Crazy "Uncle" Brett

Peace.Love.Brelliot.

March 30, 2009 In Memoriam

(Yeah baby, it was always the shoes...)

Play Ball....

Well, not to sound old but I can't believe this day is already here. Hami is in T-Ball. His first game was last night and he was pumped up to be playing. He is on the Katy Yankee's. It is quite a spectacle to watch these 4-6 year old's run around and "attempt" to play ball. Hami was excited that his team won (weird how the other team also won) and said he can't wait to play the next team so they can " beat them real bad".

Proud father moment: Coach singled out Hami as having the best play of the game. Hami chased a ball down in center field, ran down (and tackled) a runner at second, then ran into home plate and almost tagged out the other runner.

Hami is the one adjusting his "goods" while on base!

We are proud of our boy!

RODEO (adult night) again y'all!!!!

Wow, so we are really becoming Texans again. Last Tuesday we were at the Rodeo for the 3rd time this year and I think there is one more visit on the schedule. This time though? It was adult FUN night!!!

Mike (Chicago Mike) & Vanessa are good friends of ours. We've known them since Chicago (hence the nickname Chicago for one of my 4 Mike's) and they now live in Katy (about a mile away). I consider "Chicago" Mike to be my mentor in the "adult world". He got me into the mortgage industry in Chicago and taught me all I know about business. Vanessa is defiantly one of Jamie's closest friends. Anyway, the girls are big Keith Urban fans and there was no questions as whether the four of us were going or not when we saw him on the rodeo schedule. It was also Vanessa's first rodeo.

Keith rocked, and the company was great, as always. We drank $8.00 long necks and wine, ate BBQ, pissed off a long horn, jumped around (and got kicked out of) other peoples seats, stood up (the girls, not Mike & I) and danced the whole show. The girls corrupted a 6 year old boy, lost a cell pone and found it again. Really, it was a great night!

Highlights (that I remember):

Coming or going?

The Girls at the wine garden...

Hey Mike, um we don't drink those things here in Texas....

Mike & Vanessa

Me & her....

A girl and her (disturbed) longhorn...

Coolest guy in Country music...

No, we ain't haven fun yet....

The Dudes Road Trip!!!!!!!!!!

O.K. over the last few weeks as I told some of our friends that Hami and I were traveling to Baton Rouge, LA. (300 miles away) to see the Monster Jam truck show, I got quite a few laughs about it. So here it is- Hami is into the Monster Jam Trucks BIG TIME. This is bigger then Star Wars was and bigger then anything else the dude has ever been into for five minutes. It's good clean all American fun. The shows are very family oriented, run by a bunch of good ol' boy grease monkey red necks. I could think of a lot worse company to be around or shows to waste our money on. I don't want him getting into the wrestling thing with girls jumping around, falling out of their bikini's and guys that are so geeked up on steroids that they don't even notice those girls in their bikini's. So yes, our house will be a Monster Jam house as long as I can keep Hami focused on it. Besides, I always wish I knew how to work on cars and I secretly always wanted to be a redneck. The worst thing to me that he can get out of this is that it's cool to drink beer and take cars apart. I'll take that any day. Harley's and monster trucks here we come.

If you don't know what The Monster Jam and Monster Trucks are they are obnoxiously jacked up pick ups that go around crushing, climbing and pulverizing junk yard cars. I don't know all the rules but I think that the more damage you do to the obstacle cars (and your own truck) the more points you get. It's the American way man! Someone smart enough to realize that people would actually pay to see this stuff got it all organized about ten years ago and started the Monster Jam. It's basically like a circus for these trucks. They try to make it like there is a competition but I haven't figured out the purpose of that yet. Just wreck something already.

The other cool thing about this is that Hami looks at it like it is just something for me and him. No moms aloud. Priceless! So long story short, Hami has been doing good in school and his reward was he and I going to the Monster Jam show in Baton Rouge on an over night road trip.

Here are some highlights:

304 miles or bust!

Chillin' in the Hotel

"This is the biggest boat I ever sawed"-Hami

Of course I got Pit Passes so we could see the trucks up close and meet the drivers before the show. What kind of Dad do you play me for?

Most of the trucks only stand 15 feet tall

Driver for Bad News truck

Driver for Destroyer. Hami's first truck he knew by name.

Driver for the 199 truck. (He won Rookie of the year last year)

This is Mark McDonald from Oklahoma driver for Minimizer. I know this because Hami know this.

The bike's came out and did tricks between truck stuff. Every time this guy drove by Hami pointed him out and said "Did you know I got to ride on that bike?"

I went to Baton Rouge and all I got was this Monster Truck Hot Wheel.

Some of the action:

The DUDES!!!

I just thought this was the best. I'm in Louisiana, I'm gonna eat. I ventured off the highway a bit to a organized "hole in the wall". Only in Louisiana can you find a kid's menu with boiled crawfish on it. Very Nice!

You may be asking what Jamie did while we were gone? Sit at home and iron my socks? Hell no! Replant the flower bed she's been wanting to do? She's got all spring to do that! Call 4 girl friends over and kill 9 bottles of wine? Bingo!!!!

YEE-HAW!!!

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is here and The hottest ticket in town was for The Jonas Brothers! They played last Sunday to a sold out (seriously 75,000 people, mostly screaming girls) show. We loaded up the truck with The Clul-du-sac clan (Cul-du-sac Mike, Ms. Shannon, and their kids Blake and Emily) and headed down to the fun. It was Fried Twinkies and Fried Snickers for me and Cul-du-Sac Mike. Tight pressed Wangler Jeans (in 80 degree weather? come on!) and cowboy hats for Jamie and Ms. Shannon. Tons of rides and games at the Carnival for the kids, and dare I forget-

THE JONAS BROTHERS!!!!!!

Hami's first Carnival Prize. Popping a balloon with a dart.

Bumper cars with Blake.

Hami could not believe he got to drive his VERY OWN CAR.

I'm feelin' ya brother!

One happy dude!

The Cul-du-sac gang

Almost show time

The band hits the stage (6:15PM, very Rock-n-Roll!)

Movin' & Groovin' with Emily

Isn't it really all about the girls!

-Good times for all.

Laissez le Bon Temps roullez!

Happy Mardi Gras y'all!!!

The Inaugural Post (I want to be Like Mike...)

All right here we go...

If you know anything about me then you know who Mike K. (Dallas Mike) is. If you don't know who he is you need to ask someone. Outside of my wife he is my rock. Even though I am technically four months older, he is like my big brother. He has a crazy hobbie, he is a very insane type of runner. Ever here of trail running? It's nuts (seriously). These Trail Runners go out and run through hiking trails, up mountains, down the craziest terrain imaginable. Oh, and they do all this over the course of a 50 or 100 mile race. Yeah, you read right 100 miles. This isn't over the span of 3 or 4 days it's got to be done in like 30 hours. Hey, to each their own I guess but my body couldn't run 2 miles to the beer store let alone 100 miles in a day and a half.

Mike has run a hand full of 50 and 60 mile races but for different reasons has never gone the 100 miles he's been chasing for over a year. The Rocky Raccoon Trail Run was held in Huntsville (TX.) State Park and Mike was signed up to test the 100 mile challenge. Both his Family and ours along with In-Law's and other close friends met there to camp and support Forest, I mean Mike, tackle his goal. We should have more pictures but...we still have to get used to the blog thing.

Jamie, Virgina, and I ran around all night meeting Mike at various "aid stations" around the course and we had a ball. I love spending time with V. and her and Jamie have a similar story as Mike and I do (but that's another post). Anyway the man of the hour (or day in this situation) had goals laid out as only Mike could. He was amazing. It is all a blur but he beat or met all five of his loop (the course is a 20 mile loop, five times) goals. His goal was to complete the race in 26 to 28 hours (good god man!). This guy KILLED his goal and finished in 22 hours 45 minutes. ARE you kidding me? Any way here is some of the trip.

The gang seeing Mike off (4:30AM)...

V. getting one last hug in (there was a chance it could have been her last)...

Mike at the first loop (20 miles down 80 to go!)

V. and I getting ready for one of the pit stops from Mike...

Joe and Hami being one with nature (it's the woods man, this is what we do!)

Home Sweet Home

start: Saturday 5:00AM Finish: Sunday 3:45AM (22 hours 45 minutes) Could I be prouder of my friend?

Hey Uncle Mike way to go....