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September

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:41:35 +0000

Hi blog. It’s been a while, but that’s because we’ve been super busy.

We spent Labor Day at the lake in Eureka Springs, and a few weeks later, Laura and I went to Colorado for our first vacation alone. We went horseback riding and spent a week in Grand Lake and Winter Park.

When we got back, someone smashed into my car at work and left about $3000 worth of damage we get to pay for.

We spent the last few days trying to find a Halloween costume for Kaden. He didn’t like the first one so we went with one to go with mine.

Fourth of July

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:29:33 +0000

This year for the Fourth, we used one of my vacation days and visited Laura’s aunt in Loveland, CO. We left Friday and returned last night.

While we were there, we spent plenty of time enjoying the weather, had lunch in Wyoming, fed the chipmunks in Estes Park, and stopped by Casa Bonita on the way home.

Laura on Judge Judy

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:45:54 +0000

As some of you know, Laura was on Judge Judy a while back as a witness. Here is that episode.

No one was awarded anything since they were all being stupid, but they did get a free trip to LA for the filming.

Christmas 2009

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:02 +0000

After two weeks and 6 meals celebrating, we finally put away our Christmas decorations today.

This year was pretty expensive but well worth it. Highlights include:

1 laptop, a netbook, a Nintendo Wii, 5 Wii games, 7 seasons of Married with Children, 1 kitchen set, a toddler tool bench and a whole bunch of baby clothes.

We even got a baby sitter for New Year’s but had to cut our evening short to take the dog to the emergency vet. Apparently he is among the many dachshunds who have epilepsy.

When we were visiting my family for Christmas we also discovered that Kaden likes to play the piano.

I go back to work on Monday.

Turkey Day

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:51:23 +0000

We celebrated Thanksgiving twice this year by having our own dinner Wednesday and with Laura’s mom and family Thursday. There wasn’t much excitement except for a mean game of dominos with her grandparents.

Laura always wanted to camp out for Black Friday so last night we slept in the Best Buy parking and got her a $700 laptop for $500.The savings we received was immediately spent on a warranty.

She gets to fly to LA Tuesday for a filming of Judge Judy and will be back Thursday.

Laura’s Birthday

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:15:34 +0000

Laura’s birthday was Friday so we got to eat out plenty of times this weekend. We skipped presents this year since she wants a laptop for Christmas, but she did get her favorite kind of birthday cake.

Halloween

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:59:37 +0000

We decided not to trick-or-treat this year since Laura and I do not eat candy and Kaden is too young for it. I worked most of the weekend so we didn’t hand any out either.

Laura carved Kaden’s pumpkin and her car ended up getting vandalized in the middle of the night. She came down with the flu Sunday and I have a lot to do at work so this week looks pretty uneventful as well.

Weiner Dog

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:51:22 +0000

We had an addition to our family yesterday which was one of the items on Laura’s list of things she’s always wanted. Read what Laura has to say about him on Shiny Duck.

Kaden likes him but wasn’t too thrilled about the shots he received at his 18 month checkup.

Three year anniversary

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:17:57 +0000

Today is our third anniversary. We went to Timberline Steakhouse to celebrate and I took the rest of the week off.

On Friday I’m taking Laura to her favorite restaurant for lunch, and tomorrow Kaden turns 18 months.

Last Saturday was my Dad’s birthday so we surprised him at his karaoke show like we do every year.

Laura sang all by herself and it was amazing. I recorded it but she’d be mad if I posted it.

Labor Day weekend

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:47:09 +0000

Laura, Kaden and I went fishing again over Labor Day weekend and caught a ton of fish. We spent a few days in Arlington and the rest in Wichita doing yard work.