Kyle is a senior at St. Charles West. He has so many good pics it was hard to choose. Here are a few of the favorites. Kyle enjoy every moment of your senior year.
Kyle has been playing the trumpet since 5th grade. He participates in marching band and the pep band. What a great way to combine his love of sports and his musical talents. 
Check out the maroon and white uniforms! This is the band as they were entering the stadium tonight. Don't they look sharp?
On the field for the pre-game show! It was good to be back with the band!
Marlin, Carolyn and Nancy left at the 4th quarter as it was already 9:25 pm - JD just called at 10:25 pm and they are in 2nd overtime. 10:33 pm - JD called and SCW won 34 - 28 over Ladue! Go Warriors!
Today Lori, Rod and Matt took Jake to school at Northern Illinois University. They set up Jake's room in Douglas Hall and were able to eat lunch together. Move in was a breeze as jake was able to move in early becasue of the Honors program. Jake is in the Honors program so he had an Honors retreat that started in the afternoon until Thursday afternoon. Lori called and we were both crying and Matt was having a really tough time with Jake leaving. Here is Jake in his "new" home! 
Heading off for the Honors Retreat.
Thanks for your example of a Godly marriage to so many people. We love you and hope God blesses you with many more anniversaries.
Where we stayed . .
I thought Nick would love it if we could get a ball . . well, I decided it never hurts to ask. We were sitting close enough that I went and asked the ball usher (not sure if that is what he is called) that sits down the first base line. I explained about Nick being from Denver and wanting to come to the game and was there any chance of him possibly getting a ball. The usher looked up and said you mean for the little guy up there munching on Cracker Jacks, I said that's him. He said he would try but he had no guarantee if a ball would come his way but he'd try. He said he loves when kids get a ball! Manny Ramirez hit a home run into the bleachers and it was thrown back by a fan . . .our usher ran out and got the ball and montioned for myself and Nick to come down. You should have seen the fans around us trying to figure it out but that was nothing compared to the smile and pure joy on Nick's face!
Kyle was a great sport explaining so much to Nick. More of the story is a few days before the game Uncle Mike called to see if Ludwick was a good shirt and I said Oh Yea! Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and then Ludwick a homerun after Pujols. Fireworks and much shouting and jumping. Nick wanted to stay to the end of the game and we did. Nick told me I had planned a perfect game :)
It was a perfect night! 
Kyle got his first car this week . . good thing because school starts this week and that means early morning band practice starts soon! Be safe and have fun Kyle!
Saturday we got a pontoon boat and a big tube for the day . . the pontoon boat had some "issues" and by the time it was all said and done they didn't even charge us for the boat! We did manage to have fun on the boat and Lori and Rod took the boys out tubing all afternoon on Lake Shelbyville. Lori was the only adult to try it and bless her heart - we discovered after she was already in the water there was no ladder to get back in the boat. It is not so easy to get in when you only have water to step on! The boys were able to do it without trouble :) 
The guys were able to float, kneel and stand on the tube. I didn't get very good pics but JD took a bunch and we will have to get him to post some. 
At one point the 5 boys and a couple adults were up near the front of the boat and we hit some wake and started taking in serious water. Dad began to shout we were going down - disaster was averted as folks moved near the rear. Dad was out of his head on the boat so it was best to get him to dry land! The pool was enjoyable that afternoon and then Captain Kruse took some adults out for a lake cruise.
Saturday night we celebrated Mom and Dad's anniversary - had a nice meal together, then Lori got us in a banquet room where we played games and had cake and gifts. Thanks Mom and Dad!Mother tried to get a picture of all of us together and a lady at the resort took the pic and none of them were very good - gotta go with what we got ....
It has been a busy week and more to post . . the computer has been broken but we are now back in business so watch for more updates - cars, Cardinals, cousins, and a birthday coming up!
Matt and I are impressed with Rod's gardening this year. Of course, it
