Archive for December, 2005

December
27

Peterson Christmas

Posted by knup, on December 27, 2005 at 12:00 am.
Categories: Family

The Peterson Christmas was our last of like 4 get togethers. The day after Christmas, we went over to Petersons at 9:00 am for the immediate family gift exchange. The kids had a blast and the adults enjoyed watching the kids. Special gifts: Drew’s Mcdonalds register, Ryan’s Cardinal penants, The Peterson Boys got [...]

December
26

Christmas Day

Posted by knup, on December 26, 2005 at 12:00 am.
Categories: Family

This Christmas day was quite a long day. But not quite as long as some Christmas days. Usually we are running from family to family on Christmas day, but this year we got lucky and had Christmas on separate days. So we woke up Christmas morning and did the “Santa” thing at [...]

December
24

Christmas Eve

Posted by knup, on December 24, 2005 at 11:42 pm.
Categories: Family

Our Christmas Eve was pretty uneventful. We all got to sleep in so that was a bonus! We spent the morning playing with Drew’s new toys that he got a Friedrich Christmas the night before. Then I got to spend the afternoon watching NFL and holding Alyssa. The others took naps. [...]

December
23

Friedrich Christmas 2005

Posted by knup, on December 23, 2005 at 10:41 pm.
Categories: Family

We had the first of our 4 Christmas get togethers tonight. It was quite a good time. We had the Friedrich Christmas at Steve and Darla’s house. Everyone made it except Dusty (who was in Green Bay getting ready to watch the Packers/Bears game on Christmas day!). Our family had a [...]

December
19

Elmhurst/NFL Extravaganza

Posted by knup, on December 19, 2005 at 12:00 am.
Categories: Friends

The 2nd Annual Elmhurst/NFL Extravaganza is in the books.  Justin Carley and I spent the entire weekend watching football and basketball up in Elmhurst area. Here was our agenda:

Drove up Saturday morning and watching the 12:30 NFL game at Bufallo Wild Wings in Elmhurst. Met up with college buddies, Brad Shelton, Scott [...]

December
19

Christmas Letter 2005

Posted by knup, on December 19, 2005 at 12:00 am.
Categories: Family

This year has been an eventful one for the Knuppel household. We started the year off with news of a new baby. In the spring, we took our first big vacation with Drew to Orlando and Tampa Florida, along with his first plane ride (would not recommend plane rides with children under 3J). [...]

December
03

Crossroads Shootout

Posted by knup, on December 3, 2005 at 12:00 am.
Categories: Sports

Yesterday was the last day of the “Crossroads Shootout”. This was a basketball tournament I played in, held in Bloomington at Calvary Baptist. I played with Jeremy Stanton, Nate Conklin, Jason Conklin, Laban Cross, John Obrien, BJ, and Nick Anderson. We were very undersized and shot a lot of 3’s. I [...]

December
02

Happy Birthday Ryan

Posted by knup, on December 2, 2005 at 12:00 am.
Categories: Family

Happy birthday to me. 27 years old. Wow, I’m getting old. My big birthday gift was MONEY for finishing the basement!