Planning for cooler summers

While visiting Serena and suffering with the

Texas heat,we started discussing ways to

stay cooler or places to live that did not

feel like living in hell during the summer.

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She suggested Wisconsin

(the dairy state)

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I asked her what we were all going to do and

she said own and work in a cheese shop

We all know how much Serena loves CHEESE.

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She says she hates people so I would have to

work up front, Tom & John would have to milk the

cows and make the cheese, and

that she would work in the back and

"Cut the Cheese"

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Okay , I guess you had to be there

I have a new POOL !!!!

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It's the hose -- REALLY it is

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Let go Mom --

I need to practice for the Olympics

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Hmmm- I wonder if I could stand up

on the top and practice my diving?

(Mom & Grandma both said NO !)

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While Grandma was here we went to Chuy's

for dinner , YUM !! But I am unhappy

because Grandma did not make her yummy

french toast. She promised she would make it the

next time. So I know she will be back because

she would never break a promise to me . Plus I

was sad because Grandpa Tom did not get

to visit this time, but somebody has to keep the

firetrucks going so the firefighters are safe .

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Now a word from me :

Bye

Home From Texas

Action pictures are a little rough when somebody

forgets to set the camera for sports..

I will post pictures from my trip tomorrow.

It is too late today to mess with this .**********************

I traded one hotter than hell city for another.

It was sooo hot in Texas that we were pretty much

trapped in the house. Swimming came just before sundown.

MILESTONE for Ian Schenkel

Ian Schenkel proudly announces that he can now

ride his bike without training wheels.

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(Story written by Marc Schenkel)

With the help of that really super cool dad of

his and the tennis courts behind our apartment,
Master Schenkel has taken the first steps of two wheel

riding and did so in about a half an hour!!
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Motivated by the desire to be able to roll out with

his friends and not wanting to be embarrassed by

the training wheels, he took on the challenge

with fierce determination.
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In fact I even askead him if he wanted to call it

day, but he looked at me, face flush, hair

sticky with sweat, legs tired, hands red with

the imprint of his handlebar grips

and said with all seriousness

“Dad, I’m staying to learn how to

balance so I can ride with my friends and I am

not going to quit until I do”.

With a mission statement like that what could I do?

I went and found my bike and rode with him.
So we rode around the apartments, down the bike
path and with his buddies for a very long time.

I had to make him stop, he was so tired,

but he didn’t care. I think he would have ridden all night.

Marc ( proud Dad)

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Cell phone photos

Rough Life .....

Parker-- Puppy Supreme

Future Major League Star