standing up on the tube.


Joel went tubing with the kids again a little later and they all had a blast!

Ty, Eli, Shane, and Luke

Nora Kate & Isabel

The little kids playing around with my cousin, Jake.

Uncle Todd, with his daughter Lindsay (my cousin) and Isabel.

We had a such a fun time at the lake. My aunt and uncle have a beautiful place with all the fun water toys. It was a perfect day and fun to catch up with everyone.

4 comments:

LB said...

aww gret! thanks so much for posting pictures! its really fun to get to see what was going on! i love them! and gram, if you read this: i love your suit!!

Anonymous said...

LOVE the photos of Grandma's birthday celebration, Gret!!! Thanks so much! Such fun to see everyone! Lis, if you see this, you and Lindsay look so much alike, I would think you are sisters! Love you all, mom

Allie said...

I LOVE your pictures Gret! especially the one of your grandma so surprised and the one of the kids on the tube where Izzy is posing with her hands up! haha, it just makes me laugh! :) ... I'm reading the post from your mom, and I TOTALLY agree that the picture of Lindsay looks soo much like Lis.... I thought it was her until I read the caption!

The Welch Family said...

Hi Gret! These were fantastic! I loved looking - thanks! I actually just scrolled through all of the recent updates and had a great time doing so. You are a faithful blogger! Thanks again - loved looking at all photos! Did you get the package yet? Lis does look like Lindsay! Love, Kate