Emily's last Choir Concert for Elkhorn High School is over, but she can still make Picture of the Month. Time has passed so quickly. She's been on the stage so much between choir and plays/musicals. We loved every minute of them. There's still one last musical, Shrek the Musical coming up. Who knows what college will bring. She has her choice of college narrowed down to 2 universities. I wonder if I can talk Matthew into going on stage for next year?
I haven't planted any seeds in the garden yet, but some should get in within the next week or so. The garlic I planted last November is about 3" out of the ground and the some of the herbs, terragon and chives are also up. It won't be long.
This is the time of year with overlapping sports. One is basketball where we're down to the final 4 in March Madness. On TV I was watching one of those teams, Duke and one of their stars, freshman Kon Knueppel. That brought back memories to last spring when Charlie's last high school game was against Knueppel's team, Wisconsin Lutheran. Charlie played a great game against Kon Knueppel although Waukesha South lost the game. I was going to post a picture of here of Charlie dunking over Knueppel, but instead I'll post this picture of Kon blocking one of Charlie's shots.
The other sport is baseball, where the Milwaukee Brewers just had their home opener. The start of the season has been pretty ugly, but it was it was so nice to watch tributes to Bob Uecker after his passing this past January at age 90. Besides being born and raised in Milwaukee, he was a player with the Brewers and their radio broadcaster the past 54 years. The video tribute to Bob Uecker on opening day can be found on the Movies page.
Also, a couple of months ago I mentioned watching a great documentary called 'It's Just A Bit Outside'. It's the story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers and their run for the World Series, and includes a number of clips of Bob and many of their star players. I'm pleased to note that the movie will be available on the streaming channel, Roku Channel starting April 11th. If you're a Brewers fan, be sure to catch it -- I had tears in my eyes when I saw it in the theater.
As a final tribute to Bob Uecker, I bought a quart of Kopps Custard on the Brewers opening day at home. I got the flavor of the day-- Interesting, tasty, and only in the Milwaukee area.
Two notes to remember from previous months--
One NIL link for Charlie, HERE. Since the end of his freshman season, he's changed his number to 0. There may be more links in the future.
The tremendous outpouring of support to 2 special causes in memory of Noah continues. Significant dollars have been directed to the Waukesha Catholic Tuition Assistance fund, plus a scholarship fund has been setup in Noah's name at Waukesha South High School. Details are still being worked out on the scholarship, but it will begin for the class on 2022 and will continue for 1 or 2 graduating students in perpetuity. Noah is loved by so many. For those still wishing to the scholarship fund, you can find further information here.
(Update 8/2022. In June 2022, 2 $1000 scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors.)
(Update 6/2023. In June 2023, 3 $1000 scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors.)
(Update 6/2024. In May 2024, 3 $1000 scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors.)
Enjoy the pictures!
