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A Get-Well Poem

Submitted by Jonathan on Wed, 2012-02-08 21:01

When Finn was sick for a week back in December, an elderly couple from church sent him the following get-well card. We thought it was funny that they sent this particular card and assumed that they didn’t get the joke (otherwise they wouldn’t have sent it). When Lisa talked to the husband later, it turned out that he did get the joke and thought it was funny…which made it even funnier to us…that they had sent it to Finn on purpose.

Sledding on Sunday

Submitted by Jonathan on Tue, 2012-01-24 20:51

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Last Sunday we went sledding with the younger Wanous boys. Here are some photos and a video:

Halloween 2011

Submitted by Jonathan on Thu, 2011-11-03 18:16

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…with the Wanous and Jolly kids.

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Football Photos 2011

Submitted by Jonathan on Sat, 2011-10-29 14:51

Here are Elliot’s and Finn’s football photos from 2011. My previous collection of mine is here: link.

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Finn’s Favorite Tridge Memory Reprise

Submitted by Jonathan on Thu, 2011-10-27 22:52

Tonight Finn reprised his favorite Tridge memory story at a Midland Area Community Foundation event (the original performance is here). Below is a photo and video from today:

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Youth Football 2011 Week 5

Submitted by Jonathan on Sat, 2011-10-15 14:55

For the second game in a row, the Knights faced a team with whom they were evenly matched. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as well as the first time. After giving up several turnovers and losing their starting QB to injury near the end of the first half, they lost 22 to 2 (dropping their record to 1 win and 4 losses). Early in the game, Elliot had a nice end-around run that went for a first down. After the Knight's QB was injured, Elliot played the rest of the game at QB and linebacker (instead of the usual receiver and linebacker). He completed two passes (one of which came agonizingly close to a TD on the last play of the first half), but he had a rough time overall (since the Knights had a hard time getting a running game going or stopping the pass rush). Considering he hadn't played any QB since pre-season practice and none in the shotgun formation that they're running now, I thought he did a good job. On one play when they were backed up to their goal line, he called a hard count and drew an off-sides penalty on the defense to get five extra yards of cushion. I was impressed that he thought to call that play in that situation.

Finn's team lost too…28 to 21. His TD streak ended at six games. He only carried the ball twice, so his opportunities were limited.

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Steelers 23 Colts 20

Submitted by Jonathan on Tue, 2011-10-11 20:45

A couple weeks back we drove down to Indianapolis to go to a football game with the Somasi family. This is the fourth year we've gone to a game (Browns in 2008, Vikings in 2009, and Panthers in 2010).

We started the day at the Children's Museum and then went to the Sunday night game at Lucas Oil stadium. When we bought the tickets, we were looking forward to seeing both the Steelers and Peyton Manning. Unfortunately, only one of those two worked out. It was lucky for the Steelers because I think they would have had their butts whooped if the Colts had a decent QB behind center. I was quite glad we were inside for the game because it was cold and rainy outside.

Here are a few photos:

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Staying Hydrated

Submitted by Jonathan on Tue, 2011-10-11 20:35

Elliot has a new method of staying hydrated while mowing the grass…

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Youth Football 2011 - Finn

Submitted by Jonathan on Mon, 2011-10-10 22:08

Finn is playing flag football on the Chargers. After finishing last season with a 2-TD game (link), he started this season with the same. He's now got streak going of six straight games with a TD run (not counting the recent game in which he played only defense).

Here are a couple of videos and photos. The first video is the one that features the Finnster.

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Youth Football 2011 - Elliot

Submitted by Jonathan on Sun, 2011-10-09 21:53

For the third year in a row, Elliot's football team has struggled to get a win. This year they finally got a win in overtime in the fourth game…and it happened to be the one played underneath the lights on a Saturday evening on the field at Central Middle School. Elliot's been playing receiver on offense and linebacker on defense.

Here is some video from the game at Central including the game-winning TD.