Keri & Company

This is when he got sick of me staring at him

When Stanny gets annoyed, he attacks you in the face with his tongue.

Crazy tongue

Friday Night I had chaperone duty. Luckily it ended up being the most fun I've had chaperoning an event for school because it was a show featuring The Bakers and Verona Grove! I picked up Kelly and we headed over to school for a great show. Unfortunately not a ton of kids showed up, but the ones who did got to see an amazing show put on by both bands. I took a lot of pics, but the lighting was a bit rough on getting good pictures. I did my best.

The Bakers kicked a$$ to start off the show.Zimmy (lil bro) rockin' out on the bass guitar.

The Bakers ROCK! This was taken before Eric (the drummer) nailed a girl in the head with his flying drumstick. He felt soooo bad!

Next up was Verona Grove. Tony wails away on the lead vocals. These guys are good!

GREAT SHOW! They have the #1 song on the Top 9 at 9 on WIXX! I can see why!

The Bakers made many fans that night - but these guys were over the top.

Of course Bud must please his fans and sign autographs- or mohawks, whatever ;)

On Saturday, we headed over to check out Bradley's latest purchase - his own house!! Congratulations Brad! It's a great bachelor pad!

Brad showed Granny how serious he was about protecting his house. He got out his firearm and Granny just couldn't keep her hands off.
She looked as if she was almost daring someone to step out of line. Don't mess with Granny with a gun!

Best picture I've ever taken in my life. Normally I wouldn't encourage someone to aim a firearm at me so I could snap a pic, but damn, I couldn't resist!!

The weekend before Halloween, Matthew, Daniel and myself decided to head up to the most recent Zank-a-thon at Matt's parents' house. It was a nice little getaway.

Awww...What a nice smi--GOOOOOO! Look at the the bullseye on his forehead!
Granny and Grampa with their honorary grandson, Dan.After dinner at Nappy's, we headed back for some downtime at the Zank estate. Emma decided to steal Stanny's bone and try to deep throat it. Whoa girl!

Matt, of course, had a full belly and started to doze off in the chair. If you haven't noticed from previous posts, Matt is quite the sleeper!

He must take after his Papa.

Dan had enough of all this sleeping! He threw Matt down on the floor and put him in a....Yep! It's a figure four leg lock!!

I think Matt was still sleeping.

That woke up Papa Steve and Mama Jeano! Suddenly they were dancing fools!

The next day, Dan braved the elements and actually stepped out of the house for a little guy bonding.
Dan's a regular old sharp shooter!Well, that's about it for this Zank-a-thon! This weekend we will be partaking in the annual Zanksgiving at Granny and Grampa's house - since they will hit the road soon in the RV! GRAVY here we come!

Last Sunday we traveled down to Portage to indulge in tacos at Dan's apartment! It was a nice change from the norm! We were taking advantage of Daniel coming to FDL all the time. We knew it was our turn to hit the road.

Here's the host with the most himself!
Jason and Matt apparently didn't want to get too close to each other on the couch.

The appetizer spread! Thanks DAN!

Brian carted Matt's and my asses down to Portage. He was excited about the new taco experience.

Intently watching the Packers kick ass...

What a switch! Matt and I were able to kick back and put our feet up for once!

Relaxing in the Steward estate.

Jason lightened up and enjoyed the game.

Smile!

Matt's man toy, Aaron on the big screen.

Periodically Dan whipped out his trombone and played random pump up tunes!

At half time of the Packer game, Dan provided us with special entertainment that we will never find at any other Taco Sunday event. Thanks, Dan...

This is Matt caught in the midst of what I call "masterboxing"! You want fries with that??Whenever Matt masterboxes, Stanley hides upstairs. This is due to the fact that Matt yells and swears like a dork at the top of his lungs at the stupid game he is playing.

Stanley doesn't chase rabbits....he STARES at them. He will sit in the yard and watch rabbits and squirrels almost as if he were a freaky, psychotic animal voyeur. He learned this behavior after we told him numerous times not to chase them on walks. Oh well...

This pic was apparently taken this August. Matthew must have been stir crazy. He was unusually wound up and energetic... Check out that bod!

Here's video of how weird he was that day... Please take note of how Matt bears his teeth at Stanley - WEIRD!

Stanny and I decided to hit the road for a walk in the sunny, beautiful 84 degree weather on Sunday. Fortunately it's still October and this weather is amazing. UNfortunately, I dread the coming of Winter because I'm sure we'll feel the pain upon it's arrival. Here are some shots of the Fall colors around FDL - Beautiful!

Hey Auchue! Stan and I walked our morning route so these pics should be familiar - oh wait, we usually can't see this stuff that early.

Stan was PUMPED to get out into the beautiful weather. Unfortunately he and I BOTH underestimated the heat because by the end of the walk, his tongue was hanging farther out of his mouth than I had ever seen and he was desperately trying to walk in every shadow he could find. I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt and I was dripping sweat when I got home. YIKES!

Some of the trees on 4th street are so cool! They are reddish/orange from a distance, but have this golden yellow color in the middle.

Nice illustration of the struggle between the seasons.

Stan sniffed this leaf for like 5 minutes.

He sniffed everything for 5 minutes. Of course in addition to sniffing this tree, he had to mark it as his territory as well.

More shots on 4th street

By Lallier Park (4th and National)

The sun was relentless! I loved it, but MAN 84 degrees is HOT!

Stanny spotted a squirrel and slowed up the pace to stare at it in anger.

Rienzi Road

We got much needed relief for a little bit as the sun hid behind a screen of clouds.

Hopefully you all got to enjoy the weather as well. Beware! The farmer's almanac apparently says that this upcoming winter is suppoed to be WORSE than last winter! UGH!