Category Archives: Family

A few weeks ago, Uncle Dave and Auntie Alicia mentioned that we should come down some time in the summer to hang out at Alicia’s mom’s horse ranch.  We thought that sounded like fun, but with a fairly busy schedule ahead of us this summer, we didn’t know when it was going to happen.   Continue reading “Horse Riding”

On Fridays I typically have a little lighter meeting load at work, so I try to work from home whenever possible.  This gives me a chance to get a lot of work done without any of the distractions at work, plus save an hour plus in drive time.    When I work from home onContinue reading “Big Girls”

It seems like forever ago when Amelia used the potty for the first time in the library.  About three weeks ago, she finally turned the corner on potty training.  The teachers at day care have been extremely helpful and their continued insistence has made all the difference.  Amelia now (finally) willingly goes potty – evenContinue reading “No More Diapers”

Katie was back dancing again this weekend at the annual Barnesville Showcase.  This time two dances for the price of 1:       Dance #2   Sorry about making you look at that lady’s head for both videos. Eric

It’s finally back to work tomorrow.  Our work has been closed since last Thursday morning, and we haven’t been there since about 9am Wednesday morning, so it will feel weird to go back there tomorrow.  I’m running out of crappy T-shirts and ripped up jeans, and it would probably be a good idea to shaveContinue reading “Flood/Life Update”

Here’s a video of Katie’s latest dance performance doing the Wobbly Whoopsy by the Doodlebops:     Enjoy

My uncle, Darrel Newell, passed away today in Arizona after fighting an infection he came down with Sunday.  He was 65 (give or take a year) and the thing I most remember about him was his genius.  He did such a variety of things during his working career, and managed to become the expert atContinue reading “My memories of Uncle Darrel”

We had Katie’s big 5th birthday party this weekend.  She’d only been counting down the days to her birthday since Dec 1.  She asked how many days until her Christmas, then how many until her birthday.  I guess that’s one way to teach her math.   We decided to have a princess theme, so allContinue reading “Birthday Party #5”

We scheduled our annual doctor visits for the girls this week and got to see how they were doing.  The girls are both very healthy and for that we are very thankful.  Katie is just shy of 44" tall and weighs about 43 lbs.  Since we’re going to Disney World in a few weeks, IContinue reading “Birthday Doctor Visits”

It’s been a busy holiday season.  Thankfully we’ve had a lot of time off from work to be able to fit everything in.   Fri Dec 19 – go to Onida for LaRosh family Christmas – open presents that night Sat Dec 20 – open stocking stuffers that morning as we spend the day inContinue reading “Quick Christmas Recap”