Mikey gets schooled in the Sweet Science...

Mikey went to a baseball clinic this past weekend. There were former pros from MLB (Expos, Rockies, and Cubs) to help coach the kids. There were two scouts also giving the kids tips, one from the Cubs and one from the Mets. It was pretty sweet. Mikey got his picture in the paper. I put the link at the end.

The Milton and Pace HS Varsity teams assisted. Mikey being told to keep his elbow up. Throwing a 4-seamer.

Cannon

Mikelio

Cubs Scout addressing the crowd. Mikey is front and center, not exactly paying attention.

Mikey and I both get our hair cut at Sport Clips. So, this was pretty exciting. Big ups SC.

Check out this site from the Pensacola newspaper. Representing all those living near da real 8-Mile!

http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=DP&Date=20090124&Category=PELICAN&ArtNo=901240804&Ref=PH&Profile=1002&Params=Itemnr=5

Also, once you launch the site above, Mikey also makes an appearance in the previous two photos (I did not notice this until later)

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

We've been playing the Wii. I have been battling beasts in Cabela's Dangerous Hunts, Mikey and Sammy have been racing MarioKart (thanks Uncle E and Aunt T), and Ras has even been using the axe to play guitar hero. It's too cold to go outside. We're talking low 50's.

Jukebox Zero

Red Dawn...WOLVERINES!!!!!

Mikey and I spent the night on the USS Alabama with the scouts this past weekend. I was not really looking forward to it, but it ended up being a blast. Mikey and I explored the entire ship. It was so big that even with 100 or so scouts on board, you could go to areas on the ship where you could not hear another person. Eerie. Here are some photos...

Mikey standing in front of raw U.S. power

We slept in the same bunks as the Navy personnel that sailed on the ship

Mikey laying next to the anchor chain

Mikey trying to hit our house

Mikey's guns under the Alabama guns

Awaiting a kamikaze attack

We ate beef jerky, drank soda, stayed up late, and did mad libs. God Bless America.

Mikey taking damage from "Yahtzee's".... some sort of kamikaze/nazi cross-over super enemy he came up with. If you look carefully at the end of the video, you can see that Mikey unfortunately did not make it. Yahtzees 1, Mikey 0.

Good Luck Lions!

As the Lions make their way through the playoffs on the way to the Superbowl in Tampa this year (prediction Lions 38, Patriots 17), I thought I would post some old photos from the Glory Years.

Merry Christmas to me...

Bought a gun tonight. Charles Daly over/under 12 gauge, model 700, Miroku. The gun was manufactured in Japan in the late 60s. The gun stopped being made in 1976. Miroku now manufactures the Citoris for Browning. The top barrel is improved modified and the bottom barrel is full choked. There is heavy engraving and very nice checkering throughout. These photos don't do justice. I plan on shooting a lot more skeet and hopefully doves with this beaut.

Back to Meechigan.

We made it up to Michigan for the holidays and it is so cold it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey. You go outside and it feels like you could chip your face off of your skull. When I got in the truck to go shopping yesterday, the temperature read from 0 - 4 degrees as we traveled. Son, it's cold. That did not stop Mikey from playing outside though. He went nuts in the backyard of Grammy's house. Sammie was more sensible and stayed in. We went to see my Oakland University Golden Grizzlies take on the powerhouse of the University of Michigan Wolverines when we got here. The Grizz came within 4 with six minutes left in the game, but fell in the end to U of M. We met our friends at the game. Nice.

Mikey - They got 10 to 12 inches of snow the day before.

Mikey's body finally shuts down from the cold.

Mikey and his buddy Tyler.

My dad and my brother. OU!

Sammie with her gingerbread crib at grammys.

YOU MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!

Put this in your pipe...

Went to the Pace Christmas Parade the other day with a bunch of friends. Mikey marched with his Boy Scout Troop and threw candy to us. Here are the photos, as well as a few others...

Pace HS Marching Band

Santa just clearing the high voltage power lines

Mikey representing Troop 419. Semper Fi.

Mikey's classmate and friend, Erin Peters, twirling a mean baton

Lori, Tommy Kong, Jon, Mary, Paul Vanwashmendoza, Ras, and Stairz

Mikey doing chores

Sammy chillin' like a villain on penicillin

Mikey's room now has bugs

Mikey working on a school project of a model of where indians used to live. Mikey likes working on all school projects naked.

Barley and Santa meet again.

The great Barnaby Jones