Sunday, July 25, 2010
Couple good photos of Henry from this past weekend. We went to the lake on Saturday morning and a couple of Sarah's friends came down. Other than some rain this morning, it was a great time.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Off to the lake
For just one day/night. Then Tuesday off to Louisville for a 2 night conference before heading to Buck Lake and vacation on Friday. Photos to come.
Monday, July 19, 2010
More tubing, swimming, etc. this weekend at the lake. Henry went out on the tube solo for the first time. Great weekend with the in-laws but it was HOT.
Friday, July 16, 2010
This weekend
Surprise, off to the lake, this time with the in-laws. I'm on vacation today but I have to leave from there and go to Akron on Monday so I have to drive down separate. Looks like a great weekend weather wise.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
I'm off to beautiful Celina tonight for a fundraiser tomorrow morning. Celina is home to Grand St. Mary's Lake, maybe the most toxic lake in America. It's having some kind of toxic algae problem because of fertilizer runoff from local farms. Last year we took a pontoon boat out on it and it was nasty; this year I think we are going to skip it. Two interesting facts: in 1845 it was the largest man-made lake in the world and secondly it was the site of the first underwater oil and gas wells in the U.S. I also met Miss Ohio there last year and I'm pretty sure she was smitten with me. She kept saying how lucky Sarah is. I agree.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Another great weekend at the lake. I let this guy hold my 39" 23 pound striped bass that I caught on Saturday. I'm not sure why he looks so pleased with himself. 
Henry and Josh tubing.
Me displaying some nice form. Water was pretty flat Sunday morning. 
The kids loved hanging from Toby's ski boom.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
I feel bad for Cleveland tonight. Hey, I'm not big Cleveland sports fan, I don't like the Indians or the Browns. But I've always rooted for the Cavs, they are the only Ohio NBA team we have. Frankly, I'm not a very big NBA fan either. I've probably watched a total of 60 minutes of NBA basketball in the last two years. But, that was only because of LeBron.
I feel bad for Cleveland for a lot of reasons but the biggest thing I keep coming back to is about the message this sends to kids. Let's face it, LeBron owed nothing to Cleveland. Cleveland owes everything to him. But, with his decision he is saying that for him its all about winning. I understand winning and wanting to win. But he's done that with Cleveland and could have continued to do that. It wasn't about his family or finances, Cleveland could have paid him $30 million more than Miami over this contract. So don't give me that it was about his family. In the end, he decided to ditch his hometown for his homies, friends of his that he would rather hang out with. With his departure he likely leaves Cleveland with the worst team in the NBA and a fanbase that has to explain to their kids that LeBron would rather be in FL than in Ohio.
Good riddance. Let's hope our kids have better role models than NBA players.
I feel bad for Cleveland for a lot of reasons but the biggest thing I keep coming back to is about the message this sends to kids. Let's face it, LeBron owed nothing to Cleveland. Cleveland owes everything to him. But, with his decision he is saying that for him its all about winning. I understand winning and wanting to win. But he's done that with Cleveland and could have continued to do that. It wasn't about his family or finances, Cleveland could have paid him $30 million more than Miami over this contract. So don't give me that it was about his family. In the end, he decided to ditch his hometown for his homies, friends of his that he would rather hang out with. With his departure he likely leaves Cleveland with the worst team in the NBA and a fanbase that has to explain to their kids that LeBron would rather be in FL than in Ohio.
Good riddance. Let's hope our kids have better role models than NBA players.
Henry's baseball season came to an end last night in an epic game that went 3 extra innings (his games are only 4 innings long). We had a couple chances to end the game in the bottom of the six, one of them being a foul shot to 3rd base where Henry was playing. He made a great play on the ball, got his glove on it and couldn't hang on. So now we get to go to the lake on Friday for two nights instead of just one. Here are a couple photos.
Monday, July 05, 2010
July 4th was a blast. I'm so happy that our boys are going to grow up with memories of fun times at the lake. Here are some pics, this one is before the fireworks.
The whole clan minus the photographer (Sarah).
Rendition of YMCA at the beach. 
Pulling all the big kids in to our dock. 
This is a hit.
Henry and his brother and Jackie with his girlfriend Maggie.
Sunday night. There were 15 kids out in front of our place with sparklers, etc. They had a blast. And Jacki sported his underwear.
This is a hit.
Henry and his brother and Jackie with his girlfriend Maggie.
Sunday night. There were 15 kids out in front of our place with sparklers, etc. They had a blast. And Jacki sported his underwear.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
We are off to the lake tonight for the July 4th weekend. The weather looks perfect.
