William Stapel and Family

 
William has continued his horse-riding lessons, and is starting to learn how to jump. Each week, the students are presented with a roster of stable-mounts from which to choose that day's ride. Some horses are a little more "spirited" than others.

June 2007

 
William, desparately trying to look cool, while waving back to his (terribly un-cool) mother.

William has joined the local Webeloes troop. Here, he marched with the Scouts in the Memorial Day Parade.

May 2007

 
"This is Captain William speaking. We are currently cruising at an altitude of fifteen feet, and our airspeed is approximately... zero knots. We thank you for flying United."

January 2007

William's club announced a "Crazy Hair" contest when he was already overdue for a haircut. Having lost the previous contest, he was willing to get extreme. He picked out purple hair gel and green hair spray at our local WallyWorld; then we waited another week before shaving both sides of his head. This was the result.

Oh, yeah; he won.

October 2005

William got to start his Uncle Dave's Army truck all by himself (by pushing the button). Here, he is holding up his "new friend", a recently- deceased mole that he found while walking in the woods behind the pond. He also got to see fireflies in the evening and watch deer and fawns in the morning, right from his bedroom window. Aunt Mary's house was fun!

July 2005

William visits his Nana. He rode with her in her big pickup truck, had lunch with her at a local food court, and swung on her porch while telling her about the fun he'd had at the Air Force Museum. And Nana gave William a present that Pappa, before he died, had set aside especially for him.

July 2005

During our summer visit, Gramma took William to Kid's Kove, a fudge store, and a fun kid's museum. We all had a blast.

Meet William's cousins: Josh (on the ground), Chris, Andy, Joey, Alex, and Casey (on Alex's lap). In this picture, they're all in their back yard in Dearborn.

Here are William's Bushi and Opa (Polish "Grandmother" and Dutch "Grandfather").

(clockwise from top left):
John (William's father), Steven (cousin), Kathy (aunt), Elizabeth (mother), and William (in his "camo" shirt).

summer 2005