Category Archives: Family

Merry Christmas This is Amelia Newell and since I learned how to talk this year, my daddy thought I should write the Christmas letter, so here goes. Katie (4) and I (2) had our birthday parties in January and February and that was lots of fun!  I got lots of presents I don’t even knowContinue reading “Christmas Letter”

Katie had her first ever dance recital last night at the school.  We stood in line for 20 minutes to get in the gym and then the entire show lasted about 18 minutes.  Katie’s group was first and she did a really nice job.  Here’s the video of her group:       I’m sureContinue reading “Katie’s Dance Recital”

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  We had a good weekend – we made the long trip back to South Dakota to Becky’s parents.  We had heard the news that Bryson (Brandon and Tina’s boy) had been born that day so we were anxious to see him.  We made it to Grandma Nola’s a little before 9Continue reading “Thanksgiving Holiday”

  I’ve been remiss at my blog entries lately and I need to get caught back up.  My new job has me spending my "free" time (9-10:30 pm) replying to mounds of email, and I end up with little energy left to type more into a blog.  With baseball season over, I should have moreContinue reading “Recent Update”

  Katie enjoys lots of activities.  She is into a lot of different things and always game to try something new.  I would T-ball is lower on her spectrum of activities she enjoys, but there’s no doubt that singing and dancing are at the top.  When we found out that Community Education offers a danceContinue reading “Katie’s Dance Class”

  At work, we talk a lot about how we need to be proactive with our customers – in the support world, we’re trying to anticipate the problem before it causes a crisis.  I’ve been able to apply this same theory to my home life now with Amelia.   Amelia does not like to goContinue reading “The Proactive Timeout”

We can no longer call a get together at our house a party after a neighborhood party last Sunday.  Our neighbors hosted about 40-45 people at their house for a Halloween party and they pulled out all the stops.  First, they probably have the nicest house in town, so there’s plenty of room for theContinue reading “Party Week”

A few weeks ago when I was in Munich I got addicted to the song "I’m Yours" by Jason Mraz.  When I got home, I learned how to play it on guitar (it’s not hard) and started playing it for the girls.  Amelia started singing the "I’m Yours" part, but she would say "Oh No"Continue reading “Some Cute Quotes”

  We’re excited to announce there’s a new niece in our family – Jess and Matt had a baby girl last night about 9:50pm.  Allie Louise Buhler was born and was 8 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long.  She’s doing well by all accounts and Somer was there to call us with the goodContinue reading “Ally Louise Buhler”

We have been pretty busy lately and I wanted to get some of our activities written down before I forget them.  From Sept 7th – 12th Eric was in Munich.  It sounds like he was pretty busy with work and didn’t see a whole lot but he got a little sight-seeing in.  On Sept 22ndContinue reading “Early October Update (by Becky)”