Maybe easier to just give a typical weekend, rather than catch up from last post.
On Saturday we had a birthday party for Mary Ann. She had invited all the girls from her homeroom over. Katie planned a great party. 5 of her friends came over. The theme was "winter princess" or "ice princess" or something like that. Of course, being that we were in KC, it was beautiful weather out. We had face painting, fingernail painting, games, and decorating cupcakes. 2 hours of a pretty good time. Rose did a good job of not being involved in everything where there were teams (6 divides pretty well for 2 and 3 player teams!) but was happy just watching some and being involved in others.
Saturday night Katie and I went to a Missouri Maverick's game. Centerpoint has a suite so we were able to hang out there. There was food (brats, hamburgers, nachos) and drinks (beer, soda). It was pretty fun. The administration "host" for that night was Dr Randy Culbertson. He's the VP of Business Development, but also a doctor. We found out that he actually played KU Basketball back in the 1970s! He wasn't a star by any means, but he did play! He played under Ted Owens, and played with Bud Stallworth and Dave Robisch, both who have their jerseys hanging in Allen Field House.
On Sunday we were able to sleep in a bit, then went to church where they had "divine donuts" after Mass. We came home, hung up a streamer across the living room, and then played volleyball with a balloon. The girls really got into it! Once Peter was down for a nap, we decided to see how much train tracks we had. We didn't think we would have enough, but we were able to circle from the living room into the kitchen and in front of the stairs.
Overall, a pretty good weekend.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Friday, October 14, 2011
New Ads
Apparently YouTube has taken notice of several of our high ranking videos. 2 of them have over 5000 views. So, they are now inviting us to become revenue sharers! I have no idea how much we could actually make, but it seems to involve us getting some pittance only if people click on the ads. So...we'll probably never make any money. But, just for fun, we'll run some ads on this page too! That's right, you can now view our page with...ads! Just like watching TV! Fun for the whole family! So go ahead and click on those ads and watch the less than one penny income come pouring in!!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Work job
Work is going better. I'm the stroke director for the hospital, so I get to do some fun things like going to schools to teach kids about stroke. There's a video on this page of me with the Missouri Maverick players. #6 Jared Lavender and #20 Derek Palladry.
http://fortosage.net/education/school/school.php?sectiondetailid=145&
Fun times with 5th and 6th graders!
http://fortosage.net/education/school/school.php?sectiondetailid=145&
Fun times with 5th and 6th graders!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Birthday!
It was a good day. Katie let me sleep in until 8. The kids all said Happy Birthday to me right away (well, Peter kept saying "Happy Day" but that was even cuter). We had donuts for breakfast. I was able to putter around the house while Katie got ready for the party. I took the girls to Home Depot while Katie put Peter down for ahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif nap. We got some stuff, then went to Fazoli's for lunch (kids ate free last weekend!). When we got back I did some more work (fixing sink stoppers, replacing flourescent lights).
My parents, Katie's parents and the Thomas-Vogrin family came over. We had chicken fried steak and the fixin's. We started with some alcohol shots courtesy of Matt and Jen (leftovers from their wedding 10 years ago).
We then opened presents. Katie set up a treasure hunt (a new tradition we do for each other) and I found Darth Vader masks at each spot. All the kids got one
Katie made some yummy cakes
Thanks to all who helped me celebrate, either in person, in spirit...or on Facebook!
My parents, Katie's parents and the Thomas-Vogrin family came over. We had chicken fried steak and the fixin's. We started with some alcohol shots courtesy of Matt and Jen (leftovers from their wedding 10 years ago).
We then opened presents. Katie set up a treasure hunt (a new tradition we do for each other) and I found Darth Vader masks at each spot. All the kids got one
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| From 2011 Robert Birthday |
Katie made some yummy cakes
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| From 2011 Robert Birthday |
Thanks to all who helped me celebrate, either in person, in spirit...or on Facebook!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
September
We've been having fun the last few weeks! I didn't have to work on Labor Day weekend after all, so we all went to the Santa-Cali-Gon Days in Independence. We had typical fair food, the girls got their faces painted in a Mormon tent for free (they were playing a movie about the testaments in their bible, kind of scared Mary Ann), and hung out with my family. We then went over to my parent's house for pizza. fun time!
This last weekend we went to the circus with Katie's parents. The girls (and to a lesser degree Peter) loved the whole thing, especially the cotton candy and popcorn...
Mary Ann and Rose both started ballet classes this past week. They both did a good job in their class. Mary Ann's is pretty late--7:15 to 8pm! So, past normal bedtime. We'll see how that works out!
No pictures in this post because work blocks picasa. But, we have lots of new pictures over there--go check it out!
This last weekend we went to the circus with Katie's parents. The girls (and to a lesser degree Peter) loved the whole thing, especially the cotton candy and popcorn...
Mary Ann and Rose both started ballet classes this past week. They both did a good job in their class. Mary Ann's is pretty late--7:15 to 8pm! So, past normal bedtime. We'll see how that works out!
No pictures in this post because work blocks picasa. But, we have lots of new pictures over there--go check it out!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
August update
We'll try to follow suit of the Buschelman's desire to update more often. A frequent and oft forgotten resolution, but oh well, here we go!
We've been blessed to have relatively children in this time of transition. We've all been working on getting used to the new house, the new job, the new...everything! In July we went with Nana to visit Oma. It was a good trip and the kids did well interacting with Oma.
We were able to visit California, MO and see grandpa Mac's bench and see his footstone in the cemetery.
Later in the month my aunt and uncle from Texas came to visit for a day. We hadn't seen them in a long time, so being closer has already made us a lot more available to most of the family!
In August I started work at Centerpoint hospital. I'm even on the webpage (though no photo yet...)! They didn't have everything ready for me (no e-mail, no pager, no white coat...) but I was able to see patients. I've already had my first week of call. I only had to go into the hospital once at night, but having to go in to round on the weekends was rough. Oh well, only 1 in 4 call isn't too bad.
We also celebrated Katie's birthday! Since her parents were in Ohio, my parents came over to help celebrate.
She got lots of great stuff and we had fun playing games.
The kids started school!
Peter is getting more and more interactive. His favorite thing is to tell "knock knock jokes." For a while, his only version was "knock knock (who's there?) Ball (ball who?) who!" Then he would insert other things instead of ball, but the punchline was always "who!" He finally started mumbling other things for the punchline. The first time he didn't do "who" was momentous...now it's just annoying again
The Buschelmans came to visit for a whole day. They were on their way to Lawrence and Colorado but stopped in Lee's Summit for a day and a half. It was great having the kids play together. Then today they finally started working on our roof! They are doing the back half today; hopefully tomorrow they get done!
We've been blessed to have relatively children in this time of transition. We've all been working on getting used to the new house, the new job, the new...everything! In July we went with Nana to visit Oma. It was a good trip and the kids did well interacting with Oma.
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| From July 2011 |
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| From July 2011 |
Later in the month my aunt and uncle from Texas came to visit for a day. We hadn't seen them in a long time, so being closer has already made us a lot more available to most of the family!
In August I started work at Centerpoint hospital. I'm even on the webpage (though no photo yet...)! They didn't have everything ready for me (no e-mail, no pager, no white coat...) but I was able to see patients. I've already had my first week of call. I only had to go into the hospital once at night, but having to go in to round on the weekends was rough. Oh well, only 1 in 4 call isn't too bad.
We also celebrated Katie's birthday! Since her parents were in Ohio, my parents came over to help celebrate.
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| From August 2011 |
She got lots of great stuff and we had fun playing games.
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| From August 2011 |
The kids started school!
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| From August 2011 |
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| From August 2011 |
Peter is getting more and more interactive. His favorite thing is to tell "knock knock jokes." For a while, his only version was "knock knock (who's there?) Ball (ball who?) who!" Then he would insert other things instead of ball, but the punchline was always "who!" He finally started mumbling other things for the punchline. The first time he didn't do "who" was momentous...now it's just annoying again
The Buschelmans came to visit for a whole day. They were on their way to Lawrence and Colorado but stopped in Lee's Summit for a day and a half. It was great having the kids play together. Then today they finally started working on our roof! They are doing the back half today; hopefully tomorrow they get done!
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| From August 2011 |
Friday, July 22, 2011
Moved!
Well, for those that don't know it, we moved. I won't dwell on that since it was quite a while ago (I can't believe it's been over 3 weeks!). These days we're focused on getting the house in order. We're still unpacking boxes, but the house is livable. The 3 kids are back together in a room for better or for worse. They seem to like it and they aren't keeping each other up too much.
We're enjoying my month off from work, though I seem to be gone too much for Katie's taste. I escape to Lowe's to buy lots of stuff for the house, or go out to search for a car. I've decided on a VW Jetta--check out a picture of it!
I start work on August 1st. Katie's bday is coming up--August 7th. We'll probably head to St Louis for that weekend to hook up with her sisters and parents. We've been lucky to be able to see so many people so far--both her mom (her dad is in Germany), my parents and several friends. Right now Katie and the girls are at the neighborhood pool with her mom while I babysit Peter.
We're enjoying my month off from work, though I seem to be gone too much for Katie's taste. I escape to Lowe's to buy lots of stuff for the house, or go out to search for a car. I've decided on a VW Jetta--check out a picture of it!
I start work on August 1st. Katie's bday is coming up--August 7th. We'll probably head to St Louis for that weekend to hook up with her sisters and parents. We've been lucky to be able to see so many people so far--both her mom (her dad is in Germany), my parents and several friends. Right now Katie and the girls are at the neighborhood pool with her mom while I babysit Peter.
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