The Inspired Generation
How The Internet Can Help Us Learn From Our Elders
Laura and Monet ~ 1970
Monet - Marilee - Laura - Clark (holding Sierra) with Darlin and Lisa in the background at my wedding June 1992
Laura and Kiel at Monet's Wedding New York ~June 1987
Monet age 10
Monet - Marilee - Laura
~ 1969
Monet ~1982
Monet ~ 1972
Monet & Kevin's Wedding
New York
1987
Marilee after her jaw surgery ~1988
Whittier, California
Cousin's: Sierra, Kiel, Erik, Melanie, Candie, Brittany
Ice Follies Program circa 1975
Marilee
Sheri holding her day old baby Victoria 1993
Darlin ~ 6 months old
Mom, Bill's Mom, Marilee holding newborn baby Candie with Bill
me ~1977
Morgen ~ 1 1/2 years old
Adam holding his first born son Erik ~1986
I grew up on Sesame Street
Program from Holiday On Ice
1978
Morgen's First Christmas 1995
Bill, Marilee & Candie
Great Salt Lake
1995
Nadalynn, Morgen, Casey
Bill & Friends
Marilee & Bill's Wedding
Turtle Bay, Hawaii
1990
Jeff & Sheri
Morgen Crawling
Kiel & Erik Christmas Morning
Candie & Casey
Christmas 1995
Kiel, Sierra & Tanner
1994
Darlin
Candie & Victoria
My mom and dad on a hike with Marilee, Bill, Candie & Casey
Family Tree
Melanie, Kiel, Erik, Candie, Sierra, Brittany & Tanner
Marilee
Southern California
Mom and Darlin 1992
Halloween 1995
Casey, Tori, Candie, Nadalynn
Holiday On Ice Program
1977
Shipstads & Johnson
Ice Follies
1976
Ben, Brenda, Candie holding baby Morgen on his birthday August 5, 1995
Laura before her Miss Utah Pageant
Sheri giving birth to Nadalynn with Jeff
Christmas 1992
The Baker Family
Ice Follies Program
1976
Front Yard fun on Chad Street
Tori, Melanie, Erik, Candie, Brittany
Me ~ 1988
Kiel, Darlin, Candie, Marilee
Draper Waterpark
Marilee, Candie & Bill
Christmas
1992
Tori and Candie
me - Auntie Carol - Sheri
Portland, Oregon
Laura and 2 week old Kiel July 1986
Christmas 1992
Adam, Clark, Laura & Sierra
Family Reunion 1994
Tori
Kiel, Sierra, Tanner
It all began the Christmas of 1974, Marilee Baker, now 12, asked for ice skates. The rest is family history. Her mother, Sandra, bought some for herself as well and in rapid succession "skating fever" hit the rest of the family. In their premier tour with Holiday On Ice, you will meet the parents, Sandra and Parley, as well as, Marilee 12, Laura 11, Monet 9, Adam 7, and Brenda 4. The girls will charm you in Sesame Street as they romp with their puppet playmates. The entire family lends its collective charm to our "Reflections On Ice."
Laura, Sierra, Kiel, Bill, Marilee, Candie, Jeff
Victoria
Arthur M. Wirtz
presents
Holiday On Ice
1977-1979
Darlin & Candie
Sun Valley, Idaho
1995
Brittany, Melanie, Morgen, Sierra, Nadalynn, Candie, Tanner, Casey, Kiel, Erik, Victoria
Melanie, Brittany, Candie, Sierra
Marilee & Bill
Candie
Sheri wearing Grandma's wig
Darlin & Andzrej
I’m a family-first kind of girl. Friends are great, yes, but families are unique forces in their own right – kneaded with memories and experience and perspective. And I often think of the legacy my own family will leave – is leaving. The knowledge shared from great-grandmother to grandmother to mother to daughter and beyond. I recently received these photos from my Grandmother's scrapbook in an effort to document those stories that have knotted my own family ties after realizing how easily they can slip away if we’re not intentionally sharing them with another. To that end, I’ve rounded up a few interesting snapshots to post online which focus on the beauty of our family – a generation full of trials and triumphs and everything between: enjoy.
