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Sunday, November 16, 2008
It's Great To Be A Hawkeye!
How 'bout dem Hawks! Last Saturday brought the last home game of the season. It was a sad one as we had to say goodbye to those seniors that we live and die with every week. Players like Mitch King, Matt Kroul, Brandon Myers and Seth Olsen. These guys, along with the other seniors, will be missed next season. It was fun to celebrate this game because, we won and my wife and good friends got to come along to the game. This was Heather's first game this year and she picked a cold one. In my opinion, it's never too cold to watch the Hawks. We had a great time and a lot of beer. It was also the last hoorah with our tailgating regulars, Larry and Marilyn Nielsen, Kevin and Laurie Raddatz, Chris and Tiffany Nielsen, Terry and Marie Schrock, Jim and Barb Brecht, Al and Rachel Brecht, and Roger Brecht was at a few games as well. I cannot forget to mention Betty, who furnished us with her front yard and restroom facilities all season. The season is not over yet. We have some unfinished business in Minnesota and in a bowl game. Go Hawks!
The Urbana Hawkeye Club. Heather, John, Denise and me.
One more of the Urbana Hawkeye Club..
Our friends from Urbana, John and Denise Harris.
Heather and I getting ready for a Hawkeye victory.
The Urbana Hawkeye Club. Heather, John, Denise and me.
One more of the Urbana Hawkeye Club..
Our friends from Urbana, John and Denise Harris.
Heather and I getting ready for a Hawkeye victory.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Schrock Update
Hello all! I thought I would take a few minutes to offer a quick update on everyone in this household, so here it goes...
Micheala - Micheala is doing fine. She is up and down on whether or not she likes preschool, but she goes and seems to being doing well. She dressed up as Sharpay from High School Musical for Halloween and got lots of candy. Her and the dog have a love/hate relationship; she loves the dog and the dog hates her. Although Mika has not gotten agressive towards Micheala, Mika does not like the constant smothering that Micheala often times inflicts. Her progression in regards to her surgery seems to be going as planned, although we had to cancel her last appointment due to a scheduling conflict. Micheala is showing strong personality traits that resemble mine, which absolutly drives Heather crazy. i enjoy it, but at the same time can see why Heather gets pissed at me. She is enjoying dance class and really has taken to cheerleading, and yes she cheers for the Stormin' Pointers!
Dylanne - Dylanne is going through some tough times in her life. She is starting to experience "clicks" at school and amongst her friends and is learning a tough lesson in having manners and treating people with respect. I am doing everything that I can to teach her that being nice to everyone makes it difficult for people to ignore or reject you. She is very concerned everyday with what she wears to school and what others will think of her. Since our house seems to be the "after school hangout" for all the neighborhood kids, I have started timing out all of the neighborhood kids for foul play. I sat all of the kids down one day and explained to them that this was a house in which no arguing or fighting occurs and explained to them what would happen if it did. last Thursday I had everyone in the neighborhood sitting in opposite corners of the house for arguing. They were all pissed and some wanted to go home before finishing their time outs, but I would not allow that option. So far it has worked and I've heard no complaints from the other kids parents. It's about respect for each other and not driving me fucking crazy by telling on each other every five minutes. Back to Dylanne. I am so prooud of her progress in school. She is learning to read and how to spell. She is a busy girl, being involved in dance and girl scouts.
Heather - Busy with work! She has recently found out that she has arthritus in her back and it causes her pain throughout the evening. She is still plucking away at grad school and really has to manage her time between work, school and the kids. Today, she went to Iowa City for a Veterans dinner honoring her mother and said that it was a good time, but difficult. She recently turned 31, and turned away two tickets to the Jewel concert, as her family was in town. I guess I'm not real good at getting presents, oh well. Heather likes to spend her minimal free time hanging out with one of her new friends, Denise Harris. they are two peas in a pod and enjoy riding their husbands asses. She is still involved in helping raise awareness for cancer research as it has hit too close to home too many times. She has a conference in which she is to speak in Minneapolis later next week. She is nervous as it will live on the internet. She also has another trip to Washington DC coming up soon for her work. Like I said, she is busy and I hardly get to see her.
As for me.....I guess I just do what I do. Recently, my work had to lay off two of our workers. I am not one of them, but feel their pain as it effects all of us schedule wise. I am happy to still have a job, don't get me wrong, hopefully we can get a permenant home soon so our workers can come back and we can serve the youth that need our help in a more effective manner. I'm living and dying with the Hawkeyes. I cheer and I cry. I can't explain why it effects me so much, but it does. Like I tell everyone, there is nothing better than spending Saturday afternoon with 74,000 of your friends. I really enjoy tailgating with all of my family and friends and hope that I can share this with my girls someday. The New York Giants are kicking ass, need I say more? Tonight I worked on a school project with Dylanne and stopped to realize that it seems like just yesterday I was feeding her oatmeal in her high chair. My girls are growing up fast and it just amazes me. Where has time gone?
That's us in a quick summary. I'm excited because it's almost time to go ice fishing!
Micheala - Micheala is doing fine. She is up and down on whether or not she likes preschool, but she goes and seems to being doing well. She dressed up as Sharpay from High School Musical for Halloween and got lots of candy. Her and the dog have a love/hate relationship; she loves the dog and the dog hates her. Although Mika has not gotten agressive towards Micheala, Mika does not like the constant smothering that Micheala often times inflicts. Her progression in regards to her surgery seems to be going as planned, although we had to cancel her last appointment due to a scheduling conflict. Micheala is showing strong personality traits that resemble mine, which absolutly drives Heather crazy. i enjoy it, but at the same time can see why Heather gets pissed at me. She is enjoying dance class and really has taken to cheerleading, and yes she cheers for the Stormin' Pointers!
Dylanne - Dylanne is going through some tough times in her life. She is starting to experience "clicks" at school and amongst her friends and is learning a tough lesson in having manners and treating people with respect. I am doing everything that I can to teach her that being nice to everyone makes it difficult for people to ignore or reject you. She is very concerned everyday with what she wears to school and what others will think of her. Since our house seems to be the "after school hangout" for all the neighborhood kids, I have started timing out all of the neighborhood kids for foul play. I sat all of the kids down one day and explained to them that this was a house in which no arguing or fighting occurs and explained to them what would happen if it did. last Thursday I had everyone in the neighborhood sitting in opposite corners of the house for arguing. They were all pissed and some wanted to go home before finishing their time outs, but I would not allow that option. So far it has worked and I've heard no complaints from the other kids parents. It's about respect for each other and not driving me fucking crazy by telling on each other every five minutes. Back to Dylanne. I am so prooud of her progress in school. She is learning to read and how to spell. She is a busy girl, being involved in dance and girl scouts.
Heather - Busy with work! She has recently found out that she has arthritus in her back and it causes her pain throughout the evening. She is still plucking away at grad school and really has to manage her time between work, school and the kids. Today, she went to Iowa City for a Veterans dinner honoring her mother and said that it was a good time, but difficult. She recently turned 31, and turned away two tickets to the Jewel concert, as her family was in town. I guess I'm not real good at getting presents, oh well. Heather likes to spend her minimal free time hanging out with one of her new friends, Denise Harris. they are two peas in a pod and enjoy riding their husbands asses. She is still involved in helping raise awareness for cancer research as it has hit too close to home too many times. She has a conference in which she is to speak in Minneapolis later next week. She is nervous as it will live on the internet. She also has another trip to Washington DC coming up soon for her work. Like I said, she is busy and I hardly get to see her.
As for me.....I guess I just do what I do. Recently, my work had to lay off two of our workers. I am not one of them, but feel their pain as it effects all of us schedule wise. I am happy to still have a job, don't get me wrong, hopefully we can get a permenant home soon so our workers can come back and we can serve the youth that need our help in a more effective manner. I'm living and dying with the Hawkeyes. I cheer and I cry. I can't explain why it effects me so much, but it does. Like I tell everyone, there is nothing better than spending Saturday afternoon with 74,000 of your friends. I really enjoy tailgating with all of my family and friends and hope that I can share this with my girls someday. The New York Giants are kicking ass, need I say more? Tonight I worked on a school project with Dylanne and stopped to realize that it seems like just yesterday I was feeding her oatmeal in her high chair. My girls are growing up fast and it just amazes me. Where has time gone?
That's us in a quick summary. I'm excited because it's almost time to go ice fishing!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Indiana Game
There's nothing better than a road trip to an Iowa football game with your dad and friends. Roger, Jim, Alan, Dad and I all took the journey to Bloomington, Indiana for a much needed vacation and a much needed Iowa victory. It started on Friday morning with the drive to Indianapolis to our hotel. We got there, had some beers, went to Cheeseburger in Paradise to eat......and have more beers, followed by us retiring to our hotel rooms for more beers. Roger puked, Alan bit his tongue and bled for 2 hours and Jim , dad and I laughed for hours. We got up at 6am on Saturday and headed to the game to tailgate and play bags. The game was hot, as dad and I wore black, and it was a blow out! We headed home after the game and arrived in Iowa at 10pm.
I think that Roger and Al would agree that this trip is so much fun because we get to talk about old stories and spend time with our dads; something that doesn't happen much when you have your own families to worry about. We all spent a major of the car ride trying to name Roger's unborn child. We threw out some dandies, but Roger turned them all down. The favorite name by all was "Fucking Max" and that has an inside joke shared by those in the car. Thanks to Rog, Al, Jim and Dad for a great trip!
Relaxing in the hotel
Tailgating
Tailgating and Jim indicating to everyone that he is #1
The SWARM, a thing of beauty and intimidation
Victory is ours!
I think that Roger and Al would agree that this trip is so much fun because we get to talk about old stories and spend time with our dads; something that doesn't happen much when you have your own families to worry about. We all spent a major of the car ride trying to name Roger's unborn child. We threw out some dandies, but Roger turned them all down. The favorite name by all was "Fucking Max" and that has an inside joke shared by those in the car. Thanks to Rog, Al, Jim and Dad for a great trip!
Relaxing in the hotel
Tailgating
Tailgating and Jim indicating to everyone that he is #1
The SWARM, a thing of beauty and intimidation
Victory is ours!
Odds and Ends
A few odds and ends to update everyone on. Nothing too important, but fun. Dylanne was involved in a cheerleading camp at the high school. She went for one week and then got to cheer at a Jv football game. She seemed to really enjoy herself and still practices the cheers at home. I have to give a big thumbs up to the high school cheerleaders for having the patience to deal with these young gals and it was a great way to get the youngsters involved in school spirit. Dylanne's kindergarten teacher asked me if I would make a "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree" for her classroom. She showed me some examples of the trees that the other teachers made, but Dylanne and I were determined to go above and beyond. We simply could just not settle for a one dimensional cut out of a palm tree, so Dylanne and I put 2 and a half hours into a three dimensional tree. The "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree" is a lesson plan based on the book to help the students learn their ABC's. The class painted the tree and the teacher was impressed with our hard work, to say the least. Finally, I'm painting garages again. My neighbor, John Harris, asked me if I would paint a tiger hawk in his garage. So I gave him what he wanted, which was a 6 foot by 8 foot tigerhawk. I am currently in the process of painting a "G" for Green Bay in my Packer loving neighbor's garage. I should be finishing that project in the next day or so. Below are some photos of the events spoken of in the above paragraph. 
Dylanne has spirit! They also did a dance routine to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Like I said, Dylanne had a great time cheerleading.
The "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree" that Dylanne and I made for her class. I have yet to get a picture of the painted tree, but I have seen it and the kids did a fantastic job painting it.
The Tigerhawk in John's garage. GO HAWKS!!!!!!
Dylanne has spirit! They also did a dance routine to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Like I said, Dylanne had a great time cheerleading.
The "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree" that Dylanne and I made for her class. I have yet to get a picture of the painted tree, but I have seen it and the kids did a fantastic job painting it.
The Tigerhawk in John's garage. GO HAWKS!!!!!!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Our New Baby!
I have finally given in to all of the nagging and complaining that, "We don't have a dog" or "The girls sure would love to have a dog" and allowed a dog to enter the household. Heather's cousin, Erin, felt that she could not give her dog the amount of attention that it needed and asked us if we would like to have the dog. So, we accepted the offer and got the girls a minature schnauzer. Her name is Meka (Mee-kuh) and is only 6 months old. She is very loving, doesn't shed and is not aggressive. She is also potty trained, can sit and comes when you call her name. She does have "little dog syndrome" and tends to bark at the unknown. We are told that this breed is very protective of the family and will bark anytime someone unknown enters the room. I must admit, she's pretty cute, but is a responsibility. I have been trying to incorperate all the responsibilities in with the girls, and so far, so good. The girls seem to be very happy with Meka, so that makes me happy. Aside from the barking, I don't mind the little shit either. Here are some photos of Meka, the new Schrock.
If you're wondering about the name. She was already named and we decided to stick with it. It is a German girl name to reflect on the breed. I wanted to call her Butch or Barky Von Schnauzer, but was rejected by the girls.
If you're wondering about the name. She was already named and we decided to stick with it. It is a German girl name to reflect on the breed. I wanted to call her Butch or Barky Von Schnauzer, but was rejected by the girls.
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