Fifty is Nifty

Well I turned the big 50 this month, I have now joined Doug, Nancy, Janice and Doug into this age block. Caroline has one more year to go before crossing this threshold

It is like crossing the event horizon on SG1 you do not know what is actually on the other side.

The State Fair was hot,  Philomena did good on her presentation at the 4-H building.  I had my regular pork chop on a stick which was very good.  It is made by the Pork Producers, I do not know how they do it but that is the most moist best tasting pork chop I have ever eaten. It is a genuine pork chop and the stick is the bone part of the chop

Well August is now behind us and we can look back and comment on just where did the summer go?

I took Philomena and Stephen down to Iowa City this weekend to visit Janice and my nieces and nephews (except for Lucas who was back at home) who were in town to move in Nathaniel.  I was able to visit with them, as well as everybody else down there.

also I was able to see my youngest niece while I was there.

Everybody seemed to have a lot of fun together at supper time last night.  It was fun to see everybody.

I do not know the whole story, but Tom seems to be having some difficulty with coaching 5th and 6th graders football.  Hmmmmmmm, sounds like he is having fun, but I think I will buy more stock in aspirin and ibuprofen companies.

Also we took Keeley down for a check-up also.  She made it down and back without any problems.  No throw-ups in the car!!!

It was good to see everybody for the brief time we were down there.

Sarah is teaching

Mary and Matthew are back at school, and we got Mary and all of her stuff moved back to her dorm room.  I have no idea where all of that stuff will go into her room, or if it will even fit, but all that matters is that stuff is out of my hair for a while!!!!!!!!!!!

Well the way things are going Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner and before you know it I will have another birthday.

I hope everybody will enjoy the remaining days of summer and have a good week

posted by Randy

New Post...Finally!

Well it has been almost 6 weeks since the last post

I cannot believe how the time has gone by this summer, a lot of activities and crazy schedules

Right after the 4th of July Daniel and I went out with a total of 10 adults and 20 scouts to Colorado for summer camp.  Out of that group of 30,  3 adults (which included me) and 7 of the older scouts went on a high adventure and backpacked, hiked, camped for five days in the Rawah Wilderness Area next to the Roosevelt National forest just north of Estes park about an hour and Northwest of For Collins.  We took everything we needed (food, cooking, tents, etc.) to survive for 5 days of hiking.

We did camp above the timberline at 11,300 feet one night

here are some pictures

The above picture is Twin Crater Lake all snow melt fed, when the kids skipped snowballs out into the water the snowballs just floated away and did not melt.

This is blue lake at 11,100 feet we saw two elk and a moose walk by our campsite in the morning

we hiked and saw mountains up close and personal

It was a lot of fun.

The kids did well at the County Fair this year and Philomena will get to present her project at the State Fair this year. She gets to present on August 19 2010, so we will be at the State Fair on August 19, 2010

I have to work the State Fair on the last day August 22, 2010

Sarah did an excellent performance in her community play in Cedar Falls it was Joseph and the technicolor dream coat.  The signing camels were funny

the grass just keeps growing

It has been very hot lately, but finally we did have a small break in the heat and humidity

School is just around the corner hard to believe August is finally here.

we went down to Burlington on July 23, 2010 for Caroline's class reunion,

We are filling up on Harrington's sweet corn, they are out of Nashua IA

Some girl hit our car when Caroline went down to see Sarah's Play, it damaged the back bumper, she was pulling out of a parking spot and clipped our back bumper with her front bumper. It was our trailblazer

the Trailblazer will go in to get fixed in about a week

that is about it, so hopefully we will get into a pattern and post more regularly now

posted by Randy

OK,

It has been quite a while since our last post

Mary just left to go back to camp

Daniel, Matthew and I just got back from a fun canoe trip on the St. Criox river with the scouts, the tornadoes in the area were 15 miles south of where we were camping that night while on the St. Croix.  Our tents stayed dry, and on the ground.

Philomena got back from camp at Schnoenstatt in Sleepy Eye

Stephen was a cub scout camp last week

I finished my Drake summer class last week

Matthew had his Eagle Scout Ceremony with two other Eagle Scouts last week, that went very well.  Grandma and Grandpa Schnoebelen came up for that

Congratulations to Nathaniel for graduating from College, we are looking forward to him coming to Iowa to do his grad program

Congratulations to Katie for graduating from High school.  Sorry we could not make it down for the celebration

Happy Father's day to all the Fathers out there.

Matthew is going back to work at BV on Tuesday.  Still no hair cut.....how long will it grow??????

Sarah is in a community musical in Waterloo,  Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat

Everybody have a good week!!!

posted by Randy

Awards and Accolades

Philomena did a fantastic job on her 4-H project presentations today over at NIACC

She is going to the State Fair with one of her project presentation

and for her group skit that she was in she is going to the Clay County Fair with that one

she made a cake that looked like a tank and she received a blue ribbon for that project

As of last Friday I did get promoted to district supervisor for the North-Central district

I will be supervising 14 officer over a 28 county area

Still no word regarding Sarah's interview she had at Notre Dame in Burlington.

Hopefully she will get the interview for Regina soon.

Thank you Val and Melissa's mom for putting a good word in for Sarah to the Regina principal.

Matthew's Eagle Scout Ceremony will be June 13, 2010 we are very proud of him for achieving that goal.
Invitations will be sent out shortly...I hope!

I biked around the lake today and had an average speed of 14.9 mph  that is an all time record for me.

The fitness center must be working!

have a good week

posted by Randy

another round of happy's

OK

First off Happy 54th wedding Anniversary to my Mom and Dad

and Happy Birthday to Grace Anne

Back to Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary,

married 54 years is a major accomplishment and for some reason the anniversary date was not written down on our calendar, so I missed calling them to wish them a happy anniversary by one day. I felt bad about that so I decided to to something special for them.

So, I Googled their name and wedding date and Low and Behold I found a video of their wedding procession!  someone must have recorded it and posted it on the Web.  So I downloaded the video and added colorization to it.  I cannot believe Uncle Jack was so athletic.  Here it is, I hope everybody enjoys it. Just click on the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-q-fsYQPZw

Not only did I find their wedding procession I also found their first dance at their reception.  Google is just amazing, there is everything on there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9XfzvuVhhs

Well everybody enjoy their weekend

Still no news on my interview

Posted by Randy

Congratulations to Michael

Congratulations goes out to Michael for making his First Communion today.

Wish I was there to help celebrate your special day.

OK.....Actually..... also to eat some cake, but it would have been fun to be there

Good Job Michael

Posted by uncle Randy

Howdy from one of the folks!

Still no news regarding my interview, the word is they will make an announcement after April 30, 2010

Sarah has another job interview down in Burlington, Iowa on Wednesday at the Notre Dame Catholic School for the 5 - 12 grade band teacher position.  I hope everybody will keep her in yours prayers for that position.

We went to Sarah's community play last night.  It went really well and Sarah did an excellent job, along with the other members of the cast.

After the play was over we were standing around talking to Sarah and another member of the cast came up to Sarah all excited and said "Oh!  is this part of your family?  I want to meet your folks!" 

So I thought, that is a shame that my folks and Caroline's folks are not here to meet her.  Then the light bulb turned on and I realized "Wait a minute"  that "Folks" term referred to Caroline and I!!!!!!

We have just moved up to a different level of terminology!  We have now been classified as "FOLKS!" We are no longer "The parents of .........."  or "these are my parents"  but now we are "Folks!!!!!"  I wonder what new duties and responsibilities are required now that we are "Folks"

It was chilly and rainy this weekend.

I harvested my first batch of Asparagus yesterday.  I have not cooked it up yet.

have a good week everybody

Posted by Randy
just one of the folks