Hey Erk! Miss you a lot, and I want to give the “Winne’s” a big hug and congrats in person, in late June 
Miss you guys!!! and I really was thinking about you on your birthday, wishing I’m there with ya’ll
TAX DAY SUX! But Erck’s Bday rocks! Miss ya
Some pics in honor of my bestest friend:
I’m waiting for the pictures of my bro and his wife’s new baby boy, born today April 13th, at this point I havent yet seen him, I’m waiting for everyone to send the pics!!! Come on!!!!
By the way, he’s 7 lbs 13 oz 19 inches
Love you guys!
Looking at the pics now, I can almost cry from joy, SO awesome to see
“Major Jacob Moreno
He was born April 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Weight 7 lbs 13 oz very nice size, 19 inches long with beautiful dark brown hair”
Stevie said it best…. “Dad have you lost your marbles?” hahahahahaa
Well last week my dad and his friends took a “plunge” into the icy waters while it’s super cold in the midwest. A gathering of approx 200 people, all absolutely nuts wearing tiny trunks and jumping in! Sounds sooooo much fun!!!!! ummmmm, well, for some people, NOT for me LOL
From the words of our coach Halburt Miller:
“Hey everyone, here is a pic of my travel basketball team, we made the final 4 this weekend in the Moline tournament! I’m really proud of them, they have made tremendous strides this year! The sky is the limit! Enjoy, Hal”
Top row- Pepper, Noah, Richie, Ziggy, Ryan
Bottom Row- Jason, Givon, Nikki, Tyzell, Payton
Being an uncle and brother-in-law to 2 of the teamsters, I am VERY proud of them all also, it was great to see my little-big nephew and his friends schooling the other teams, you can see how hard and dedicated they practiced and learned the game, they ROCK!!!
UPDATE!!!!! I just heard our team won the Championship in Maquoketa this Sunday March 8th 2009 GOOD JOB GUYS!!!!
My sister sent me this, I thought it was funny, I was laughing, of course I’m from the good ole Quad Shitties, I mean Cities LOL
You know what the phone number is for “Car Dead Call Fred”!
You refer to the Mississippi River as “The River”
You have to watch the paper to see which bridge would be best to get across “The River”, since they are all are being worked on
You know that Joes, Franks, Shortys, Clints, and Nancy’s are not names, but pizza places
You know that Whitey’s is an Ice Cream place, not a racial term
You know that South Park is the name of a mall, not a television show
You know that Daisy Dooks is off of I-280, not a character on a television show
You know that Tuxedos is not a place you rent one from
You will stand in line for over an hour to buy “sculpted concrete”
You know that Milan is not pronounced like the one that is the fashion capital of the world
You know that “Magic Mountain” refers to a meal, not an amusement park ride
You use the term “Palmer” as a familiar landmark
You don’t crash into a low clearance bridge driving on Brady or Harrison street
You know that pork is THE white meat, not THE OTHER white meat
You have used the phrase, “stupid Iowan” or “go back to Illinois”!
You have to dial long distance to call someone within sight across the river, but dial a local number for someone twenty minutes away
You know that the coming of spring mean that the Rock River WILL flood. Your house WILL be under water, and you’re ok with it.
You measure distance in minutes, not in miles
You THINK you know what four cities make up the Quad Cities. No one really knows.
You know what Evel Knievel sounds like when he’s mad
You hear someone say, “I’m on Kimberly” and you do not think it is something sexual
You can pay $14 for a round of golf
You know that the Slider run refers to getting burgers, not to running a race
You cannot see a White Castle restaurant for hours
You can name 2 dorks!
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Quad Cities.
Payton and Maddie had a blast playing skee ball and eating cotton candy at the Davenport Chuck E Cheese, ok I’ll admit it, us adults had a great time also, but the pizza isnt the greatest LOL
As most of you know I’ve been home for 2 weeks visiting all my friends and family, opening presents, celebrating the holidays, eating food by the pounds! And even doing a little bit of boozing hehe.
So, here is a little compilation of some of our family gatherings, with all our doggies Bernie, Mazie, and Woogies, and our cousins Keri, Kylie, Shauna and all their husbands, my bro and Heidi, Linz, Hal and the kids, my parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, I think we’re all in there, except we’re missing my younger sister Stevie and her 2 kids Levi and Zekey 
Come home Thee Thee!!!!!!
Anyways, I hope you like the pictures and if any of you would like the whole batch just let me know and I can shoot you an email with all the pics
And yes, FREEZING our butts off!!!!
Happy 30th old man, and as always give your wife a slap on the ass from me Hope you having a good one bro and I’ll be there soon to battle you in the “who can pound down the most turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy” contest!!!!
Love ya!
Some pics of “fat boy” (hide the forks!!!)
OH TONY FOUND THE FORK!!!!!!
Tony and Heidi making out (TRIVIA QUESTION: who said this? “Dad, I think he’s gonna pork her!”?)
mmmmmKAY!!!!!!!! HAHA
Tballz with our lovely mother
The QC Marathon was this morning and I am hoping to hear the stories, the goods the bads and the ugly, post in the comments below.
Hope it went well, I’m sure it did!
By the way, I heard this guy won the race?
DAD! We are all very proud of how and where you have taken this race (among many other things)! Here is a nice article about the QC Marathon from QC Online.
Hey Maddie and Salma, happy birthday!!!!! We love you and I miss you girls too much, I’ll see you all very soon. Love you guys!!!!!
Happy Fathers day Dad, had a great time playing basketball with all the kids, us, you Hope you had a good day
My lovely mother has turned the big 5-0 today on Monday June 9th. I love you Mom and I’m so happy I could be here for your big day. I love you so much and miss you always when I’m far away.
Your son, Zach
Happy Birthday Pakey!!!
Happy Birthday Payton (aka Pakey, aka Bocky) Riley Miller, we love you and hope you have a great day today for your big #9th birthday!!!!
YES, my family is VERY wierd hehehhe, here you can see, evidence lol
…..especially that Heidi-ho-bag girl haha
Been travelling, flying, bus’s, taxi’s, trains, waiting, sleeeping, etc for the past 50 hours, but now FINALLY arrived back in the Quad Cities! Cant wait to see everybody
By the way, my arrival was a 100% surprise to my Mommy, here is the story and pictures hehe
Hope ya’ll are doing great!
