Goodbye 2013!

This will be the last Hollywood Four blog post for 2013 ... our sixth year of family blogging. The video below contains some picture memories from this past month, including Christmas time with Grandma Carole in Big Rapids, MI, and Christmas time with the entire Ott family in Brighton, MI. Please check back on January 1, 2014 for a fresh, newly designed hollywood-four.blogspot.com website ... oh, and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Cougar Extravaganza Tournament

This weekend Andrew and the Medina Bees JV Hockey Team played in the Cougar Extravaganza Tournament in Mentor, OH. Sporting their new, official jerseys (or sweaters for you old schoolers), the Bees won 2 games and lost 2 to finish in third place out of six teams. The team continues to develop its chemistry and they finished strong, beating Rockey River 3-2 in their final game. Andrew (#97) had a solid tournament, contributing quality ice time and assisting at least 1 goal. Here a few miscellaneous clips I took while watching the games.

Poker Fest #26 Recap

Just closing the loop with a few video clips from the Poker Fest #26 tournament which I previewed a couple months ago. We ended up with 16 players at the November 2 tournament. Gentleman Jim was the eventual "official" winner (albeit, with some controversy at the end). Nonetheless, congratulations Jim.

Andrew's First High School Hockey Goal

Andrew (wearing #15 since jerseys are in yet) and the Medina Hockey JV Bees played in their fist tournament of the season (their first real games other than two scrimmages earlier in November). The Bees played four games total in the tournament. We won only one of the four games, but played very competitively despite being the only JV team in the tournament (all other teams were Varsity). The highlight, however, was in game three when Andrew scored his first career High School hockey goal! One of the dad's is video taping the games again this year, so I was able to hack a few clips off his DVD of the game. Here it is.

Andrew's Salvation

I just noticed it's been nearly two months since I posted something new here (I've been too busy with work, work blogging and other stuff). So here's something new. For a school assignment, Andrew and a few of his buds had to ring the Salvation Army bell in front of the Wal-Mart store this past week. He also had to report on it to his class. In Hollywood Four fashion, here is the report he created.

Homecoming Dance

This was the Medina Homecoming weekend. This year, we had two high schoolers who went to the Homecoming Dance: one a freshman, the other a senior. Both went with a group of their friends rather than with a specific date. Abby looked absolutely beautiful, and Andrew looked very dapper. Here are some of the many pictures that were taken before the dance.

Cabin 2013 Photo Book

Karen has made another photo book, this one showing highlights from her - and the kids' - annual trek up north to the "Ott Cabin" this past summer.

Click here to view this photo book larger