Baby Number 2

Michelle, Abby, and I found out Thursday morning that we are having another baby girl!! Michelle is doing great and Abby seems to understand that she will soon be a big sister. We'll see how she does once the baby arrives! Apparently, Bobby wasn't too happy when my parents brought me home from the hospital. We'll see if Abby takes after her uncle.

Michelle is due in mid-March. I'm pulling for St. Patrick's Day!

We'll keep you posted.

Mike

Hunters to stay at the Neary Farmhouse for the first time

This Friday, we'll have the first 'guests' staying at the farm. There are 2 couples and a 25 yr. old son of one of the couples. They're from Michigan and plan on bow-hunting. Jane Bruch gave Joe their number; Joe called them, and they want to stay...long story short...they randomly talked to the farm mailman at the casino sometime when they drove through Eburg, and he gave one of them Don Bruch's number and thought Bruch's might know of somewhere they could stay and hunt. The best part is they are staying for 10 nights!!! (I sure hope they all don't shoot their deer the first days!! ) Having them stay for 10 days should help pay for some of the home improvement projects at the farmhouse!
The guy Joe talked to sounded pretty excited when Joe said the farm has 90 acres of timber/pasture where they could set up stands to bow hunt. And another good thing...if they're hunting deer, they won't be bringing dogs.
After work, I spent about 3 hrs. out there cleaning, dusting, trying to make sure everything looked good. Joe has to trim the closet doors down in the 'blue' room (there's carpet in there now--donated from my Mom's house) so the doors will open over the carpet. Other than that, I think it's ready to go. I'm sure it will be a learning experience for us!

Hawkeye Recruit

Marcus Coker is a running back for Dematha High here in the Maryland suburbs. Dematha is always a football powerhouse and this year are number 1 in the city. Last night they played the number two team and won. Coker ran for 213 yards. It's his second game over 200 yards this season and 5th game over 100 yards. He is committed to Iowa.

Thanksgiving and Christmas

Hey everyone
I thought it was probably time to talk about dates for Thanksgiving and Christmas. For Thanksgiving, we were thinking to have it on Saturday, Nov. 28, which is also Grandpa's birthday. We could have pie and cake! Also, we're going to go to my Mom's this year for Thanksgiving Day. We haven't gone for 4 or 5 years, so I'd like to go there this year. However, if it works better for the rest of you to get together on Thanksgiving Day instead of Saturday, feel free to have it then.
As far as Christmas, we'd like to do that either Christmas Day or the next day (Saturday, the 26th). Laura and Eric will be in Eburg for Christmas this year, and she hasn't been home for Christmas since 3 years ago. If we have the Neary Christmas on Christmas or the next day, they'd still be here ....they'll be going down to Missouri after that.
Let us know what you think would work for you. You can put it in the comment page.
Terry & Joe

Carroll Neary News (CNN)

That's one mean looking 8th grade quarterback.
Mary's on Facebook right now and everyone is talking about some guy named Favre. Well, look at these #'s. Neary - 4 games - 4 wins, 10 TD passes -1 Int.
Favre 3 games - 3 wins, 5 TD passes - 1 Int.
The real MNF was played in Perry tonight.
Kuemper 32 - Perry 14.
Cole threw 2 td passes, 4 completions for 2 pt conversions and 1 rushing TD. And on D he had 2 fumble recoveries and 1 Int. You be the judge.
The real test is next Tues. Last game of the year against cross town rivals, Carroll Tigers, who are also undefeated.
Other CNN, Tyler has been accepted to Univ of Nebraska and Arizona State. Morgan's dancing (alot). Mom & Dad are working