Brutus

Greetings Reader,

Pretty quiet weekend for the Strehlo fam. Sam & Max went to Maggies baby shower Saturday. The little guy should be here in less than 2 months, crazy. Sunday was haircut day, gave myself a cut then we gave Max his first buzz. He took it like a champ, no crying at all. I now cut 3/4 of the house, Sam is my last project. I just noticed we didn't get any good post haircut pics, next time I guess. Got my musical mojo back this week. Been listening to a lot of podcasts lately but I bought some new tunes this weekend. I was checking out some NPR vids on youtube and came across this tune I like alot, I'm penning it the song of the week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu9QH71YKQw

Raphael Saadiq
I actually prefer the 2nd song, "100 Yard Dash" but the first song is pretty good too.

This vid was also pretty cool too just because of guitar playing was pretty amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKd0HNg1kFQ&feature=channel

Hopefully gonna jam after this post too, may have a vid for ya later.
My buddy Brutus
Twins????? I'm coming for you Sam, the barbers gonna put you to sleep and cut that hair!

Max passed out on Thursday night at like 5:00. Must've been a long day at daycare.

Otis sleeping next to his buddy.

Making some dinner.

Getting some exercise after a big lunch.

Pre cut hair.
Getting a quick blowdry.
Just about done with the cut.



Updated pic

Bon Voyage!

Hello readers and greeting to any new readers we snagged this weekend. We went out for a farewell to Sam's BFF Lindsay in Minneapolis. It was a fairly low key night, everyone behaved themselves. We started out at a Sake bar - MotoI. I guess its like the only sake brewery outside of Japan. I sampled some of the stuff and wasn't blown away. Then we went to 1-2 bars after that, nothing too exciting. We also had cake from Cafe Late and I managed to slam 3 pieces in about 15 min. mmmmmmmm! Sunday we had a nice breakfast and walked around by the twins stadium. Got to peak inside a little, looked real nice, very excited to go see a game. Here are some pics from the weekend, enjoy!

Sam in the middle of a HILARIOUS story.
Lindsay & Mel

Stay Classy Ladies

MMMMM cake.....
Ben & Renee
The Eau Claire crowd was pretty pumped there was a toppers in MSP.
Focused on drawing.

The Heebie Jeebies

Hello bloggerville,

Back from a long hiatus, I hope you all survived without us. Just haven't been in the blogging mood lately. Especially Friday night, I think I had food poisoning or something, or as Gma JoJo called it "The 24 Heebie Jeebies". So below are some pics from the last couple weeks, enjoy. Not too much else is new around here. Max is learning new words pretty much every other day, acting all grown up and such.

Blog "cover picture" minus max.




Checking out dads 3d glasses from Avatar. Pretty good I have to say. I'm sure the 3d made the movie 10x better but it's still worth checking out.
Easter Morning bootie.
Easter egg hunt with Jackson

Hanging out with his new buddy Jason.
Never turns down a chance to put a bucket on his head.


Pumping up dads bike.

Pilots Reunion

Hello devoted readers,

Greeting from good ol' MN. I spent Mon-Thurs. in Cali. but you'll be glad to hear I made it back safely. Even got to roam around Santa Monica for a couple hours and relax, no pics you'll have to take my word. Pretty uneventful weekend, although the Northernmost Pilots got together a great jam session, about 3-4 hours I think. Only managed to get 1 vid from the gig, we need to tighten up the screws on a few songs before we unleash them to the public. Got some vids of Max for you too, I just noticed we didn't take 1 pic of him this week, we are horrible parents!

Off to the weekly awards

The "I don't get it" Award. Me & Sam were both sick and have you ever noticed when you get stuffed up in one nostril and breathing in the other one can sometimes get too intense, like it's too much air to handle, I don't get it.

The "Nice Try" Award- To the girl who tried to sit in my window seat and weasel her way out of the middle cuz she thought it would be easier for me to get in while boarding. Nice Try!

The "Kids are Dangerous" Award - To Max for getting Sam & I sick. We should be over it shortly but i'm not looking forward to catching his flu's, cold's, etc. for the next 15 or so years.

The "Looking Like a Rockstar" Award - To the wern, looking sharp buddy, looking sharp!

Jerry!Wern! Wait that's not wern!
Better, much better.


The vid's should be on Youtube - and here is my link of the week. I think everyone will enjoy this but most of you hip kids have probably already seen it. I updated the songs of the week for you too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w&feature=channel

Springgggg!

Hello readers,

Didn't you enjoy the great weather today? Still pretty wet out though, #1 reason why March may be the worst MN weather month if you ask me. Don't really have any good material for a blog this week, just not feeling it. I did manage to hammer out a couple new tunes for all of you, hopefully they are loading as we speak. I think we were pretty bad at taking pics again this week. Here is what we got, hopefully next week i'll be a little more up to the challenge.

On the wings of Loooooooove!

Hello devoted readers,

Pretty nice little weekend for the Strehlo fam, got some cleaning done, got some shopping done, even got to have a late celebration of my b day. Got some good reviews of the thumbs up/ thumbs down last week. Let's try a version of the Pioneer Press and Strehlo family favorite Sainted & Tainted!!! People always love more tainted, so here you go!

Tainted- To the lady texting away on her cellphone in downtown St. Paul while her 3 & 5 yr old were playing 2 ft from the street. Your really not that important and your text was probably lame.

Tainted- To the car with the prime spot in front of Pop! that refused to get their butts in gear. After about 4-5 min of waiting they mouthed, "We're Leaving", you were leaving, I got one word for you, Moooooooove!

Tainted- To Pop!, who has delicious food but was somehow out of Root-beer & Cream Soda, who let's this happen?

Sainted- For the Strehlo fam for a nice night out in good old St. Paul, the very underrated brother of Minneap.

Sainted- To Supertarget, we made a family trip out there this morning and I got the grocery shopping done and Sam got the household items taken care of. We killed 2 birds with 1 stone.

Tainted- To whoever came up with killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Who was the person that needed to kill all these birds that they needed a more efficient way of doing it?

Sainted- To the Northernmost Pilots, for finally setting up some practice time. Summer is rolling around and it's time to get ready for our big tour! May be big band news, keep posted!!!

Sainted- To, "On the wings of Love" making a comeback. Such a ridiculous song, and it's so amazing at the same time!




Enjoying his first PBJ, went to the doc Friday and he was cleared to eat creamy peanut butter. He loved it.

2 Niner

hello readers,

Pretty uneventful week for the Strehlo fam. I celebrated the big 2-9 on Tuesday. Didn't really do too much. We went out for brunch Sunday in celebration. The breakfast/brunch buffet dining is very underrated in my opinion. Really, not much else happened. Let's try a brand new installment of thumbs up/thumbs down. Actually before we start that, let's have a restaurant review. We tried Smashburger this weekend. Pretty tasty burger, wasn't blown away by it though.

Thumbs Up- The Winter Olympics. Very Enjoyable 2 week run, liked the snowboarding, the biathlon was strangely enjoyable, the hockey game was excellent, although not the result.

Thumbs Down- The person who decided Ice Dancing should be in prime time. Really? Does anyone like Ice Dancing?

Thumbs Up- (Nerd Alert!) For 23 for finally showing some good old Next Generation episodes. You have been playing the same ones over and over again but are mixing it up, Kudos. They just showed the one where they have to travel back to 1800's San Fran. Classic Episode.

Thumps Down- For the Enterprise sending back a blind guy with a "visor" and an albino robot and no one in San Fran bats an eyelash. Really? That doesn't seem weird to any of you?

Thumbs Up- I said it before, but the brunch buffet. Where else can you get scrambled eggs, tortellini, cheesecake, and a salad on one plate?

Thumbs Up- For Sam getting me a clock that displays the time on the ceiling. Its lovely to just look up at night and be able to see the time.

Thumbs Down- For me for being to lazy to move my head 10 inches to see the time and for me for getting way too much enjoyment out of a clock.

Finally, In honor of the Olympics ending here's an amazing patriotic song to keep the USA! chants going.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2OR6Kjo5m4&feature=related


Good Ol' Fort Time!


Max went to town at the buffet, he made them pay for the "Kids under 4 eat free"
Testing out his new hat.