Logan's Birthday Celebration (5/5/09)

15 years ago today Logan was baptized. We were too busy yesterday to have a nice meal planned, so today is the day to celebrate. The birthday person gets to pick the meal. Logan decided to have Milwaukee Lutheran pizza and fresh fruit. For dessert he picked brownies and apple pie. Grandma & Grandpa joined us and brought a garden salad. Everything was delicious!

*Grandpa, Jim, Katherine, Brett, Logan, Grandma with the Milwaukee Lutheran pizza

*Logan and his birthday brownies

*Mom and Logan

15 (5/4/09)

Today is Logan's 15th birthday! He was nine days late, 8 lbs. 14.2 oz., and 21" long. I remember saying how intelligent he looked. Now he is almost as tall as his father and an honor roll student at Milwaukee Lutheran High School. Jim made a pan of "brownie lady" brownies. I used two toothpicks and paper to make a little banner for the top of the brownies. I wrote "Felix Dies Natalis" and put them on his lunch table in the cafeteria. He was so happy that he almost hugged me. That is huge! We have a very busy day planned, so no birthday dinner tonight. Brett has his last volleyball match at 5:00 P.M. Katherine has soccer practice from 5:30-6:30 P.M. Jim & I have been excused from attending the M.O.'s voters meeting because of Jim's "quarantine." It'll be a quick supper of deli chicken from Pick N Save, steamed green beans, and strawberries.

Joey's Confirmation (5/3/09)

Katherine had a soccer game on Saturday...she played well! After the win, we went home to load the van and get Lucy. We drove a little over four hours to Rhinelander for a Scheuer Gathering. This time it was for our nephew, Joey. He was being confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church. The service was Sunday at 2:00 P.M., so the party was Saturday evening. We had a fiesta...tacos, guacamole, salsa, blue chips, Tostito chips, fruit, veggies, quasadillas, plain & peanut M&M's, and a cake! The kids played basketball, made a hot-air balloon, ran around, and had lots of fun playing together. Lucy loved barking at Eric's rabbits. She did stop after a while. She and Spotzen played well together, but Lucy learned that Spotzen does not like her eating his food. Sunday morning, we listened to Mount Olive's worship service via the internet at www.mtolivemke.org. We have live-streaming for the 8:30 A.M. service. With it being Good Shepherd Sunday and Confirmation, you'd think that Pastor Wangerin would hit a homerun (so to speak). He did! We then showered, changed, relaxed and/or played some more. After the Confirmation service, we headed for home. It was a quick trip but very nice. John & Gina are wonderful hosts! We always feel welcomed and at home there.

*Eric, Brett, Logan, Jim, and Stephen playing basketball

*Katherine and Gramps cleaning up before bedtime

*Cousins Eric and Katherine with their balloon creations

*Katherine, Grandma, Brett, Fatime listening to Mount Olive's Worship Service on the internet Logan and Jim were in there, too!

*Spotzen resting on Katherine's blanket

*Gina with her sombrero

*Brett and Logan watching the Brewer game before Joey's Confirmation

*Grandma & Grandpa with 8 of their grandchildren: Elsiana, Katherine, Joey, Isaiah, Ben, Eric, Logan, Brett

*Two Points!

*Happy Lucy loving the outdoors

*This is the backyard scene

*John, Grandpa, Eric, Gina, Grandma, and the two pastors praying over Joey

*Joey playing the drums for the closing song, "Jesus Loves Me"

*Eric, John, Gina, Joey

*Aunt Gina and Katherine

*Cousins Logan and Joey

*Brett, Katherine, and Logan sleeping on the way home

*Jim is happy driving with the children napping!

Scott Walker's Announcement (4/28/09)

One more post folks! Tuesday evening, the kids and I went to Wisconsin Lutheran College to hear the Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker announce that he is running for governor of Wisconsin. Jim was busy ushering at Miller Park. The doors opened at 4:30, and he was scheduled to be there at 5:45 P.M. We got there at 4:45 P.M. A lady said that we should sit on the stage. Oh my goodness! We were in the fifth row, directly behind Scott's head. It was very exciting! We were on the Channel 4 news that night.

*This is how close we were

*Here is the athletic building filling with supporters

*Scott Walker is in the suit looking to the left.

*Logan, Brett, and Katherine with their Walker signs

There's a new Scheuer (4/29/09)

Adam & Jill are the proud parents of another girl, Claire Amelia Scheuer. That makes Ellie the proud big sister. We had a friendly poll picking the sex of their unborn baby and the date of arrival. 10 people thought they were having a boy. 8 people guessed a girl. No one picked the correct date of April 29th. We all prayed for a healthy baby, and God answered our prayers! We look forward to seeing them Memorial Day weekend for Claire's baptism.

Jill, Ellie, and Adam on Easter Sunday

*Adam, Claire, and Jill

*Claire with Grandpa Terry

*Claire Amelia Scheuer, 8 lbs. 6 oz. 21"

Sports

*Brett is ready for a return

*Brett bumps the ball over the net

*Katherine starts the game

*Katherine's 2nd of 5 saves as goalie

Social Studies Fair (4/24/09)

*Brett with his board on Greece He also helped Jim make baklava (a rich Greek dessert). It tasted great!
*The kids had to pick an occupation and draw the theme into the word Google. Brett picked a veterinarian.

*Katherine's Japanese kite

*Katherine's dioroma of a Japanese room-compete with flip-flops outside, a Japanese scroll that reads, "God is love", and a hand-drawn mural of a cherry blossom tree

*Katherine's Haiku

*The third graders with their costumes made by Mrs. Murphy

*Mark, Mia, Katherine, Raven, Trey, and Victoria having tea

It was a wonderful, Friday evening. The weather was quite pleasant. We parked a block away and walked over to Mount Olive for the Social Studies Fair. The children put a lot of work into their projects. We were happy to have Peter & Felicia, and Ryan come look around. The only thing that I would change is the amount of time that the Fair was open. It was only two hours long, and that is not enough time to adequately see everything. Hopefully they will change that in two years. It's an every-other-year thing.