One from the boys

Luke and Joel had not gotten in on the "Complicated" song, so they and thier Dad presented this simple song to Hannah at her party. It was very sweet. :-)

Story of THE SONG

What is the story of The Song? Not a song or even this song but THE SONG.

THE SONG began in 2001, at Grandma's 70th Birthday Party. She was gifted with a new and improved version of "The Brady Bunch," tailor made to describe Grandma's large and still growing family.

In July, Uncle Ken and Aunt Cheryl were married -- and serenaded with "Gilligan's Island." This song had been picked out by...you guessed it...Uncle Norm! Yes, it was Uncle Norm who saw fit to pull the strings behind the scenes, pick a song, and thus the song tradition was further established. With a little help from lesser known aunts and uncles, this song became the story of Uncle Ken's life -- with Cheryl stranded on Shomo Island.

But that wasn't enough to cement THE SONG into a tradition and the stuff of Shomo lore. (And Oglesby, Saber, and Woolley lore...) The next THE SONG would do this. Can you name that song?

In the comments section, please list your THE SONG (and some of the words).

Another fascinating question is, what is the future of THE SONG? We mark a milestone this month with the first multimedia, disembodied, user-generated, Web 2.0 version of THE SONG. Does this move THE SONG to the next level? Does this kill THE SONG by sapping all energy out of all Hannah's aunts and uncles, or was that energy drain inevitable because of Hannah's complicated life? Will a new generation of thesongwriters arise?

If you don't yet have a THE SONG, we want to hear from you! We think...

Hannahs Life's like This...

Uh huh Hannah’s Life’s like this
Uh huh , uh huh that’s the way she is
Hand out
you’re such an easy sell
Hun gry
I want some taco bell
Where’s mom’s
phone I need to make some calls to all my friends
In bed, watching Scrubs all Day
Dog Wars with Sadie and Renee
Now I am moving to Marquette
No wait //not ready yet
Clothes on the floor
Not in the drawer
Why do you dis
I have to bring Chris
Joined at the hip
He must make the trip
With me
Tell me
Why’d you have to go and make my life complicated
And can’t you see
that shows like Scrubs aren’t really all that x rated
My lifes like this And (Pause)
I call and you bawl
If I make a mistake
Don’t forget
My lifes become a
Travesty and soon you’ll see despite it all
that I will Make it
Watch me go!



You wore all of my new clothes
Even though I told you no
Would you give them back?
You're making me so angry!
I think you sing very well
But now listen to me Belle
Don't you make a peep, cuz can't you see I'm tryin to sleep?

She's got a dog
Her name's Renee
Or Chainsaw
on the Other Days
Leaves her at the Coffee shop
To poop all over!
But hey! You know that that's ok
Because you gave us Ebony
Now she has got 5 Kitties
And you get all five!!
We like Renee
and thanks for ebony
Just have her watch her back
Cain will giver her the Hack....Someday!!!




You came over for the Birth
of Zuri-Shaddai Ivy
Watching over Hosanna
and seeing everything
I think you like Placenta soup
The tree of life says the midwife
Ok, Yes, it was pretty gross
But thanks for the pictures!
I had her in the pool, it was pretty cool
You were a great support (to me)

Video From Uncle Ken & Aunt Cheryl

Hannah's
About to graduate
Let's go
To the U.P. – but wait!
Can we all go to the party?
Can we bring Smarty?

We could
Take a plane but then
Cullen
Might not last long – what then?
Would he make the connection?
We could give him directions…

Phone call
Hannah says the party's nixed
But wait
Grace says it's on again
This thing is getting scary
The Shomo Swirl is hereditary!!

Tell me—
Why do things always gotta get so complicated?
The way it's going there's no way we're ever gonna make it to the graduation
Because we'd have to
Fly and we drive and we swim and we skip
And we run and we walk and we do what we can
But maybe we should just use modern technology!!
Yeah yeah yeah…

A Niece Like This

Break out all the wild clothes
You know how to start a trend
Keeping the family interesting
Know how to keep us guessing
Lotsa friends
Where they from?
Genetics, that we know
They’re from your mother’s side
It seems your rat(uh, dog) is joining you
She likes to play the dress-up too
Guess that’s what long winters do

Why ya gotta go and make things so complicated?
Sneaking that pooch into places it shouldn’t be in
You run and you hide, and shes inside your shirt. You’re gonna get caught.

She did it!

You're going 

to Northern Michigan

get smart

just like we know you can

act in

every single play

so you can make it to Broadway

We plowed 

through the snow to you

took pictures 

till our hands turned blue

you looked 

so very nice

even in the snow and ice

We got 

hundreds of Hannah pics

but soon

we were in a fix

the cops asked 

for the car's registration

and didn't want to hear 

about your graduation.. 

tell me.. why'd you have to make things so complicated!