In Loving Memory of Brett "Brutus" Armin

Monday January 14th was the memorial service for Brutus. It took place at their Temple in Lombard, IL. Brendan Dwyer and Corey Anderson gave the Eulogy. They did a fantastic job. Pallbearers were Corey, Brendan, Pete Engle (college friend), Devin W. (college friend), Dylan (college friend), Jeff W. (college friend), Russ (high school friend) and myself. I was honored to be asked. Brutus was laid to rest at the Shalom Memorial Park in Arlington Heights, IL. Following the service there was a social event at the Armin home. It was a very difficult day for everyone especially his parents Roy & Glenda. I assured them they will be in all of our lives forever. Brutus made an impression on all of us. We are all better, stronger individuals because of him.

Brutus formed a foundation for Sarcoma research. Please think about giving to this charitable cause.

The Brett Armin Sarcoma Foundation

PO Box 1704

Deerfield, IL 60015

NE Minneapolis Pub Crawl

Following Brut's passing the guys thought it might be a good idea to do a pub crawl of "nordeast" Minneapolis to take my mind off things. The participants were Jarvy, Shawn, Justin and Anton. Megan Tasca, Heidi Hovis and Molly Ward joined us a the tail end.

Below is pub crawl documentation via cell phone cameras...

Thanks everyone. I needed to mentally check out for a while.

Brett "Brutus" Armin

Born: April 2, 1979 - Died: January 10, 2008

I love you Brutus. You will be missed.

2007 Holiday Update

Between December 24th and January 1st I celebrate Christmas Eve, Christmas, Alicia’s sister Malinda’s birthday, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and Alicia’s Birthday. Here are some pictures from the 2007 holiday season…

Malinda's fiance Zach and Alicia's brother Easton playing old school Nintendo on New Year's Eve

Malinda and Alicia dancing in 2008

Malinda's birthday dinner

Alicia's family & birthday dinner

Hello 2008!!

Time to see Brutus again!

On Friday December 21st I swung through Onalaska and picked up my high school friend Dodie Limberg and the two of us drove to Chicago, IL to see our friend Brutus. Brett "Brutus" Armin has been battling a cancer called Sarcoma for over two years. Whenever I have a few days away from work I try to swing down and see him. Corey Anderson is there a couple of times per week and meeting us in Chicago for this trip is Brendan Dwyer and his wife Lori. We all plan on staying until we leave to see our families for Christmas on December 23rd. Brutus is one of the best guys we know and we wish him well.

Below is a random file photo of me, Brendan and Brutus during our NHL Playoff Beard contest.

Congrats Sullivan's!

Congrats to Chad & Liz Sullivan!

Kayla Sullivan

Born December 2, 2007

6 lbs. 10 ozs. - 19.5 inches

Turkey Bowl XI

Turkey Bowl XI took place on November 23rd, 2007 (the day after Thanksgiving at 1pm at Onalaska High School). This year we had very hard semi-frozen ground to play on. Fortunately we had no big injuries - although Keach might not remember much.

Black team won 12-7 (or so). Mike Ternes won the MVP. Can't wait for next year.