Saturday, February 12, 2011

I'm Late!!

Well I owe the blog world a huge apology.  My life has been so busy and hectic with Ethin's Heart Still Beats, my job that I still love, my kids, and my personal life as a whole.  So I am so sorry but that also means that this update will be lengthy and fun with lots of pictures and so much to share!!!!

So I guess I looked and the last time I wrote was the day after the Heart Ball on Ethin's birthday.  So let's start with the Heart Ball.  We hosted the 2nd Annual Ethin's Heart Still Beats Heart Ball on January 8, 2011 here in Newaygo.  What an amazing night!!!  We started setting up the night before so we were ready on Saturday when everyone would be arriving. 



The Welcome table

A table dedicated to Ethin and EHSB

A trifold board of everything EHSB has done since Ethin passed away
 The hall before it was full

And boy did it pay off.  The night started with an amazing dinner prepared by our chefs Scottie and Tony!!! 



Throught dinner we had fun with the auction and after dinner we presented the managers from Wendy's of Newaygo with a plaque for helping collect blankets for the Cuddles From the Heart blanket drive.
This is a pic of the Wendy's crew that were there.  Me, April, Kandi, and Terri
From there we introduced the Guest speaker Dr. Mark Russell one of Ethin's cardiologists from U of M Mott Children's Hospital.
After he gave his tear jerking speech we took a picture.  Dr. Russell is very near and dear to my heart and I am so glad that he was able to come down and speek.
The night included a memory waltz again.  I was able to dance with an amazing partner this year Fred Hoffman.  And we rocked it!  However I was very afraid I was going to fall on my face!  LOL


Yeppers I was scared he would drop me just cuz it would have been funny!  LOL
Then his girlfriend Brenda and him gave waltzing lessons to everyone.  It was fun, but clearly not for everyone!  LOL


After the Waltzing lessons there was some time to just dance and have fun!



 
So just so we are clear yes this would Phil my Best friend and clearly this was my favorite dance of the night!
Yeah he is pretty awesome and good looking and charming, and well I kinda dig him!


So here are just some more pics from the night enjoy!!!
All the Heart Families that were there L-R Goodfellows parents of Heart Angel Faith, Myself Mommy to Heart Angel Ethin, LaPres' parents to Warrior Sofi, & Amador's parents to Warrior Krysten



 The Heideman's they were 2nd year attendance




 The Amazing Board of EHSB
 Fun with the local business owners of Newaygo, Wisner Rents Canoes, Sportman's Bar, Elizabeth Haulsey Botique, and A-Waste
The Amador family had their own table!

Rai Wisner and I

The Wendy's crew having way to much fun! 
The board sharing a group hug

Tammi and I she took all our pics for us again this year

I love our caterers and they clearly love me!

This was the head table

 Me with the all the Heart dads there Matt Goodfellow,  Mike LaPres, & Leonard Amador                                                 

Jen Menken and her business donated all our printing

Love the DJ Jim Bowman too!

There really were so many pictures and you can see them all on the Ethin's Heart Still Beats Facebook album!!
And the Grand Net Total of the ball this year was just over $1300 so it was clearly a great success!!  Thank you to all of the auction donors, the local support, friends, family, and of course the inspiration Ethin!
The theme of the ball this year was the difference of a heart and all I can say is these warriors and Angels there hearts make a difference!

Alright onto the next big thing we did! 
The 2nd Annual Newaygo Lions Have Heart Basketball Game!

Announcing your Newaygo Lions and Fremont Packers!!!



The Newaygo Lions Line-Up
#1 Zenn Timmer playing in Honor of CHD Warrior Brycen Halas
#2 Zach Franks playing in Honor of CHD Warrior Tommy Schomaker
#3 Eric VanDam playing in Memory of CHD Angel Lindsay Groen
#5 Steve Lisee playing in Honor of CHD Warrior Sofi LaPres
# 10 Tyler Arends playing in Honor of CHD Warior Logan Jacks Sponsored by Newaygo Printing & Copy Center, LLC.
#12 Nathan Brown playing in Honor of CHD Warior Brittney Butcher Sponsored by Short Stop Motorcycle Parts & Accessories
#20 Brad Wright playing in Honor of CHD Warior Jayden Valasek
#21 Conor Bradley playing in Memory of CHD Angel Ethin Twigg sponsored by Postma Monument INC.
#23 Alex Roberts playing in Honor of CHD Warior Andrew Huegel sponsored by Blue Heart Trading company
#25 Christian Crotser playing in Honor of CHD Warior Derrick Carter sponsored by Ken Page, Jr.
#32 Damien Longoria playing in Honor of CHD Warior Jordan Snyder sponsored by DanMark Graphics
#33 Jakob Mazur playing in Memory of CHD Angel Ethan Bilpo

FREMONT PACKERS Line-Up
#3 Tyler Krim playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Taya Delperdang sponsored by vanderzaden Farms
#4 Tyler Krim playing in Honor of CHD Warior Lily Hansen
#10 Ryan Ansorage playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Lindsay Dean
#11 Zach Montoya playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Mason Strickland
#13 Tyler Silvernail playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Westen Bouwkamp Sponsored by All About You Salon
#22 Cody McCombs playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Peighton Bonk Sponsored by Cronk's Oakridge Restaurant
#23 Robbie McPherson playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD WariorEmillo Ruellas Sponsored by Steve & Deanna Traxler and Family
#24 Josh Nelson playing in Memory of CHD Angel Faith Goodfellow
#33 Mike Seigel playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Krysten Amador Sponsored by Newaygo Printing & Copy Center LLC
#34 Chase Curtis playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Ethan Sidlauskas Sponsored by Wisner Rents Canoes
#55 Lucas McKain playing in Honor of playing in Honor of CHD Warior Hailie Miller Sponsored by A-Waste
All the players from Fremont & Newaygo, all the families that were there, the sponsors, and the EHSB Board

Krysten Amador and her player Mike Siegel #33 Fremont

Sponsor Ken Page with #25 Christian Croster of Newaygo playing in honor of CHD Warrior Derrick Carter 

Zenn Timmer #1 playing for the 2nd year in honor of CHD Warrior Brycen Halas with Brycen and his family

The Newaygo Boys!  Love these guys!

My back and Conor Bradley's back

The backs of Jakob, Tyler, and Zenn

Christian's back

Heart families at halftime center court

Krysten Amador's family, sponsor and player

The Bonk family with their warrior Peighton and their player #22 Cody McCombs of Fremont sponsored by Cronk's Oakridge of Newaygo

This was so funny when we took the picture of the boys from the front our photographer said Turn around and all the boys laughed.

Steve Lissee #5 from Newaygo with his Heart Warrior Sofi Lapres and her mom this was his second year playing in honor of Sofi

Heart transplant patients Brittney and Sofi

Me with Krysten I love this lil warrior

Conor Bradley #21 with all of Ethin's family that was there, God mother Mandy, God sister Heather, Aunt Krista and cousin Taylor, Mom, His sisters Jessa & Jayde, brother Jonathin, cousin Landon and Aunt Alivia

The boys from Fremont



After the game the Amador's and the autographed ball from the game they won it!

Me with the autographed ball during the meet and greet with all the players from both teams.  I am so proud of these boys!

In the last year since the last game I have gotten to know some of the players that played last year.  This years game was much more emotional for me, because of this.  Zach Franks played for the second year for Tommy Schomaker and I have gotten to know Zach so knowing this was his last year to play was hard.  Next year for the game he won't be there.  Eric VanDam also was a second year player for Lindsay Groen.  For me the boys of the Newaygo Lions Varsity basketball game have so much heart and they are truly hereos to me.
The next part of this is about the game and the player that played for Ethin.  Ethin was represented by #21 and the jersey was wore by sophmore Conor Bradley.  There was no rhyme or reason to choosing Conor to play in memory of Ethin except the fact that he was a sophmore and I thought it would be really neat to have the same young man play for Ethin a few years in a row.  Conor and I met a month ago briefly when I talked to the whole team.  Since that time Conor's twin sister and I have also met and I have met his parents too.  Conor gives me a hug when he sees me now like many of the other boys that played last year and this year and he completely embraced the oppurtunity to play for Ethin.  He said he was honored to do so.  I look forward to sowing him support in his varsity endeavors.  He is an amazing young man.  Thank You Conor!!  It was honor to watch you play so hard for Ethin!!

Conor was great with my kiddos and he held Jayde for this picture!  Thank you!!

What a full update!!!  Love you all and have missed you all so much!!







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