Lindy Lou has a baby!

Kayla has been taking horse back riding lessons at Breezewood Farm in Muskego for about three years. One of her favorite horses is Lindy Lou. Lindy is a halflinger who is about 15 years old. Lindy Lou gave birth to Frosty in early January, 2007 on a very cold weekend. Kayla's sure she'll be a great riding horse just like her mother!

Kayla's biography report

Kayla recently had an interesting assignment for school. She was to read a biography on anyone of her choosing and then write a report on them. Kayla asked me if I had any biographys in my library that I could recommend. I have biographys on Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Jack London, Teddy Roosevelt and a few others, but I knew she wouldn't be too interested in these people. But then I happened to remember one very special book she might be interested in. It is the autobiography of Harold "Bud" Grunewald, my great uncle. Bud had his biography published about ten years ago and I was lucky enough to receive a copy.

Kayla loved it! She read the book, wrote the report and even created a family tree to show how she was related to Bud. In addition, she made Uncle Bud a plaque stating he was the "Man of Hardware". (Click on the photo and you can see the plaque better.) Kayla ended up receiving a very good grade on this project. As a surprise, she decided to read the report to an unaware Bud at her great aunt and uncle's house, Wayne and Renee, this last February. Bud was overjoyed! He loved it and was very touched. Bud later sent a typed thank you letter to Kayla as a token of his appreciation.

Nice job, Kayla!

Play that funky music white boys!

Both Kyle and I continue on our enlightening journey of musical discovery. Kyle has been taking guitar lessons for just under two years now and is really rocking! He's even picked out a name for his first band: Electric Shock! He plays a black and white Fender Stratocaster (Squire) and a black ESP Les Paul-style guitar. Hooked up to his Kustom amp and distortion pedal, the boy can wake the dead and get them dancing!

I've been playing bass for just over a year now and can jam to about 20 songs – everything from the Police, to Hendrix, to Earth, Wind & Fire, Mellencamp, Cold Play, and even some Green Day. I play a Peavey Millenium and a Fender Jazz and run them through a Hartke pre amp unit and then to my 65-watt Kustom amp. Yeah, the windows rattle.