Happy Halloween!

Sophi's first Halloween. She is, of course, a ladybug.

She was quite the hit at Nasonville school. As a matter of fact, she got so wired being around all the kids Sophi decided she didn't need her afternoon nap. Daddy was very happy about that, as you can imagine.

Thanks to Grandma Ullmer for her great rummage sale (known as garage sales to the rest of the western world) find... only three bucks.

sad news (tongue in cheek)

this is a sad day. the tigers bowed out of the world series losing game 5 to the cardinals. unfortunately, the boys from detroit never seemed to get things going on the big stage. when it all was said and done they just got outplayed. and so the year has come to an end.

unfortunately, not even my lucky jersey was enough to turn the tide this last game. so much for my ability to move space, time, and baseballs. oh well at least detroit's got the lions...

it was a fun year though. this year's team reminded me how much i enjoy baseball. it's good to enjoy things that are somewhat trivial from time to time.

thanks to my brother back in michigan for the official tigers peanuts. nothing beats watching a game and tossing empty peanut shells on the ground. (too bad amy wouldn't let me throw them onto the living room floor)

(the fam at a game this season over in minneapolis - it really was a fun year)

Pears Don't Stand a Chance!

As you can see, no food is safe now that Sophi is on to solids.

Detroit Tigers World Series 2006

Tonight the Tigers finished off the Oakland Athletics with a game four win in Detroit. Very rarely do I post about sports (mostly because Detroit doesn't usually offer much to brag about... insert Lions joke here) but this cannot go without mention.

I have been going to Tigers games with my family since I was very young. I remember one game I talked my dad into going to was a doubleheader that had a rain delay. Our seats were under the overhang in along the left field line so we waited it out. That was a very full day of baseball. Another time while at Tiger Stadium with my high school church group some buddies of mine and I got Rickey Henderson (A's) to flip us off. Real mature on our part I know, but man we rode him until he finally turned around and gave us the bird. They pulled him the next inning. Growing up, we used to go to two or three games a summer. The Tigers are my link to so many wonderful childhood memories... and so many disappointing seasons. But hey, they have always been my team and I've stood by them.

All that to say that I am extremely excited about our trip to the World Series. A ninth inning walk off homer by Magglio Ordonez was the perfect way to clinch this series and send Detroit on to represent the American League. Baseball... there is something right in the world when the home team wins.

So as we have said in times of old, "Bless you boys... this is our year!"

LOST - television has purpose once again

Last night ushered in season three of ABC's LOST. It's no secret that this has been our favorite TV show for the past few years. This year we decided to make an event out of it. Thus, LOST - the party. Our friends Rich, Bridget and Laura joined us for the event. Drinks were provided by The Darhma Initiative, fish compliments of Jin, Clare made some peanut butter cookies, Hurley dropped off some creamy peanut butter and Locke cooked up some wild bore sandwiches. It was quite a spread.

Some may say that this is a bit overboard. They may be right... but then again, they might be the Others.

Here's to another wonderful season; filled with great stories, knocking off main characters, scary smoke and bad black and white films. I'm sure that at the end of the year we will be just as confused, if not more so. Isn't life great?

a day well spent

yesterday amy, sophi, and i loaded up our bikes and headed over to Sparta, Wisconsin... which by the way is the bicycle capital of america.

we rented a pull behind trailer, strapped the little girl in her car seat, retrofitted it into the trailer, and headed out. the sparta trail is a state park that runs along an old rail line. this means no big hills (although some on the trail thought the 3 percent grade was a bit steep - none in our party though). the fall colors this year are fantabulous and well worth getting out and enjoying. here are a few pics and even a video link of our little adventure.

it was definately one of those perfectly timed relaxing days.