Tristan hit's 3!

Tough to believe that Tristan is three years old!

We had a party yesterday to celebrate his 1097th day on earth... I say 1097 simply because we celebrated two days late. Tristan was proud of his big achievement as it meant several new things... 1. He's a little bit bigger, 2. He has a workbook like his big sis, 3. He goes to his sis's Sunday class with her. Yippee!

The party last night was enjoyable! He enjoyed getting all the well deserved attention! Tough to imagine that 3 years ago Samantha called me when I was at lunch to tell me that we were going to be heading to the Hospital! Still a BIG thanks to the Slivoskey's for taking Aundrea for a few days while we were in Jamestown!

Now that we have three kids I find it more challenging to remember all of the details surrounding each of their birth... I guess the important part isn't these details but the value that each hold for Samantha and I. We often find ourselves less defined by what we do, and more defined by the fact that we're the parent's of three kids. I would say in the grand scheme of life being Aundrea, Tristan and Koren's dad is a pretty noble thing to be defined by.

Happy Birthday Tristan Lloyd... your mom and dad are proud of you!

Forced SCHOOL work.

There are fewer things in this world than I enjoy less than typing an assignment. At Trinity Bible College I was perhaps the most annoyed when a professor put 324 stipulations on a paper. I was pretty certain that there was no way that I could complete an assignment under limitations. I did however survive.

The next part of my schooling has been far worse. The last two years I've been required to become very detailed with the work that I present. The last portion of this degree is much worse.

I should preface this by saying that I currently am finishing hour 7 in a classroom today... with 2 hours remaining.

At any rate I am currently working on my portfolio which requires 7 or so standards with 4-7 rationale for each standard. Everything is required to be specific. On one hand you type the information, yet it's not entirely your information. UGH. My first attempt was deleted quickly... I mean I let my advisor read the work (which I thought was creative) and he immediately drug my mouse over about 50 minutes of work and hit the awful button known as "backspace" the one that has this: <--------------- under it. Then he added "Start over" to help my confidence.

There were a few other words of wisdom that he said, but I still don't entirely understand them. Apparently I need to figure them out in the next 131 minutes as I am told that I'm not leaving until our first rationale is done. Heck I'm still discovering what "rationale" means. Ugh oh, he just got up from his desk... I feel like a college freshman goofing around on his computer in the middle of class. Better run.

Pulling for Les Miles at U-M

Thank goodness the Rich Rodriguez era is over at Michigan.

There is now a chance that I will be watching Michigan football in 2011. Due to Rodriguez at Michigan I had a but given up on the program. Rodriguez rewarded Blue and Gold fans by basically sinking the program. A program that is now in my opinion full of thugs and arrogance. On top of bringing the NCAA down on the school.

Right now I am hopeful that Michigan makes a wise move.

#1 Les Miles. This is the guy that they should have made it impossible not to come to the program in 2008. They should have given him a great contract and then paid off LSU. Instead, they went in "another" (poorer) direction.

#2 Mike Leach. Think about this a wizard it a big school. The guy is intense and an offensive brain. He'd be a little less expensive (than Miles) which enables them to go out an grab a ridiculously good defensive coordinator... maybe one equally intense. Leach has a lot to prove after the Texas Tech fiasco. Him at a big school like Michigan would be very interesting. I doubt the booster's would fund his hiring though!

#3 Nobody. If you can't get those two then just foget-about-it. Call er' quits. Nah, I'm not sure about my #3 would be Ron English, the former Defensive Coordinator at Michigan under Lloyd Carr. English is going into his 3rd year at Eastern Michigan. It's been a train wreck (2-22) but I like the mentality. He's recognized the program is horrible so he's going ground up, starting over. "If they don't like it, then fire me" approach. He's been a little bit of a fire brand there. Michigan is at the end of a 3 year fiasco, they need rebuilt. I believed he should have been a candidate then and should be now as well.

Either way I hope they don't go for a low tier D-1 Coach that doesn't have proven success.