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Geez; and I thought last week was busy? This week picked right up where last week left off. The first batch of pictures this week are leftovers from last week. There?s a couple Gigi gave me of Mom O with their friend Susan (who will hopefully be Abby?s teacher next year!) out at their new house on her paddle boat. The next couple are Gigi with Bucky Beaver at the annual WTRE Home & Garden show at the fairgrounds. Then there?s a few of the kids playing in the fort they built in the playroom, featuring some intriguing head gear on Luke!! Also, I found some pictures I hadn?t included last week from Mother?s Day that I?ve posted below, including Mom & Gigi?s visit and Luke?s outdoor adventure with the dogs. <\/p>\n

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Well, it is officially Week 19!?which means Mom & Dad Bryan headed over to the Sand Pebble in Treasure Island for the week. Rob & Sharon joined them this year as well (lucky dogs!). Mom told a good story about Dad staying up a little late with Rob & Sharon and then having to get up to go to brunch the next morning. He said it was the longest 20 minute drive of his life! Mom O took Abby to her last dance class of the year at Dixon Dance as I picked up Lukey & Matt and headed out to the ball diamonds. Matt?s team played the same Brookville team they beat on the road last week. Matt played left field and batted low in the order, going 0-2 with a fly out to center and a strikeout. The team won 8-0 and increased their record to 3-1. While Matt?s game started, Luke and I went out behind the right field fence and played catch and before long, Luke?s head coach was calling me, asking if were here yet. I said yes, we were watching Matt?s game. He requested Luke come on back to the other diamond?when I looked at my watch, I figured out why he was calling; the game was due to start in 2 minutes! I apologized and sent Luke back to the field while I stuck around long enough to watch Matt?s first at-bat. Luke?s game was equally successful. Because he was so late, he had to bat last (I felt bad for him). He played in the outfield, which is really a better place for him to be in terms of his defensive development right now. He?s lost a little of the aggressiveness he showed last year. We worked on pop flies while playing catch at Matt?s game and wouldn?t you know it; he had his chance for a catch in the first inning. However, he misjudged it and it landed a couple of feet behind it. He got it right back in and also made a nice defensive play on another hard hit ball the went way over everyone?s head ? but he hustled out to it and held the runners at 2nd and 3rd. At the plate, he went 1-2 with a strikeout and a ringing double down the left field line that ended up in the grass. He later scored and was so excited. Well, I?m not sure if he was proud that he helped the team pull up to the .500 level or that he got to go and get ice cream after the game!! We headed up to the big diamond up front to watch Matt after Luke?s game ended, only find him riding the pine again. We did go on to Dairy Point which always makes you feel better!<\/p>\n

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The next day it started off rainy but cleared up?except for the wind again. Granted, it wasn?t as bad as last Saturday, but it was still tough on the pitchers at the ball diamonds. When we got home from work, we had a voice mail message from Matt?s coach from last year. He had 4 kids at the sectional track meet, out of town. He was calling Matt to be a fill-in player for one game. Matt was so excited that by the time I got him called back (just a moment later), he already had his game pants on! Don is an excellent coach. Matt learned more last year than he had in the previous four years combined?and had the most fun since our Devil Rays team in 2004. We headed over to the ballpark for Abby?s game. She started at first base and made a couple nice plays. She also played 2nd base and left centerfield. At the plate she hit the ball harder than she had all year, but came up empty, going 0-2 with two ground outs to shortstop. Her team played sloppy and looked their age as they were destroyed. After the game we told them that we don?t mind losing, but we need to at least be competitive?and that night we weren?t? After the game, we headed up to the big diamond to catch the second game. Matt went 1-1 officially with a single back up the box and two walks for a perfect 3-3 on-base-percentage. He also scored two runs and even got a stolen base! He played second base and right field defensively. Their team won the game easily and hadn?t seen Matt smile this much during a baseball game all year. He was very gracious and thankful with Don and he returned the sentiments back to Matt. <\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, it started raining early in the day and when it finally stopped, we had close to 2???. Obviously, a lot of the talk centered on the flood from a couple years ago, but thankfully it did stop this time. However, it flooded the ball fields beyond repair and Lukey?s game was cancelled. \ud83d\ude41 I took advantage of our new found time off to mow at Mom & Gigi?s and the front half of our house. By the time I finished, it was nearly dark. Ann had taken Matt out to the YMCA for practice at the batting cages with his teammates and got back right at sunset after a good two hours of work?let?s hope it pays off! On Thursday, Luke was to have practice, Abby a game and Matt to travel to Brookville also for a game. However, it rained pretty hard that afternoon and jeopardized another night of ballgames. Luke?s practice was indeed cancelled. Luckily, however, Matt & Bu?s games did proceed. Abby?s team continued to struggle. Abby herself continued with her great batting, whacking the ball to the outfield grass in both of her plate appearances for a single and a double! She also scored twice. Defensively, she played catcher the whole game. I don?t know if that?s gonna work out real well. While she did make a nice play at the plate to save a run, at the same time she also had some issues. When I try to give her feedback, I get attitude?what?s a father to do?? But it wasn?t only Abby who didn?t play up to her potential that night, the whole team struggled and the girls dropped their 3rd straight game to start the season, 8-3. Ann took Matt to Brookville to play the best team in the league. Matt went 0-1 with a walk. He was caught stealing and made three errors in right field. Again, he wasn?t the only one who didn?t live up to his potential either and the coach ripped them fairly well, apparently. Poor Ann was mortified when the only other two parents that travelled were cussing loudly during the game ? way to go Greens-tucky! Because of Abby?s successes offensively, I took the little kids out to enjoy ice cream. Lukey wanted it from the little mobile vendor set up in the Top?s Hardware parking lot while Bu went just down the road to Dairy Point. When we got home, it was nearing dusk but we decided to go for a quick walk to burn a few more calories. It felt good for the first time that day ? the humidity had finally broken. It was so muggy earlier; you could cut it with a knife and eat it. Oh?and guess what they?re calling for tomorrow?yep, more rain?Matt also brought home his track pictures?or at least someone that looks an awful like him?someone with a similar last name! \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

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I was up really early on Friday, heading in to work to set up for our annual Omelet Day where my department cooks for all the staff. We had the best turnout we?d had in the last several years ? cooking close to 40 meals!! It looked pretty ominous all day and wouldn?t you know it – sure enough; it rained really hard in the late afternoon on Friday. It stopped early enough for Luke?s coach to call a practice for the boys (it should really help them)?and practice did go very well; I?m pleased to say. We had them doing some simple drills, really working on basic fundamentals ? including all aspects of the game: hitting, fielding, running bases ? you name it! He had a great practice. We worked on his batting stance enough to really make him smack the ball by closing his stance up a little bit. Afterwards, Luke & I ran to Wal-Mart for one thing and ended up spending a half hour there; picking up other things that we suddenly needed, talking to Jamie & Dee and searching for new Hot Wheels. Luke?s favorite of the 15 or so new ones we acquired was the Ghostbusters?s Ecto 1 – just like the one in the movie! While we were gone, Abby got out her pitching equipment and practiced for about a half an hour in the front yard before she and Ann took the dogs out on a walk. Since the little ones were grounded for the evening, we didn?t hold family night; instead, we called it an early night because the next day was going to be such a big day. We were all up early on Saturday. Matt went on a class trip to Kings Island for the day. Abby (and Ann) had dance rehearsals all day that culminated in Abby?s annual Dixon Dance Revue at the high school. Meanwhile, Luke & I worked around the yard. We mowed, trimmed and drained the pool cover. When I went out in the back lot to mow, I was amazed at what I saw. I think that the two rounds of fertilizer I put down on the lawn the past month ran off to the back lot. The grass had exploded! When Abby & I were out there practicing pitching just a couple weeks ago, it wasn?t nearly this long!! It?s hard to explain just how tall this grass was. It was taller than Luke! It took me about 2 hours to mow the thin strip easement behind our fence and I got such a sunburn on the back of my neck (this new haircut has given me a redneck?aahhhh!!). Afterwards, we came inside to shower, grab something to eat and ended up taking a nap on the couch for a couple hours. Ann woke us up in time to run to Wal-Mart to get flowers for Bu tonight and head over to the high school for the big show. <\/p>\n

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We were there for about 4 hours and froze our butts off the entire time. We couldn?t believe how cold it was in that auditorium. Chad and his parents were there to watch Grace; Amy, Rob and their parents were there to see Baili and Mom, Sandy, Deanna & Jamie were also there. We got there only a few minutes after the doors opened, but still couldn?t get a seat in the area we were hoping for?the closest was on the side about ? of the way back. The people around us were so geared up?not necessarily rude; but just pushy and I really wasn?t up for dealing with them so I moved us up to the very top ? all the way in the back so we could have unobstructed views for pictures & video. I?m glad we did; I was so much more comfortable ? just incredibly colder!! Abby was in the opening number which featured the Star Steppers and an all-star lineup of tap competitors. She then performed in her normal 2 dances (tap & jazz). She was also involved the last routine of the night ? a complex jazz number set to a Michael Jackson mix. She looked beautiful and did amazingly great! She was so good, in fact that she was runner-up Miss Personality! We are so proud of her. Wouldn?t you know our luck though; Matt got back to town just as the show was ending, so I carried Luke (who had been asleep for over an hour at this point) to the car and ran to the junior high 3 blocks away to pick him up and come back to get some pictures of the girls. Matt didn?t want to deal with all the people, so he kept Lukey in the car while I ran in got some really good pictures. We were going to have Baili over to spend the night, but she was so upset that she didn?t win an award and wasn?t up for it. We went out for a victory dinner to Pizza King afterwards. On Sunday, we slept in before Ann took Abby out to spend the day with Baili. She came back around dinner time and immediately took back off for her friend Brooke?s house to work on a school project. Luke had wanted his friend Sawyer to come over, but Ann couldn?t get a hold of his mom. So, he ended up having another friend (Brendan) – who lives in the neighborhood ? over after lunch. He actually came over here for only a short while before they went over to his house for a while; only to end up over at their mutual friend Alex?s house later in the afternoon. Matt, on the other hand, flopped around the house all day?oh; and just in case you were wondering?yes, it rained the entire day again, just for good measure ? guess I need to drain the pool cover yet again, eh? \ud83d\ude09 It was good to hear that the rest of the Mother?s Day flowers finally made it to their destinations this week as I heard from Mom O & Mom B?although I still need to see if Gigi got hers?and finally; I was very saddened to hear that one of my favorite music personalities, Ronnie James Dio, passed away from cancer?R.I.P. man?<\/p>\n

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But enough of all the new stuff for now; let?s take a look Waybac? Leading off, we have a couple from the summer of love ? first is a great one of my Grandmaw Brown holding a Muskie she caught up in St. Germaine, WI in August of ?69 (Mom, is the cabin you talk so fondly of??) and the other is a snapshot from the brewery picnic. Mom, I?m sure you have more info about this; but my best guess is that Grandmaw Brown worked there, right? I?ve got a few things from this Lafayette brewery still: I know of a sticker that I have a picture of on my music trade page that you can get to via a link off our main website (it?s down towards the bottom of the page) and I also have an old full can of Tavern beer around here somewhere ? it?s the collectible kind with the tin cone top and round, twist-off bottle cap!; the next one is Ann & Deanna out in front of their Lee Edition home in about ?76; and finally we have a picture of Ann in her bedroom on Main St. somewhere around 1981.<\/p>\n

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Next up we have birthday cakes for Rob & I in 1989 in LaPorte?I think Rob?s has Tom & Jerry?or at least a black cat that looks like Tom in that cartoon?and mine is good old Spuds McKenzie in honor of my 21st birthday; after that is a good one of Aunt Marylou & Uncle Kenny at the start of the 19990?s at a fish fry in their pole barn in Rossville; and then three pictures from Keith & Rosie?s wedding in LaPorte in 1993 including: the rehearsal dinner; a group picture in the church and then Mom & Keith on the big day.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of weddings, wrapping up this edition are a couple pictures from our wedding reception in Columbus in the basement of St. Bartholomew ? just a block from our apartment – in the fall of ?95 with Mom & Dad B and then the happy couple; and then a bunch from a year later, 1996: Dad?s new truck and boat (his first Bayliner ? Capt ?n Ron) on May 19; Deanna in her school picture in September; Matt in the living room of our apartment in Columbus in November; and Matt with Grandma B on Christmas Day in the same place.<\/p>\n

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That wraps up another edition of the Scheu Family Blog. I want to thank everyone for keeping up with us this time out and we?ll catch up with you next time. Until then, have a good one!
\nLater, Scheu<\/p>\n

As promised in an earlier version of this post, here are this week’s four videos:<\/p>\n

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Geez; and I thought last week was busy? This week picked right up where last week left off. The first batch of pictures this week are leftovers from last week. There?s a couple Gigi gave me of Mom O with their friend Susan (who will hopefully be Abby?s teacher next year!) out at their new house on her paddle boat. The next couple are Gigi with Bucky Beaver at the annual WTRE Home & Garden show at the fairgrounds. Then there?s a few of the kids playing in the fort they built in the playroom, featuring some intriguing head gear on Luke!! Also, I found some pictures I hadn?t included last week from Mother?s Day that I?ve posted below, including Mom & Gigi?s visit and Luke?s outdoor adventure with the dogs. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Well, it is officially Week 19!?which means Mom & Dad Bryan headed over to the Sand Pebble in Treasure Island for the week. Rob & Sharon joined them this year as well (lucky dogs!). Mom told a good story about Dad staying up a little late with Rob & Sharon and then having to get up to go to brunch the next morning. He said it was the longest 20 minute drive of his life! Mom O took Abby to her last dance class of the year at Dixon Dance as I picked up Lukey & Matt and headed out to the ball diamonds. Matt?s team played the same Brookville team they beat on the road last week. Matt played left field and batted low in the order, going 0-2 with a fly out to center and a strikeout. The team won 8-0 and increased their record to 3-1. While Matt?s game started, Luke and I went out behind the right field fence and played catch and before long, Luke?s head coach was calling me, asking if were here yet. I said yes, we were watching Matt?s game. He requested Luke come on back to the other diamond?when I looked at my watch, I figured out why he was calling; the game was due to start in 2 minutes! I apologized and sent Luke back to the field while I stuck around long enough to watch Matt?s first at-bat. Luke?s game was equally successful. Because he was so late, he had to bat last (I felt bad for him). He played in the outfield, which is really a better place for him to be in terms of his defensive development right now. He?s lost a little of the aggressiveness he showed last year. We worked on pop flies while playing catch at Matt?s game and wouldn?t you know it; he had his chance for a catch in the first inning. However, he misjudged it and it landed a couple of feet behind it. He got it right back in and also made a nice defensive play on another hard hit ball the went way over everyone?s head ? but he hustled out to it and held the runners at 2nd and 3rd. At the plate, he went 1-2 with a strikeout and a ringing double down the left field line that ended up in the grass. He later scored and was so excited. Well, I?m not sure if he was proud that he helped the team pull up to the .500 level or that he got to go and get ice cream after the game!! We headed up to the big diamond up front to watch Matt after Luke?s game ended, only find him riding the pine again. We did go on to Dairy Point which always makes you feel better!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The next day it started off rainy but cleared up?except for the wind again. Granted, it wasn?t as bad as last Saturday, but it was still tough on the pitchers at the ball diamonds. When we got home from work, we had a voice mail message from Matt?s coach from last year. He had 4 kids at the sectional track meet, out of town. He was calling Matt to be a fill-in player for one game. Matt was so excited that by the time I got him called back (just a moment later), he already had his game pants on! Don is an excellent coach. Matt learned more last year than he had in the previous four years combined?and had the most fun since our Devil Rays team in 2004. We headed over to the ballpark for Abby?s game. She started at first base and made a couple nice plays. She also played 2nd base and left centerfield. At the plate she hit the ball harder than she had all year, but came up empty, going 0-2 with two ground outs to shortstop. Her team played sloppy and looked their age as they were destroyed. After the game we told them that we don?t mind losing, but we need to at least be competitive?and that night we weren?t? After the game, we headed up to the big diamond to catch the second game. Matt went 1-1 officially with a single back up the box and two walks for a perfect 3-3 on-base-percentage. He also scored two runs and even got a stolen base! He played second base and right field defensively. Their team won the game easily and hadn?t seen Matt smile this much during a baseball game all year. He was very gracious and thankful with Don and he returned the sentiments back to Matt. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, it started raining early in the day and when it finally stopped, we had close to 2???. Obviously, a lot of the talk centered on the flood from a couple years ago, but thankfully it did stop this time. However, it flooded the ball fields beyond repair and Lukey?s game was cancelled. \ud83d\ude41 I took advantage of our new found time off to mow at Mom & Gigi?s and the front half of our house. By the time I finished, it was nearly dark. Ann had taken Matt out to the YMCA for practice at the batting cages with his teammates and got back right at sunset after a good two hours of work?let?s hope it pays off! On Thursday, Luke was to have practice, Abby a game and Matt to travel to Brookville also for a game. However, it rained pretty hard that afternoon and jeopardized another night of ballgames. Luke?s practice was indeed cancelled. Luckily, however, Matt & Bu?s games did proceed. Abby?s team continued to struggle. Abby herself continued with her great batting, whacking the ball to the outfield grass in both of her plate appearances for a single and a double! She also scored twice. Defensively, she played catcher the whole game. I don?t know if that?s gonna work out real well. While she did make a nice play at the plate to save a run, at the same time she also had some issues. When I try to give her feedback, I get attitude?what?s a father to do?? But it wasn?t only Abby who didn?t play up to her potential that night, the whole team struggled and the girls dropped their 3rd straight game to start the season, 8-3. Ann took Matt to Brookville to play the best team in the league. Matt went 0-1 with a walk. He was caught stealing and made three errors in right field. Again, he wasn?t the only one who didn?t live up to his potential either and the coach ripped them fairly well, apparently. Poor Ann was mortified when the only other two parents that travelled were cussing loudly during the game ? way to go Greens-tucky! Because of Abby?s successes offensively, I took the little kids out to enjoy ice cream. Lukey wanted it from the little mobile vendor set up in the Top?s Hardware parking lot while Bu went just down the road to Dairy Point. When we got home, it was nearing dusk but we decided to go for a quick walk to burn a few more calories. It felt good for the first time that day ? the humidity had finally broken. It was so muggy earlier; you could cut it with a knife and eat it. Oh?and guess what they?re calling for tomorrow?yep, more rain?Matt also brought home his track pictures?or at least someone that looks an awful like him?someone with a similar last name! \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I was up really early on Friday, heading in to work to set up for our annual Omelet Day where my department cooks for all the staff. We had the best turnout we?d had in the last several years ? cooking close to 40 meals!! It looked pretty ominous all day and wouldn?t you know it – sure enough; it rained really hard in the late afternoon on Friday. It stopped early enough for Luke?s coach to call a practice for the boys (it should really help them)?and practice did go very well; I?m pleased to say. We had them doing some simple drills, really working on basic fundamentals ? including all aspects of the game: hitting, fielding, running bases ? you name it! He had a great practice. We worked on his batting stance enough to really make him smack the ball by closing his stance up a little bit. Afterwards, Luke & I ran to Wal-Mart for one thing and ended up spending a half hour there; picking up other things that we suddenly needed, talking to Jamie & Dee and searching for new Hot Wheels. Luke?s favorite of the 15 or so new ones we acquired was the Ghostbusters?s Ecto 1 – just like the one in the movie! While we were gone, Abby got out her pitching equipment and practiced for about a half an hour in the front yard before she and Ann took the dogs out on a walk. Since the little ones were grounded for the evening, we didn?t hold family night; instead, we called it an early night because the next day was going to be such a big day. We were all up early on Saturday. Matt went on a class trip to Kings Island for the day. Abby (and Ann) had dance rehearsals all day that culminated in Abby?s annual Dixon Dance Revue at the high school. Meanwhile, Luke & I worked around the yard. We mowed, trimmed and drained the pool cover. When I went out in the back lot to mow, I was amazed at what I saw. I think that the two rounds of fertilizer I put down on the lawn the past month ran off to the back lot. The grass had exploded! When Abby & I were out there practicing pitching just a couple weeks ago, it wasn?t nearly this long!! It?s hard to explain just how tall this grass was. It was taller than Luke! It took me about 2 hours to mow the thin strip easement behind our fence and I got such a sunburn on the back of my neck (this new haircut has given me a redneck?aahhhh!!). Afterwards, we came inside to shower, grab something to eat and ended up taking a nap on the couch for a couple hours. Ann woke us up in time to run to Wal-Mart to get flowers for Bu tonight and head over to the high school for the big show. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

We were there for about 4 hours and froze our butts off the entire time. We couldn?t believe how cold it was in that auditorium. Chad and his parents were there to watch Grace; Amy, Rob and their parents were there to see Baili and Mom, Sandy, Deanna & Jamie were also there. We got there only a few minutes after the doors opened, but still couldn?t get a seat in the area we were hoping for?the closest was on the side about ? of the way back. The people around us were so geared up?not necessarily rude; but just pushy and I really wasn?t up for dealing with them so I moved us up to the very top ? all the way in the back so we could have unobstructed views for pictures & video. I?m glad we did; I was so much more comfortable ? just incredibly colder!! Abby was in the opening number which featured the Star Steppers and an all-star lineup of tap competitors. She then performed in her normal 2 dances (tap & jazz). She was also involved the last routine of the night ? a complex jazz number set to a Michael Jackson mix. She looked beautiful and did amazingly great! She was so good, in fact that she was runner-up Miss Personality! We are so proud of her. Wouldn?t you know our luck though; Matt got back to town just as the show was ending, so I carried Luke (who had been asleep for over an hour at this point) to the car and ran to the junior high 3 blocks away to pick him up and come back to get some pictures of the girls. Matt didn?t want to deal with all the people, so he kept Lukey in the car while I ran in got some really good pictures. We were going to have Baili over to spend the night, but she was so upset that she didn?t win an award and wasn?t up for it. We went out for a victory dinner to Pizza King afterwards. On Sunday, we slept in before Ann took Abby out to spend the day with Baili. She came back around dinner time and immediately took back off for her friend Brooke?s house to work on a school project. Luke had wanted his friend Sawyer to come over, but Ann couldn?t get a hold of his mom. So, he ended up having another friend (Brendan) – who lives in the neighborhood ? over after lunch. He actually came over here for only a short while before they went over to his house for a while; only to end up over at their mutual friend Alex?s house later in the afternoon. Matt, on the other hand, flopped around the house all day?oh; and just in case you were wondering?yes, it rained the entire day again, just for good measure ? guess I need to drain the pool cover yet again, eh? \ud83d\ude09 It was good to hear that the rest of the Mother?s Day flowers finally made it to their destinations this week as I heard from Mom O & Mom B?although I still need to see if Gigi got hers?and finally; I was very saddened to hear that one of my favorite music personalities, Ronnie James Dio, passed away from cancer?R.I.P. man?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But enough of all the new stuff for now; let?s take a look Waybac? Leading off, we have a couple from the summer of love ? first is a great one of my Grandmaw Brown holding a Muskie she caught up in St. Germaine, WI in August of ?69 (Mom, is the cabin you talk so fondly of??) and the other is a snapshot from the brewery picnic. Mom, I?m sure you have more info about this; but my best guess is that Grandmaw Brown worked there, right? I?ve got a few things from this Lafayette brewery still: I know of a sticker that I have a picture of on my music trade page that you can get to via a link off our main website (it?s down towards the bottom of the page) and I also have an old full can of Tavern beer around here somewhere ? it?s the collectible kind with the tin cone top and round, twist-off bottle cap!; the next one is Ann & Deanna out in front of their Lee Edition home in about ?76; and finally we have a picture of Ann in her bedroom on Main St. somewhere around 1981.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Next up we have birthday cakes for Rob & I in 1989 in LaPorte?I think Rob?s has Tom & Jerry?or at least a black cat that looks like Tom in that cartoon?and mine is good old Spuds McKenzie in honor of my 21st birthday; after that is a good one of Aunt Marylou & Uncle Kenny at the start of the 19990?s at a fish fry in their pole barn in Rossville; and then three pictures from Keith & Rosie?s wedding in LaPorte in 1993 including: the rehearsal dinner; a group picture in the church and then Mom & Keith on the big day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Speaking of weddings, wrapping up this edition are a couple pictures from our wedding reception in Columbus in the basement of St. Bartholomew ? just a block from our apartment – in the fall of ?95 with Mom & Dad B and then the happy couple; and then a bunch from a year later, 1996: Dad?s new truck and boat (his first Bayliner ? Capt ?n Ron) on May 19; Deanna in her school picture in September; Matt in the living room of our apartment in Columbus in November; and Matt with Grandma B on Christmas Day in the same place.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

That wraps up another edition of the Scheu Family Blog. I want to thank everyone for keeping up with us this time out and we?ll catch up with you next time. Until then, have a good one!
\nLater, Scheu<\/p>\n

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