8/7/22 I’m feeling a little sweaty from all this moving around 8/8/22 My thing is more dingular. (While Lena and Chelsea were both tapping on their water bottles.) 8/9/22 while in bed trying to fall asleep: Daddy, what’s the recipe? (1. Lay down, 2. Close you eyes, 3. Stay still, and 4. Faaaaalll asleep.) 2/8/23…
Category: Monthly updates
April 2020 Update
Posting in September. Mostly written in May. Not a lot happened in April, but Lena did turn 1 year old. We spent the entire month at home due to the virus restrictions. The reality of the stay at home order has set in. We are quite used to it now, and it seems like everyone…
March 2020 Update
Published on September 6, 2020, but most of this was actually written in March. Just didn’t get around to adding pictures until now… This one’s a doozy. Let’s start at the beginning. The month started out in the middle of my dad’s visit, which, among other things (mostly hanging out at home with Lena), included…
February 2020 Update
Posting this in September. Let’s hit the highlights. We took a trip to Texas to visit my mom! Chelsea got food poisoning! I got sick also, but not as badly! We refinanced the duplex! Lena’s first trip to Texas We drove down to Texas on Friday and ate at Arby’s for lunch. By the time…
January 2020 Update
Hi! It’s April! I have put this post off for quite a while, and the only way it is going to happen is if I hit the major events and just get it over with. Trip to the state capitol I have been wanting to see the Kansas Capitol for a while, and a church…
November 2019 Update / We Shouldn’t Have Bought a House
Dear Reader, I finished this post in January, but I didn’t like the thought of publishing November’s happenings in a different year, let alone a different month. So, I changed the publish date. I hope that’s ok with you. Dilly November’s major events included: Improvements in Lena’s mobility (crawling!) Teeth! A visit with the Ohio…
October 2019 Update
Hello, Everyone (i.e. Chelsea). Thanks for checking in for October’s installment of “poorly written descriptions of things we do on the weekends.” After thinking about it for 20 seconds, here’s how I decided to organize the headlines for the month: Lena’s baptism Photo session Halloween party Grandpa Stiles birthday visit Lena found Jesus! 75% of…
September 2019 Update
Event summary! We insulated our attic! Spinach Festival! More zoo! Lena’s first trip to the art museum! It’s nearly November, and I’m just now getting around to focusing on September’s update. Oops. (I wrote most of this in early October, so at least the included details are accurate. There just aren’t as many details as…
August 2019 Update
I can’t think of a clever intro, so here’s a list of noteworthy events. Chelsea went back to work (school?) My mom came to take care of Lena Lena learned that she can put her foot in her mouth I went to Kentucky for work Chelsea’s dad came to take care of Lena We decided…
July 2019 Update
July’s letter of the month was “M” for musical, Mom, Michigan, and MYSTERY. The summer musical production that I play in every year was this month. This year’s play was Kiss Me, Kate, which is a comedy based on Shakespeares’s The Taming of the Shrew. We had 7 (seven!) performances, and my mom came up…