Alright Carron -

Since all the photos of me showing up on the blog are goofy alcohol-related ones, here are a few respectable shots, including:

My wife Melissa and me at a pizza parlor in Columbia, MO.
My daughter, Katrina, and me at Wrigley Field.
My son, Patrick, step-daughter, Erika, and me at Wrigley.
My stepson, Derek, and his date and on Homecoming night this year.
My son, Ryan, and a new friend at a canine rescue event this summer.

I'll spare you pet photos since the email would end up about 100Mb. Since I've missed the get-together activities, here's my brief bio:

Survived college at Cornell, moved to Illinois, worked, went to grad school, moved back to Iowa, more grad school, taught at Iowa, got a bank job, moved to Missouri, moved back to Iowa...live in Cedar Rapids and work for General Electric (10 years!) designing statistical and economic models (go figure). I spend about half my time here and half in Connecticut. Don't ask. It's a helluva commute.

Married for the second time, 5 kids: oldest daughter is a junior at Iowa (and a Burge RA!), #2 daughter is in Yr 2 at Kirkwood, son and stepson are sophomores at Iowa City High and Cedar Rapids Washington, respectively, and youngest son is in 5th grade in Iowa City. My leisure time seems to be spent at somebody's football/basketball/baseball game. Fortunately City High and Wash's colors are both red.

We have had a few instances where the boys have played against each other, so that's fun.

I hope to get to one of the gatherings you've organized...

Good job on that!

Later,

Steve

PS: I ran into.... DeDe, er, Diann Peak...in Chicago at O'Hare, both of us trying desperately to get home late one night from the east coast. Fortunately, we both made the same flight. Ironic that I have to go to Chicago to see a classmate who lives in CR...