Category Archives: Family

When I got home from 500 weekend a couple weeks ago, I had patience in reserve from not having seen the girls for a couple days.  I needed all that patience as I worked with Katie to get her riding her bike.  She hasn’t been able to pedal by herself up to this point.  SheContinue reading “Once you learn to ride a bike …”

Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us and Amelia – she’s doing well now.  She’s starting to get over her sinus and ear infections and she’s getting back to normal.  I can tell this because she ate two brauts, a hot dog bun, a bowl of applesauce, some stars and a box ofContinue reading “Quick Amelia Update”

We had a fun Easter/Becky’s Birthday weekend.  We were forced into taking a vacation by the fact we didn’t have day care on Friday and Monday.  It’s a good thing we were forced since we had a good time.  We headed back to Onida on Thursday night.   Friday morning Becky and I left theContinue reading “Easter/Birthday Weekend”

First, I really need to get my picture off the top of the blog.  Second, I need to keep talking about Amelia and her appetite, because people don’t really believe it until they see her eat.   For example, tonight she ate what I would call two adult servings of green beans, one adult servingContinue reading “Amelia update”

It’s been a little while since I’ve made time for an entry.  One new thing in our world is that Amelia has decided to speak up.  We’ve kept her Nuk out of her mouth more often now, and the outcome has been a lot of talking.  It’s goo-goo this and ga-ga that.  She really likesContinue reading “Changing the dialogue”

We have been snowed in the last couple days – having received 10 or so inches of snow with some strong winds.  We were planning to go to the Cities this weekend and visit Uncle Dave at his new house, but it sounds like the roads aren’t good enough for travel.   Amelia has beenContinue reading “Insatiable”

My brother, Marc, and his wife Kari, announced that they were pregnant with their second baby over Thanksgiving.  They were really excited to add to their family and it looked like this one’s birthday would be about exactly two years after their son Parker’s.  Marc and Kari are such good and dedicated parents that thisContinue reading “In Memory of Ashton Newell”

It’s been a while since I did a thorough report on Katie, but she’s been making a lot of progress lately.  She has really figured out the potty thing – she hasn’t had an accident in over a month.  We still put a diaper on her at night – we tried going without, but that’sContinue reading “Katie’s New Games”

We took the plunge and headed to the Thumper Pond Waterpark on Sunday afternoon to take advantage of a special deal and the fact we had to take Monday off since we didn’t have any daycare.  The waterpark featured four pool areas – a kiddie/splash pool, a hot tub, a basketball hoop are and aContinue reading “Water Park”

It’s been a really long week.  You can tell our weeks are getting long when Becky and I say to each other – it’s only Tuesday night?  Friday night always seems so far away.  I’m making my list of the week’s good, bad and busy, in reverse order:   Busy 1) Super Bowl – two partiesContinue reading “The Good, The Bad and The Busy”