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The Packers… and now, on to Baseball Season.

January 22, 2008 in Boston Red Sox, Green Bay Packers, Packers, Red Sox, baseball, boston k-men, football, k-men, photos, twins | 2 comments

Tanner and Tucker are really disappointed the Packers will not be heading to the Superbowl this year.  After all, it was their first Packer football season and there was an awful lot to be happy about.  But alas, as is a frequent statement in the Packers World, “There’s always next year!”  And the boys would like everyone to know they have it on good authority that Brett Favre will be back for his 18th season.  You see, Favre’s daughters want him to play next year, and being the good father he is, he won’t disappoint them.  (For the record, the boys aren’t real happy with Aaron Rodgers as the next GB QB to take the reigns, so they’re hoping for another Favre season to find someone else.  They’re hoping for a great trade/draft season!)

And now that their football season is over, Tank and Tuck will be focusing their attention on the upcoming baseball season.  After all, it’s only a couple of months away and they have a team to root for.  They’ve decided to be Red Sox fans!  Hey, the Sox won the World Series the year they were born, what better way to start a lifetime of fanaticism!  I have it on good authority there is no conflict being a Packers fan and a Red Sox fan.  In fact, I can’t think of two better teams with better fan bases to be a part of.  So, we {ahem} they have decided to follow the Sox. 

The Boston K-Men

They already have important friends in the Red Sox Nation via the Boston K-Men so it’s a natural selection for them.  You should visit the Boston K-Men website to learn more about them… order a t-shirt (we did!) and support a worthy cause and a great team.  The boys are looking forward to a great baseball season… and let’s not forget… a great Packer Season next year too!  But for now…

Go Sox!
The Boston Red Sox!

Wait, what’s that you say?  Where are the pictures?
Oh yeah, here are a few new ones…

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Later,

Roland

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New Year Pictures and Presents!

January 2, 2008 in Green Bay Packers, Lambeau, Lambeau Field, New Year, Packers, Season Tickets, football, photos, twins | 1 comment

Well, it’s 2008 and it’s off to a great start already!  Tanner & Tucker got a special, although just a little belated, Christmas present in the mail on the last day of 2007.  They are now officially on the Green Bay Packer Season Ticket Waiting List!  Now, most of you know the list is quite long from an earlier post (actually, it’s ridiculously long) and it will be years (see below) before the boys get their chance to buy tickets (Tanner is number 76,700 and Tucker is 76,701), but it’s still pretty neat to be on the list.  Here are their official letters from the Green Bay Packers:

Tanner’s             Tucker’s
Tanner’s Packer Letter Tucker’s Packer Letter
Click ‘em to read ‘em!

And of course, that’s not all…  Tucker got a tooth! He “cut” it chewing on a fortune cookie at a China Buffet after church last Sunday.  Don’t worry, Tanner is working very hard on his first tooth too.  We’re so proud!  And the fortune was great too.  I know we saved it… if I can find it… ok, here it is:

“A financial investment will yield returns beyond your hopes.”
I guess it’s time to make another deposit in their college funds!!

We had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year’s Eve.  The boys really enjoyed opening their presents.  There were so many presents the boys even had to take a nap before finishing!  Whose fault is that?  I think you know who you are!  :-)    Anyway, here’s a link to a photo gallery of some Christmas pictures.

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and the four of us wish you a joyous, healthy, and prosperous 2008!

Oh yeah, the Packer waiting list is now (obviously) more than 76,701 names long.  According to the Green By Packer organization, on average, approximately 70 sets of tickets that aren’t willed to family members turn over and become available each year.  Now for the math portion of the lesson…   Lambeau Field currently has 72,928 seats.  About 5,600 seats are “box seats” and 4,000 seats are limited to a lottery for residents of Brown County (that’s where Lambeau Field is located).  That leaves 63,328 seats available for season ticket holders.  Now, assuming all the sets that turnover are sets of four, there are about 15,832 (63,328÷4) sets of four tickets available.  Divide that by the number of sets that turn over each year (approx. 70) and the boys can expect their tickets in about 226 years!  Actually, I don’t think this is really that accurate of a calculation and we can always hope for better results, right!?  Do you think I’m crazy?  If you’re still reading to this point, you’re probably just as crazy as I am!

Roland

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Hot Dogs and Green Bay Packers

November 8, 2007 in Packers, babies, football, photos, twins | 2 comments

Well, Halloween was just last week and while I did post some pictures last time of our Jack O’ Lanterns, I thought it might be time for some costume pictures.  The boys were clad in the very finest hot dog buns doing their absolute best impression of Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs… or would that be Little Smokies?  Or what about Hallo-wieners?  Here they are:

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As you can see Mommy and Daddy were dressed up and Mommy was pretty cute too.  She was “Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Rain.”  You’ll have to ask her what that was all about, but it was really pretty cute.  Daddy went with something easy… actually, those are the scrubs I wore the day the boys were born, so that was kinda cool. (If you happen to be reading this at St. Lukes Northland Hospital… well, I have no idea where those scrubs came from… honest!) :-)

All in all, we were expecting huge hordes of kiddos at our house, but we were pretty disappointed that not many actually showed up.  (anyone want about 30 lbs. of leftover Halloween candy???)  Only a few people had the pleasure of seeing our decorations including a body-outline on the driveway.  Oh well, next year we’ll have a lot more fun taking the boys out trick-or-treating.

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Speaking of Halloween, if you didn’t get a chance to read my “scary” Halloween story, check it out here.  Hehehe…

Now for the Green Bay Packers. Julie and I went to the Packers Chiefs game on the 4th and wouldn’t you know it, they won, of course, because I was at the game! (click here for more details on why me actually being at the game is so important at my other blog…)  What a great time we had.  In fact, it was the first time we left the boys with a babysitter and it was only a little bit nerve-wracking!  Actually, our neighbor’s daughter did a great job for us and we had no worries at all.  We are looking forward to using her again for date nights!  OK, back to the Packers…  maybe we should have used our Packer get-ups as or Halloween costumes because they were pretty funny as you can see.

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Notice the final score in the last picture… sorry, I can’t help it.
They won!  I was at the game!

More sooner or later, or sooner than later,

Roland

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