{"id":201,"date":"2009-03-03T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T23:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scheumann.us\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2010-11-07T23:59:16","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T03:59:16","slug":"dance-dance-dance-the-night-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Dance, Dance, Dance the Night Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/font>  <\/span>We?ve had an interesting week, as we continue to count down to Spring Break.  <\/span>On Monday, Ann accompanied Abby to her tap dancing class as that competition class puts the finishing touches on their routine, in preparation for upcoming competitions.  <\/span>Tuesday, I stayed home with Luke, as our sitter (Brandy) was sick.  <\/span>Matt had to sit out another wrestling meet that afternoon.  <\/span>He says it is killing him to not be able to compete with the team.  <\/span>That night, we all went out to the varsity basketball game at the high school.  <\/span>At halftime, Abby performed with the Pirateers on a routine they had worked on three days earlier at the dance clinic.  <\/span>They performed to a medley of High School Musical tracks.  <\/span>Abby did great and it is easy to envision her as a Pirateer in about 7 years?  <\/span>I have video you can download of her performance <\/font>here<\/font><\/a><\/font> (just right click and go to ?Save As????).  <\/span>It is a rather large file, so it may take a couple minutes.  <\/span>I also have it on DVD and can make copies if anyone wants one?  <\/span>In true teenage fashion, Matt took off with his buddies almost immediately and sat on the opposite side of the gymnasium, all the way up in the rafters (with his walking boot on, no less!).  <\/span>He said he is getting tired of wearing that boot, but admits that his foot is feeling better.  <\/span>Our goal is to get him out of the boot the day we leave for Mom & Dad?s house, as he has a doctor appointment that afternoon.  <\/span>I heard from Dad this week during work.  <\/span>He had pretty good news.  <\/span>First off, he had booked rooms & tickets to spend some time at the house of mouse.  <\/span><\/font>J<\/span><\/span>  <\/span>In addition, he said that Rob would be released around March 6 and only have some probation?which is a much better prognosis that what we had originally feared.  Actually, t<\/span>his is great news, as he is a really good guy that needs a break or two in life.  <\/span>He has truly paid a heavy price for a couple of bad decisions.  <\/span>I hope he knows that he is constantly on our minds and in our thoughts each day.  In other news, the Greensburg jr high basketball team drama made the Indianapolis news and spurred several fiery comments on the Channel 8 site’s discussion board.  You can view the video, read the article and see all the comments here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>  <\/span>On Wednesday, Ann went scrap-booking with Amy and the kids & I watched American Idol.  <\/span>Again, we voted in 2 out of the 3 contestants that made it through this week.  <\/span>On Thursday, Abby was busy again.  <\/span>This time, she began participating in <\/font>Girls on the Run<\/font><\/a><\/font>.  <\/span>She will run a few miles after school each Tuesday & Thursday with a group of gals (I don?t think it is school sponsored).  <\/span>At the end of the school year, they will run in a 5K event.  <\/span>The class not only focuses on running, but how to maintain a healthy lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc).  <\/span>Afterward, she went to her other dance class with Ann.  <\/span>This time, it was jazz\/hip-hop class.  <\/span>They struggled early on, but have started putting it together better lately.  <\/span>They still have a long way to go before they are ready for their first competition.  <\/span>This is the first year for her instructor, but the cool thing is that they are dancing to the KISS song ?Rock n? Roll All Nite.???  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>  <\/span>On Friday night, Ann went out scrap-booking again with Amy at local event at her favorite store, <\/font>Mrs. B?s<\/font><\/a>.  <\/span>Matt went to the high school basketball game with his buddies, so Abby, Luke & I went out to Acapulco for dinner and then came home to finish up family night on our own with a movie (<\/font>Space Buddies<\/font><\/a>) and a few rounds of <\/font>Yahtzee<\/font><\/a>.  <\/span>Luke fell asleep early on us (wait till you see the classic picture of this below!).  <\/span>So, Bu and I enjoyed each others? company.  <\/span>On Saturday, it was so cold outside.  <\/span>Matt & I were up early to get him to school before 6:30 for an away wrestling tourney (that again, he could only go and root on his teammates).  <\/span>The little ones had fun making a fort in the playroom and watching <\/font>Beverly Hills Chihuahua<\/font><\/a>.  <\/span>Then after lunch, we headed to the YMCA to go swimming for a couple hours.  <\/span>We finally picked up our membership cards (after two years?) and then afterward we made a run to get frozen Cokes.  <\/span>That night, Luke & I were pretty worn out, and headed off to bed after falling asleep on the couch during <\/font>Cops<\/font><\/a><\/font>.  <\/span><\/font>J<\/span><\/span>  <\/span>The other three ended up staying up till midnight playing Wii.  <\/span>Today, we cleaned up around the house all day until the NASCAR race finally started this afternoon.  <\/span>We are all looking forward to the new <\/font>Simpson?s<\/font><\/a> (I love the new intro!!)! I can?t believe they have been on for 20 years.  <\/span>I can honestly say that I?ve seen every one of their episodes?and I heard they got picked up for a 3 more years on Fox this past week. <\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>  <\/span>OK; let?s open up the Way Back section?<\/font><\/p>\n

The first up is a picture from what I believe is Uncle John & Aunt June?s wedding in January of ?68 and features both John and Grandpa Scheu.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Next up is yet another picture of little Tommy from our trip to the St Louis Zoo in ?70.<\/font><\/p>\n

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As promised last week, here are more photos from Cathy Spoor?s college graduation in approx. June, ?77.  <\/span>The first one reminds me so much like Matthew.  <\/span>The second includes Grandpaw Brown, as well as my cousins Brent (Vester) and Wendy (Paige).  <\/span>The last one includes Great Grandpa Morgan and Uncle Keith (Morgan).<\/font><\/p>\n

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Next is a great picture of Mom outside her work at the Welfare office in downtown Lafayette in March of 1978.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here are two from California.  <\/span>First is Christmas ?78 (nice legs, guys!) and the second is in ?79 at Magic Mountain.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here is another one of Rob & I from our first winter in LaPorte, early in ?81.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here is another picture of my good friend Mark Crum.  <\/span>This was one of the trips he made up to see us in LaPorte, circa 1984.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here is rare pic of Grandpa Owens in September 1984, on the flight out to see Keith in California.  <\/span>I believe the second one is from about this era as well, with Keith, Dee Dee & Grandma Owens.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here are a couple of prom pictures.  <\/span>First up is a pic of me with my date, Julie, in ?87.  <\/span>I recently got back in to contact with her on Facebook, along with many other friends from both high school and college. It’s a small world, as we ended up living only about an hour away from each other.  <\/span>The second one is of Ann with her friends after prom in ?88.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Next is a picture of me with my Ford Granada, outside of my good friend Danny?s house in August of 1987.<\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>This is from a FC football program in the fall of ?87.  <\/span>It is one of the few pictures of me in my Franklin uniform.  <\/span>I would hurt my knee in only the fourth week of the schedule during this, my freshman year.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Here we have a picture of Ann?s mom, her grandma Owens and her cousin Vera at Ann?s high school graduation party in 1988.  <\/span>The second one here is Ann at her friend?s graduation party during that same year.<\/font><\/p>\n

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This next one is Ann with her good friends Stacy, Chris and Paul at a ??? sorority party in 1990.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here we have Grandpa Scheu in a common theme with many of his pictures?this one is from ?91.<\/font><\/p>\n

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I love this picture of Grandmaw & Grandpaw Bryan.  <\/span>This one is at their first home in Rossville, in their family room.  <\/span>I would put this one about circa ?94.  <\/span>They look so young and happy?<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here is a picture of Ann & I when we were just dating.  <\/span>This was taken at our townhouse in Columbus in January of 1995.<\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>Here is a great one of Matt in ?97.  <\/span>Love the curls!  <\/span><\/font>J<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here is a fun one I created for Chad & Dee years ago (2005-ish).  <\/span>It seems appropriate to bring it back out now, given the current circumstances…  <\/span> <\/font><\/p>\n

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Here is Dad & Bu in April of 2000 in the dining room at our home on Main St.<\/font><\/p>\n

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As a tribute to our return to the gulf, here are three pictures from our trip back in the spring of 2000.  <\/span>The first is Matt & I at Downtown Disney at the Lego display.  <\/span>The flying saucer was cool!  <\/span>The middle one is Ann & mine?s favorites of the kiddos on Mom & Dad?s condo?s balcony overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.  <\/span>The last one is of Matt in the Gulf.<\/font><\/p>\n

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The last one is of Matt in the pool at the Y on his first day of swimming lessons at school in the fall of 2000.  <\/span>I forgot my camera when we went swimming this past Saturday and can?t be there tomorrow for Luke?s swim day when he is the leader, so this one will have to suffice for now.  <\/span>Hopefully, Ann will snap off a few on Wednesday, when she goes in with Lukey.<\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>  <\/span>Well, that’s it for this entry; thanks for keeping up with our family.  <\/span>We?ll get you caught up next time?  <\/span>Later, Scheu<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  We?ve had an interesting week, as we continue to count down to Spring Break.  On Monday, Ann accompanied Abby to her tap dancing class as that competition class puts the finishing touches on their routine, in preparation for upcoming competitions.  Tuesday, I stayed home with Luke, as our sitter (Brandy) was sick.  Matt had to sit out another wrestling meet that afternoon.  He says it is killing him to not be able to compete with the team.  That night, we all went out to the varsity basketball game at the high school.  At halftime, Abby performed with the Pirateers on a routine they had worked on three days earlier at the dance clinic.  They performed to a medley of High School Musical tracks.  Abby did great and it is easy to envision her as a Pirateer in about 7 years?  I have video you can download of her performance here (just right click and go to ?Save As????).  It is a rather large file, so it may take a couple minutes.  I also have it on DVD and can make copies if anyone wants one?  In true teenage fashion, Matt took off with his buddies almost immediately and sat on the opposite side of the gymnasium, all the way up in the rafters (with his walking boot on, no less!).  He said he is getting tired of wearing that boot, but admits that his foot is feeling better.  Our goal is to get him out of the boot the day we leave for Mom & Dad?s house, as he has a doctor appointment that afternoon.  I heard from Dad this week during work.  He had pretty good news.  First off, he had booked rooms & tickets to spend some time at the house of mouse.  J  In addition, he said that Rob would be released around March 6 and only have some probation?which is a much better prognosis that what we had originally feared.  Actually, this is great news, as he is a really good guy that needs a break or two in life.  He has truly paid a heavy price for a couple of bad decisions.  I hope he knows that he is constantly on our minds and in our thoughts each day.  In other news, the Greensburg jr high basketball team drama made the Indianapolis news and spurred several fiery comments on the Channel 8 site’s discussion board.  You can view the video, read the article and see all the comments here.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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  On Wednesday, Ann went scrap-booking with Amy and the kids & I watched American Idol.  Again, we voted in 2 out of the 3 contestants that made it through this week.  On Thursday, Abby was busy again.  This time, she began participating in Girls on the Run.  She will run a few miles after school each Tuesday & Thursday with a group of gals (I don?t think it is school sponsored).  At the end of the school year, they will run in a 5K event.  The class not only focuses on running, but how to maintain a healthy lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc).  Afterward, she went to her other dance class with Ann.  This time, it was jazz\/hip-hop class.  They struggled early on, but have started putting it together better lately.  They still have a long way to go before they are ready for their first competition.  This is the first year for her instructor, but the cool thing is that they are dancing to the KISS song ?Rock n? Roll All Nite.???  <\/p>\n

  On Friday night, Ann went out scrap-booking again with Amy at local event at her favorite store, Mrs. B?s.  Matt went to the high school basketball game with his buddies, so Abby, Luke & I went out to Acapulco for dinner and then came home to finish up family night on our own with a movie (Space Buddies) and a few rounds of Yahtzee.  Luke fell asleep early on us (wait till you see the classic picture of this below!).  So, Bu and I enjoyed each others? company.  On Saturday, it was so cold outside.  Matt & I were up early to get him to school before 6:30 for an away wrestling tourney (that again, he could only go and root on his teammates).  The little ones had fun making a fort in the playroom and watching Beverly Hills Chihuahua.  Then after lunch, we headed to the YMCA to go swimming for a couple hours.  We finally picked up our membership cards (after two years?) and then afterward we made a run to get frozen Cokes.  That night, Luke & I were pretty worn out, and headed off to bed after falling asleep on the couch during Cops.  J  The other three ended up staying up till midnight playing Wii.  Today, we cleaned up around the house all day until the NASCAR race finally started this afternoon.  We are all looking forward to the new Simpson?s (I love the new intro!!)! I can?t believe they have been on for 20 years.  I can honestly say that I?ve seen every one of their episodes?and I heard they got picked up for a 3 more years on Fox this past week. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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  OK; let?s open up the Way Back section?<\/p>\n

The first up is a picture from what I believe is Uncle John & Aunt June?s wedding in January of ?68 and features both John and Grandpa Scheu.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Next up is yet another picture of little Tommy from our trip to the St Louis Zoo in ?70.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As promised last week, here are more photos from Cathy Spoor?s college graduation in approx. June, ?77.  The first one reminds me so much like Matthew.  The second includes Grandpaw Brown, as well as my cousins Brent (Vester) and Wendy (Paige).  The last one includes Great Grandpa Morgan and Uncle Keith (Morgan).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Next is a great picture of Mom outside her work at the Welfare office in downtown Lafayette in March of 1978.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here are two from California.  First is Christmas ?78 (nice legs, guys!) and the second is in ?79 at Magic Mountain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here is another one of Rob & I from our first winter in LaPorte, early in ?81.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here is another picture of my good friend Mark Crum.  This was one of the trips he made up to see us in LaPorte, circa 1984.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here is rare pic of Grandpa Owens in September 1984, on the flight out to see Keith in California.  I believe the second one is from about this era as well, with Keith, Dee Dee & Grandma Owens.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of prom pictures.  First up is a pic of me with my date, Julie, in ?87.  I recently got back in to contact with her on Facebook, along with many other friends from both high school and college. It’s a small world, as we ended up living only about an hour away from each other.  The second one is of Ann with her friends after prom in ?88.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Next is a picture of me with my Ford Granada, outside of my good friend Danny?s house in August of 1987.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is from a FC football program in the fall of ?87.  It is one of the few pictures of me in my Franklin uniform.  I would hurt my knee in only the fourth week of the schedule during this, my freshman year.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here we have a picture of Ann?s mom, her grandma Owens and her cousin Vera at Ann?s high school graduation party in 1988.  The second one here is Ann at her friend?s graduation party during that same year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This next one is Ann with her good friends Stacy, Chris and Paul at a ??? sorority party in 1990.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here we have Grandpa Scheu in a common theme with many of his pictures?this one is from ?91.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I love this picture of Grandmaw & Grandpaw Bryan.  This one is at their first home in Rossville, in their family room.  I would put this one about circa ?94.  They look so young and happy?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here is a picture of Ann & I when we were just dating.  This was taken at our townhouse in Columbus in January of 1995.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here is a great one of Matt in ?97.  Love the curls!  J<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here is a fun one I created for Chad & Dee years ago (2005-ish).  It seems appropriate to bring it back out now, given the current circumstances…   <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here is Dad & Bu in April of 2000 in the dining room at our home on Main St.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As a tribute to our return to the gulf, here are three pictures from our trip back in the spring of 2000.  The first is Matt & I at Downtown Disney at the Lego display.  The flying saucer was cool!  The middle one is Ann & mine?s favorites of the kiddos on Mom & Dad?s condo?s balcony overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.  The last one is of Matt in the Gulf.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The last one is of Matt in the pool at the Y on his first day of swimming lessons at school in the fall of 2000.  I forgot my camera when we went swimming this past Saturday and can?t be there tomorrow for Luke?s swim day when he is the leader, so this one will have to suffice for now.  Hopefully, Ann will snap off a few on Wednesday, when she goes in with Lukey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

  Well, that’s it for this entry; thanks for keeping up with our family.  We?ll get you caught up next time?  Later, Scheu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9vDKm-3f","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}