Nov. 6, 2008

Football is done for the season. I went to most of the games. Sometimes I didn't see the entire game because I just don't like the new colder weather. Basketball season is coming up soon but I hear that Matthew may not play basketball this year. That would be quite a switch.

I did go to an Academic Achievement Awards recently that Matthew had the honor of being in. This was for his sophomore year.

Krista is busy planning her wedding which will be on Jan. 3, 2009. Ryan will be home on leave for Christmas. But, she will stay at home until school season is over and then move to San Diego with Ryan.




Sept. 19, 2008

I went to Matthew's football game last night. I found out that he is now playing on the varsity team. It was a terrific game against Aquinas. Lots of excitement in the last two minutes. But, Central won 26 - 24 with a touchdown in the last minute.

Aug. 31, 2008

Renee, Kristie and I went to the Walworth County Fair in Elkhorn, WI to see Little Big Town on Friday the 29th. We wanted to go to Madison anyway for Taste Of Madison, so went a little further to take in the fair. I always take pictures no matter where I go now, so here are my pics from the fair. Seems to be my newest hobby.

Renee and Kristie

We went back to Renee's that night and the next day we went to Taste of Madison to see Ashton Shepherd and Jason Michael Carroll. Somehow we managed to get right in front of the stage. The only way we could have gotten closer would have been if we could have gotten on the stage. Here are my pictures of Ashton and Jason.





Aug. 23, 2008

We had a family get together and went to The Train Station BBQ in LaCrosse for supper. Matthew's 17th birthday was yesterday, the 22nd, and Krista will be 19 on the 30th. Renee was in town and got to go with us for a change. It's very unusual that everybody was here at the same time. I actually got a picture of the girls together. That doesn't happen often.

Kristie, Renee and Andrea

And, of course I have a new picture of the birthday kids. Ryan was home on leave so he was with us, too.

Ryan, Krista and Matthew


Aug. 17, 2008

My cousin Diane and I went to Kornfest in Holmen today to see Restless Heart. They are a great group and put on a terrific show. I took a few pictures and have them saved here.


Aug. 16, 2008

My aunt Fran turned 92 today. A few of the relatives got together with her at O'Neal's Pizza Pub in Rochester, MN to wish her a happy birthday.


More pics here

Aug. 9, 2008

After going to the WI State Fair, I stayed at Renee's and then we went to the fair in Oshkosh. We only went for one reason.....to see Keith Anderson. We managed to get backstage passes from the radio station and got to meet him again. We had good spots to watch the show. Couldn't get any closer than directly in front of the stage in the center right in front of Keith.

We met some fans there and visited with them which helped to make the time go faster while waiting for the show to start. They also had backstage passes. We also met two other girls that didn't have passes, so they stretched out on the floor and saved enough space for all of us so we didn't lose our spot while meeting Keith. Hopefully we will run into these girls again at another Keith concert. Check out my pics.

Aug. 7, 2008

Renee and I went to the WI State Fair to see Josh Turner and Pat Green. We met Monie, Mike and Jodie and their girls there and got to visit with them before the show. Pics from the show are here.


July 5, 2008

So, we got back from Country Fest on Monday the 30th, Then, on July 3rd we left again. This time we went to Summerfest in Milwaukee to see Tim McGraw. Jason Aldean opened for him. It was dark by the time Tim came on but I did manage to get a few decent pictures of him. We drove back to Sun Prairie and stayed at Renee's overnight and came home the next day.


June 30, 2008

Kristie, Renee and I went to Country Fest in Cadott, WI from June 26 to June 29. I survived the camping again this year. Actually, we only camped two nights out of the four. The other two nights we packed up and stayed at a motel in Chippewa Falls. We couldn't handle the wind and rain and decided to leave before the tent fell down.


We saw sooo many performers that I can't mention all of them. I tried to get pictures of everybody. Didn't do well on the night pictures again. I'm still trying to learn how to handle the camera well enough that I can get some decent pictures in the dark.


Country Fest in Cadott



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June 21, 2008

We went to Gunner Fest in Desoto, WI to see Keith Anderson. It was a great show. The girls got there earlier than I did and met Keith and talked to him before the show. After the show I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and got one of his big hugs. I got very few pics from this show but KQ98 had some on their website so I borrowed a few. The best ones are from KQ98.







May 3, 2008

We got together with Monie and the girls and went to a Ronnie McDowell concert in Winona. It just happened to be Monie's birthday, too. We had a great time. It was good seeing Monie & girls and Ronnie put on a terrific show. Monie's sister Mollie and niece also went with us. We managed to get front row seats even though it was General Admission. Then, we went to Renee's favorite pizza joint (Godfathers) to eat and have birthday cake.


April 24, 2008

It's baseball season again. There haven't been a lot of games yet (that haven't been rained out) but it's just the start of the season. Here's Matthew up to bat.


Lots more pictures here and here.


March 29, 2009


Kristie, Renee and I went to Milwaukee Friday to the Potawatomi casino to see the Raising the bar tour. Opening was The Lost Trailers, then Chris Young performed and the highlight of the show was Keith Anderson. Keith sang some new songs that will be on the upcoming cd which is scheduled to come out in June. I tried to do some recording but always turned the camera off in just a short time. Video recording is not allowed. Here are some very short clips of the show.





More pictures from the show.

Kristie, Renee and me at the Potawatomi casino



March 7, 2008

It's been a long, cold, snowy winter. I haven't done much of anything to post on here about. I've had plenty of time, just nothing to say. I did make it to Matthew's in town basketball games over the season.


Matthew's basketball album is here.
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I've been stopping at the park lately to visit the ducks. Every time I stop I just happen to have my camera with me (and some bread crumbs). I have gotten some nice pictures.



The ducks getting their treat for today
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I did go to the Trace Atkins/Jason Michael Carroll concert that was in LaCrosse on Feb. 16th with Andrea and Kristie. I hadn't planned on going but because of bad weather Renee did not make the drive from Sun Prairie and I used her ticket. We were very impressed with Jason. We had never seen him before and he is really good . I planned on taking just a few pictures but most of them turned out pretty good so kept more than I needed.