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The Joys of Whirlyball!

I’m am currently involved in a year-long leadership training program where we meet for 2 days every 6 weeks, participate in many leadership activities, listen to CIO and CEO presentations, and read/discuss 35 books on leadership topics.  We also have an activity the first evening of every session.  We just finished the second session and this time we played Whirlyball.  For those of you who don’t know what this is, it combines lacrosse, hockey and basketball with bumper cars.  What a RIOT!  We played 5 on 5 for a couple of hours and had a total blast!  See some low-res pictures below of our activity.

Whirlyball 1  Whirlyball 2

By |2009-03-18T05:38:57-07:00March 10th, 2009|Work-Related|0 Comments
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Poor Benjamin Got Stitches!

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Just after Benjamin turned 1, he was weeble-wobbling around (his version of walking), fell, and hit his head on the corner of Sarah’s bed.  He now has 5 stitches right on the edge of his right eyebrow.  Ouch!

Sarah felt horrible and freaked out at all the blood running down his face when she picked him up.  She thought she’d mamed him for life!  We’ll have to have a little first-aid lesson with the kids on how to handle injuries like this.

When we took him to the hospital and they got the area deadened, they had to wrap him in a blanket like a burrito, put him on a board and bind him down so he couldn’t move his arms and legs.  We then had to hold his head while the doctor stitched him up.  He screamed like crazy, and we felt soooo bad for him!  🙁

By |2009-03-24T07:49:11-07:00March 7th, 2009|Home Life|0 Comments
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Kirk Turns Big 40!

Ouch!  That sounds really bad.  The kids like to remind me of how old I am as well.  Today (2/7), I hit the big 40 and Angela threw a small party for me.  It was fun to get together with friends, some of which were coming up on the big day, and others who had recently past it.

By |2009-03-18T13:24:51-07:00February 7th, 2009|Home Life|0 Comments
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Leadership Forum

At work, we just created a leadership program and I was selected to be one of the first participants!  🙂  I am participating in a year-long program through the Society of Information Management (SIM) called the Regional Leadership Forum (RLF).  The group meets every 6 weeks, participates in leadership discussions/activities, listens to CEO/CIO presentations, and reads 35 books on leadership topics.  It’s pretty rigorous, but I am already building relationships with 35 outstanding individuals and we are having a GREAT time!  Here is the link to the SIM site that discusses more about the RLF program.  I would recommend it to anyone! 

http://www.simnet.org/Programs/RegionalLeadershipForum/About/tabid/106/Default.aspx

By |2009-03-18T06:22:28-07:00January 28th, 2009|Work-Related|0 Comments
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Angela, Meet Edward (Hospital, not Cullen)!

edwardhospital1Angela got to spend a wonderful New Year’s Eve in Edward Hospital in Naperville with a serious bacterial infection.  On the 28th and 29th of December, after enduring horrid pain, she finally went to the doctor.  The doctor then admitted her to the hospital where she spent 2 nights there on IV and fluids (30th and 31st).  She came back home on January 1st feeling MUCH better!

The rest of us had to celebrate New Year’s Eve without our wonderful wife and mom.  As she was resting and sleeping in the hostpital, we ate a bunch of junk food, watched movies, played games, and then celebrated the coming of 2009 together.  Zach fell asleep and we had a hard time getting him up to go outside, yell, bang pans, and then have a sip of sparkling cider!  🙂

We’re glad to have her back, and hope that she doesn’t have to go through that again!

By |2009-03-28T12:15:04-07:00January 2nd, 2009|Home Life|0 Comments
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