Posted in emily, owen, things to do in st. louis on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some of you may remember reading about the Jumpin’ Pumpkin Jamboree at Eckert’s that Travis, Owen, and I went to last October. Well, the pumpkins are long gone…but strawberries are in season! Yesterday, Owen and I drove to Eckert’s Farm to meet some friends for some strawberry picking.
I tried my hardest to teach [...]
Posted in the fam on May 28, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Radiohead has been – and continues to be – one of my favorite bands. We’re talking top 4 here (I know, I know, “Top 5″ is a much more socially acceptable number, but there are only four bands I can personally put into these kinds of terms). So when I heard that they were coming [...]
Posted in emily on May 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Over the summer, I’m going to be taking care of Rowan and Savannah for a few sporadic days. School finished up last Friday, so today was the first official “summer” day for them. Although, in St. Louis it doesn’t feel too much like summer. I was planning on taking them to the [...]
Posted in owen, the fam on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Anticipating the need to write thank-you cards after Owen’s first birthday, I wanted Owen to create his own thank-yous.
The final product looked like this:
The process was not quite so neat and orderly. My idea was that I would have two colors and would dip his hand in one, he would straighten out his chubby [...]
Posted in owen on May 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Owen’s birthday party began at 7:15am on Saturday morning. I started the day by making a big French Toast breakfast for the family. This was Owen’s first experience with French Toast, and he thoroughly enjoyed it!
Next, we headed to the zoo with Travis’s parents, my parents, Uncle Nate, and my grandma. The [...]
Posted in owen on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On May 17, Owen turned 1! This was SUCH a fun day for everyone. He had a blast, the weather cooperated nicely…it was as near to perfect as I could imagine. Stay tuned for a post completely dedicated to the birthday festivities… Until then, enjoy the monthly pic on the green [...]
Posted in the fam on May 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For those of you looking for an “Owen’s first birthday” post, we’ll have one later this week. In the meantime, I’ll share my adventure from last weekend: a fishing trip in Trophy Country.
I went with some guys from our church on a two-day trip. The private “ranch” we went to was about 2 hours from [...]
Posted in owen on May 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I don’t know how it started. One day I just noticed that he was doing it. Clenching his fists. Gritting his teeth. Flexing his entire body.
My first instinct was to laugh. My next instinct was to imitate him. Of course, Owen quickly realized that this move was funny. I began calling it the “superhero” because, [...]
Posted in the fam on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’re a fan of LOST, then you know this season has been a doozie (as in, “really, really good”). It’s also likely that all the crazy time traveling reality bending perception changing cabin finding island moving ghost seeing flash forwarding has you asking “What?” Apparently you’re not the only one. Watch the video…
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Posted in owen on May 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My mom always used to say that we were members of the “clean plate club” when we ate everything on our plates. Owen has gone above and beyond eating everything on his plate…
