She can take a punch

Competition season for TwiStars, Madeline's competitive cheerleading squad, is in full swing. This past weekend, we competed in the Buckeye State Championships. The team looked real good - and getting better every time they take the floor. Anyway, in one of the first stunts, Madeline's flier comes down all catywompus and pops her full in the face. The girl never missed a beat though. What a rock.

It's a New Year

I haven't been very good at keeping up with what's going on lately. Here's what's new.

We gave Pony the pony away to Sarah, a pony clubber we know well. He's going to double as a games pony for Sarah, and a trail horse for her mom, so I'll get to see him at games practices.

Madeline was accepted at DePaul University, so she'll be heading off to Chicago next fall for college. Hoping to be a DePaul Cheerleader, Madeline's been working real hard on her tumbling and pairs stunting (you know, guys lifting the girls over their heads) with a couple ex OSU cheerleaders.

My hopes of our Escort reaching 300,000 miles was dashed when the brakes went out at around 286,000. On top of that, the truck needs to be retired from horse trailer pulling duty soon. Planning on nursing it along until July, when the Focus will be paid off.

Perrin's waiting tables at O'Charley's in Gahanna. If you're in town, stop by for dinner and leave a big tip.

Robin's still driving the special needs kids school bus for New Albany Schools.

Marc Zirille, the Johnstown band director that mentored Perrin, and grew the Big Red Band program from 60 kids to almost 200 (this in a high school with less than 600 students) is leaving Johnstown to teach at Olentangy. I'm glad Perrin got to learn from Mr. Z.