Weekly Email

Hi Mom & Dad,

A busy week as usual.  But then nothing really out of the ordinary either.  BSF, music practice, cheer leading, school, etc.

It's much cooler today.  After a couple days of record breaking heat - 88-90F.  It's been really breezy this spring too.  Seems like the wind is always blowing.

Fun to hear about your Grand Canyon trip.  Glad it all went well.  That's quite an accomplishment.  I'm not sure I could stay in a tent at my age :-)

Friday was fun for the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast.  I took the day off from work and spent from 8-4:30 over at church.  Lots of great speakers and a nice time to refresh and renew.

I made a pretty good effort at the yard yesterday.  Mowed the grass, edged, pulled weeds, raked the beds, etc.... it looks good.  But boy is that hard work.  I think I overdid it a bit on my ribs.  We had a filet on the grill last night and ate out on the patio.  We also watched War Horse last night.  It was pretty good.  Slow at times and all the WWI fighting scenes were too loud!  But all in all - a boy and his horse - can't go to wrong.

Theresa is off to the grocery store, Megan is having lunch with Clara and Chloe is hanging upstairs.

luv u,

Jeff

Weekly Email

Hi Mom (and Dad),

72 years young :-)   You are at the bottom of the Grand Canyon enjoying a steak dinner.  Have a good hike out and this email will be waiting for you.

We've had a quite a weekend.

Chloe off to prom last night with Corbin.  They went to dinner at Trattoria on Pearl St., then to the dance at the Boulder Theater and finished off at East Boulder Rec Center for the after prom.  She looked beautiful.

Equally exciting was Megan's trip to the emergency room this morning.  We were riding our bikes on the way to church and being silly.... when our handle bars got got and both of us did endos over the bars.  Needless to say we didn't make it to church, a quick x-ray later and a sling to take care of her AC separation.  Cheerleading will be challenging for the next few weeks but she should heal quickly and be back in business.

I have a couple of bruised ribs and some cuts and scrapes.

We are all home resting comfortably now :-)

luv u,

Jeff

Weekly Email

Hi Mom and Dad,

Another busy week under our belts.

The big event of the week was Theresa's big charity gala for Glory Community at the Arvada Center.  She was introducing Susan St. James and Dick Ebersol - as the church lady.  She was great.  It was a quick 3 minutes but a lot of fun.  Mark Randall (former KU grad and Denver Nuggets ambassador) was the emcee.  There was a cash bar, silent auction, fancy dinner, inspirational talk by Susan and fun olympic stories from Dick.  Dick's favorite olympic moment was Muhammed Ali lighting the torch in Atlanta.  We had a quick chat with Susan at the end of the evening.  They were heading with their good friend Mo Siegel (founder of Celestial Seasonings - Susan was an original investor in the company).  I mentioned Larry Potter's condo and business dealings in Telluride.  She remembered Larry well and said to let him know she was still alive and kicking!

We've had great weather this week.  Today was gorgeous.  I went for a 2 hour/40 mile bike ride today.

Megan had a lot of fund raising to do for cheer squad.  She sold 35 coupon cards for $20 each ($700 total) last week.  She got new cheer shoes today. That's just the beginning to the uniform.  Sometime soon they get fitted for their uniforms.  I don't even know how much that will cost :-)

Chloe has been taking ACT practice tests.  I think she is taking the actual test on Tuesday.  She wrote down UofA and KU for colleges she might be interested in.  Prom is next week.  Still sorting out the details for that.

I signed up for a leadership conference that will be simulcast from Atlanta to our church on May 4th.  It's the Chik fil A leadercast.  With folks like Tim Tebow, Soledad O'Brian, Patrick Lencioni, Marcus Buckingham, John Maxwell, Urban Meyer, etc.  I'm looking forward to it.

We are still making plans for Ken & Mona's 50th.  I think we are trying to find flights out Thursday night and return Sunday night.  We might find a hotel to stay at just so we are all crowded into their house.  Kevin and Charlie should be there too.

Well - that's all I know.

luv u,

Jeff

Weekly Email

Hi Mom and Dad,

Well the big news around here is that Megan Sherard made the Boulder High Varsity Cheer Squad!  She was so nervous.  Try outs were all week long, culminating on Friday.  And the results were posted outside the gym at 7:30pm.  We went out for frozen yogurt to celebrate with the Leitz's.  Clara made the team too.  Now the fun starts.  It's a 3-season sport with summer camps, bootcamps, games, etc - and all the expense that goes with it :-)

Everything else is a blur this week.  Normal work, BSF on Monday, music practice on Thursday, worship team and church this morning.

We've had crazy weather this week.  Beautiful sunshine and 70s to start the week.  Then could rainy/snowy to end the week.  We bought some more herbs and plants for the garden planters (in time for the frost :-) ).  I also finally got a new bbq grill too and it's been in the garage since we bought it.

I don't know what else is happening.  So, I'll end it here and if I think of anything else I'll write more (or call!).

luv u,

Jeff

Weekly Email

Hi Mom and Dad,

We are on Spring Break!  Wahoo.....  not going anywhere out of town but rather Staycation :-)  I have the week off from work, the girls are out of school and we are just going to play (unfortunately Theresa has to work Tues-Thurs).

Tomorrow we are going to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.  They have a special Lizards & Snakes exhibit and a Tornado IMAX movie along with all the regular stuff.  And then on Friday we are going to the Denver Art Museum to see a special Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective.  Those two are two things Theresa can come along with.

Then on Wed-Thurs while Theresa is working we are thinking about Indoor Sky Diving, Unser Go Cart racing, Celestial Seasonings, Butterfly Pavilion, Gateway Fun Park, movies, etc.

I did watch the KU game today in it's entirety.  Good win for them.  I hate to say it but I guess I'm supporting them now.  I just skimmed the rest of the games.  I did lose some of my interest once MU was out.  I read that Tiger Woods won today but I didn't watch that at all.

Megan has been working hard at cheerleading.  She's did a few workshops last week.  She and Clara are trying out together.  Chloe has been doing some cool art work/photography stuff.  I'll send a couple of things over to the Ceiva.

Last week was kind of drag with car repairs.  The Honda was leaking oil and needed the timing belt replaced.  Just a month ago we had it serviced for a bunch of other items.  In total we spend over $2800 :-(  I hate spending money on car stuff.  We were without a car for two days.  Our weather has been fantastic - so, I was able to ride my bike to work one day that we didn't have the car.  And then we just shared the Subaru on Friday.

We watched the Blind Side again tonight.  It was on TV and we just paused it through the commercials.  Great movie!

Well, that's all I know for now.  I let you know how the week goes with all of our activities.

luv u,

Jeff

Weekly Email

Hi Mom & Dad,

Whew - I had a busy, tiring week.  I worked in the office Monday and Tuesday plus BSF Monday night.  Then I flew to San Francisco Tuesday night for all day meetings at Oracle on Wednesday and Hitachi on Thursday.  Plus lots of wining and dining in the evenings.  I got home at 11:30pm on Thursday night.  And then a full day in the office on Friday.

Saturday was full of chores and errands.  Vacuum cars, empty/clean/refill hot tub, pick up poop, bike ride....  and then we went to a fundraiser in the evening for Laura Triem - my buddy's daughter who was hit by the light rail train (watch the video - it's amazing).  There was a silent & live auction, a raffle, live country band, food + drinks.  It was well attended.  I don't know how much money they raised yet but I thought I heard them say they were shooting for $25,000.

I played on the worship team this morning.  I missed the extra hour of sleep!  Then afterwards I took the vacuumed cars over to run them through the car wash.  And vegged out a little after that.  I took a dip in the newly cleaned hot tub.  Paid some bills and cleaned my desk off and got ready for the work week.  Tonight we had nachos and watched the movie "Courageous" - it was pretty good (a little cheesy at times but not too bad).  They had a preview for a movie I think you recommended - "The Mighty Macs".

I watched the selection show while paying my bills.  Looks like MU has a pretty good draw.  I was surprised to hear the selection committee think Missouri was the last on the line for the 2-seed (8th team overall).  That sounded like a little slight - but it doesn't matter, they are in and should have a good run.  How about those Buffs   I'll be filling out my bracket tomorrow too.

And now it's 10pm time for bed.  Where did the weekend go?

Luv u,

Jeff

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:39 PM, <StuSherard@aol.com> wrote:

Hi!

Well, I have Steve on this & I wonder if I have the right e-mail(?)  It will probably come back to me.  I don't know why I can't get Steve's e-mail right.

We just played a game of Spite & Malice which Stu won so he is ahead 1 game 5-4.

Now Stu is watching "the Good Wife".  I am getting ready for bed.  I was just checking to see if Jeff's weekly e-mail had come in yet.

I left the house at 8:40 a.m. & got home at about 7:00p.m. & was dressed up all that time.  It always feels so good to get into my P.J.'s  Choir sang this morning--S.S on the Gospel & Worship sermon by Pastor Phil(Kruis) on "Unslaved"  Philemon:  Paul sending back Onesimus to Philemon.  Then to Ballet Tucson's "Dance & Dessert' & then Faure's Requiem & then to evening worhip with Pastor Luke(Evan's) finishing up "Esther":  Holy Battle : Holy Feast!!  And now Home!!!  Yeah!!!

I plan to hike Blackett's Ridge with Norma for those who like to go at a slower pace at 8:45 a.m. in the morning.  I have to get in shape for the Grand Canyon April 28 & 29th!!  I am skipping P.E.O. tomorrow.  I do have 1 p.m. Bible study but I can make that.  Then Mondays it is always go get my weekly allergy shot!!

Stu say he will be filling out his basketball bracket tomorrow.

Good night!  Love to all of you!!  Mom

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Cheers,

Jeff Sherard

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Weekly Email

Hi Mom & Dad,
Another quick update.... And then off to bed.
We saw Julie and Stevie yesterday. We headed down to Denver when they had a break from the volleyball tourney. We hung out in their hotel for several hours and had a good visit. They played a few more games today and then drive back home. I think they are home by now.
I'm headed to California on business this coming Tues-Weds. Headed to San Jose to visit with Oracle at their executive briefing center to learn about their new technologies.
Megan was sick and stayed home from school two days last week. And Chloe caught it next and stayed home Friday morning.
Megan has been doing great with her volleyball. They played Friday after school and won. She is very competitive and gets mad when they miss a point or lose a game.
Well, that's is for now.
Luv u,
Jeff