Bye Bye Bye

Hola Bloggerville,

another busy week for the Strehlo fam. New Years to celebrate, going to the Schoenrocks to see the northern crew that couldn't make it down for x-mas, painting the bathroom, going to the Zoo, etc. I think we are all starting to come down with a cold too, hopefully that's all it is.

Don't have a ton of pics for ya, but have at what I posted. I promise I will do my best to get some vids on here next week.

** Another new addition here. We were watching our Trueblood DVD, yes Sam has me watching vampire stuff, I guess it's popular now. Anyway, one of the most underrated "character actors" popped up. Stephen Root, AKA Jimmy James! Checked out his IMBD, that guy is in tons of great TV shows, . Newsradio of course, Seinfeld, Northern Exposure, King of the Hill, and Head of the Class! Also a few good movies- No Country for Old Men, Office Space, O Brother Where art Thou. You always hear about William H Macy and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but Root doesn't get enough credit. Maybe it's because he doesn't use his middle name/initial. Regardless, here's to you Jimmy James. ******

The new bathroom. The 3rd style we went with. Long story.
Max & Sam went to the MN Zoo with Rachel & Joey this week.



Hanging out in Woodbury Central Park
Special Thanks to Gary for helping (basically doing everything) for the Cigar Box bass. He was nice enough to do basically all of the work and even gave me the prototype. Haven't quite mastered it yet, maybe I can post a vid next week.

Creepers

Hello all, I am sure by now you have a little blog withdrawal. It's been a crazy couple weeks. I was in Houston 2 weeks ago, with bad weather it took 12 hours to get down, should have been like 4. Had to stay an extra day, got back Thursday night, then went to Somerset then Alexandria that weekend. Then it was X Mas week. No time for blogging. Special apology to Wayner, who created a circle of songs website, you should all check it out. Anyway, Jerry and I were gonna hammer out a tune X Mas Eve, but we didn't really get around to it. Xmas was good. Max enjoyed himself, getting lots of presents and running around with all of his cousins. I hope to have some songs posted soon, some more vids of max, just a better blog in general. You'll have to wait until things calm down, hopefully in the next couple weeks. Enjoy your week everyone.

*** I had something I was going to write about that I thought would be funny and blogworthy, but I of course forgot. I'll have to start carrying around a tape recorder to get my thoughts down. ***


The Hokenson house, thanks to Gary & Carol for their hospitality. Max had a good time with the puppies and the horses.

Kelli had my old baseball jacket from about 8th grade. Still fit! Also, the annual December beard, gonna try and keep it for the next couple months, sorry Sam!
Holding hands, awwwwwwww!
Playing cars
Our best attempt at a kids pic.

Jackson & Max playing hockey
& wrasslin
Xmas day at the Strehlo house.
Relaxing in his new chair.

Nice face sara!
Lars doing a little hula hooping.

The Larson clan.

I'll make you love the Situation

Hello devoted readers. Not too much crazy happened this weekend with the Strehlo's. Max saw santa this weekend, he kinda froze but didnt cry or fuss. This guy goes to Houston tomorrow. Dont get too jealous, only there until Wednesday and its supposed to rain the next 2 days. Boo! Well, I better get to packing, here's some pics.

*** Also, lots of feedback on the list. Maybe another one coming in the future. I think we left out some good ones and there was some disagreement with the final top ten. There's a surpising amount of solid xmas songs out there. Tough to get it down to just 10 songs. ****

*** Anyone recognizing that title is aware of the greatest trashy tv show ever. Jersey Shore, i'll admit it, I love it. ****



This kid was sitting right behind the car and wouldn't move. Lars tried to get him to move but he was having none of it. No parents in sight of course. He was only trying to make sure the kid didnt get hurt but probably looked like a kidnapper to anyone else watching.



Look at my new slippers!

Tis the Season

Hello All, not too much to report at the Strehlo house. Just watching the vikes game. I have a bad feeling about this, of course we are down 14-7 about 1 min after I said that. Put up the ol' Xmas tree today, getting into the holiday spirit, more on that later. Thanks to all those who voted on the poll, I think Sam is able to sleep now. Not sure why but she is a big beatles fan but hates Paul. Maybe she'll come on an explain her feelings. Kinda got a little writers block here. Anyway, me and Sam were discussing xmas tunes yesterday and we decided to post a top 10 best songs. So without further ado in no particular order:

Bing Crosby and David Bowie-Little Drummer Boy
Tom Petty-Christmas All Over Again
Dean Martin – Baby It’s Cold Outside
Judy Garland- Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Wham-Last Christmas
Little Saint Nick-The Beach Boys
Nat King Cole-The Christmas Song
Mariah Carey-All I want for Christmas
Bruce-Santa Claus is coming to town
U2-Baby please come home

Just Missed:

Bing Crosby – White Christmas 12 Days of Christmas – The Muppets,

Otis Redding-White Christmas, Madonna-Santa Baby, John Lennon-So This is Christmas

Brenda Lee-rockin around the Christmas tree,Bobby Helms-Jingle Bell Rock

Band Aid-Do They Know it’s Christmas, Elvis-blue Christmas

Reading in his chair
Sams musical at the Orpheum, our home away from home.
bundled up for winter. It got cold out quick!
Flock of Seagulls?

Wreaths by Seth. Let me know if you are interested. I could pass his info along. $25. What a deal!

I'm right here..... and i always will be

Title is a quote from a Kay Jewler's commercial Sam hates, very cheesy stuff.

Hello all, 2 weeks since the last blog, been busy, been lazy, been bad with taking pics, little bit of everything. Still don't have a ton of pics for ya either. Have to get a vid of Max on here soon too, he's walking more and more every day. Thanksgiving was good, nice seeing the fam, of course we didn't take 1 pic though, you'll have to take our word for it. Just got back from the Henne's, good times. Little Joey is getting to be a pretty big boy.

Speaking of cheesy. heard this Neil Diamond holiday gem on the way home. So awful it was amazing.

Cherry Cherry Christmas

Wish you a very merry, cherry cherry Christmas
and a holly holy holiday, too.
Underneath your tree may there always be
sounds of harmony, not a song sung blue.

I was waiting for him to throw in Forever in Blue Jeans & Shiloh. He got in Red Red Wine and Sweet Caroline in though.

Enough rambling, we have some serious business to get to. On the Beatles brunch today they had someone on that wrote a book that said Paul was better than John and his book detailed why. That led to a lively discussion with me and Sam. Without spilling our thoughts, I thought I would take it to the blog.

Alright though, enough from me. Have a good week!





Eating is hard work.
I'm hungry!



We need to get Max something like that. He loves lounging in that chair.
Pooped after a day of fun.

Busy Busy Busy

Hola blogger readers!

Been a very busy week for the Strehlo's. We had our big grand opening for our new office today, lots of extra hours. I was hobnobbing with the mayor and board of directors from Eagan today, they were there for the big ribbon cutting. We also shot a commercial today and they interviewed me for some reason. I'm pretty sure it will be horrible. Should be on youtube in a couple weeks. Sam has been busy at work with meetings and such as well. Max has been running around like a crazy man. Walking a little bit more each day. Not too much else to report, i'm sure there is plenty missing, but I am too tired to think of them right now. Here's some pics for ya, enjoy the rest of the week.


*** love those commentors, but please watch your language, my son reads this blog, Carrie! Just kidding, loved the story, keep em coming. ******


Little Man's janky ball pit, he loves it.

Get in my belly!
Passed out after an exciting jewelery party.
Jam session with 2/3 of the Pilots

Getting ready to rock out. Great G Pa Chester & Max