This is very cute video of Eli going to bed on Christmas Eve. To see all the Christmas photos, click here.
Dec
10
Today, Eli got his hair cut for the first time. I bet it was hard for Lynnie
to watch those precious curls get cut off!
Oct
31
As you can see, Maddie was a witch this year after we convinced her that a dinosaur for the third year in a row was not happening. Eli really didn’t know what was going on so he decided to be a cat and witch…in overalls. Click here for all of the photos!
Oct
12
It’s official – we are back in Wisconsin! Email us if you want our new contact information!
The move went well; it was a lot of work, but it went well. Here’s a quick recap being that it has been so long:
- We moved to WI back on 9/26 & 9/27 – thanks to all that helped!
- Maddie will not be attending school any more. My Dad (Papa Creed) teases Maddie telling her that she is a kindergarten drop out! The reason she will not be attending school any longer is because she is not old enough per Wisconsin standards…they would not allow her to start here even though she had already started in Kentucky. Per my conversation with Ms. Joanie – Maddie’s teacher in KY – this will not be a bad thing for Maddie. We look forward to finding all sorts of fun things to do!
- Lynn will be starting back at her old job with Grede Foundries soon; this is a God-send for sure. We are still working out the logistics of it all, trying to avoid a HUGE daycare bill!
- I am working from our apartment (we didn’t have time to find a house) until my company restarts the Wisconsin Office project – it was put on hold a few weeks ago.
- After several delays that were completely out of our control, our house-sale is supposed to close on Wednesday of this week. We are very thankful for that!
Jul
31
Zebra’s, Emus and Deer, oh my!
On Tuesday, we went to a petting zoo called “Henry’s Ark” down the road from our house where the only cost for admission is a bag of carrots to feed the animals. It was a lot of fun and Maddie was able to feed goats, many different kinds of birds, African porcupines, deer and last, but surely not least, zebras! (Madddie’s favorite animal) We also got to feed bigger birds like Emus and Ostriches.
Click on the photos for larger versions.
Jul
22
This past weekend, we spent some time at Otter Creek Park where we visited Morgan’s Cave – much to our surprise, we couldn’t get in!
There is a sign inside the cave that I read with a flashlight that says that they have closed it off because the Gray Bats that live in the cave are very afraid of humans. During the summer months – when many people visit the cave – the Gray Bats will have their babies. The mother bats are so afraid of humans, in fact, that if a person enters the cave, the mother will drop her flightless baby and then the baby will drown in the river at the bottom of the cave.
Click on the photos to see larger versions; the quality isn’t that great because I took the photos with my phone. Our little camera is still not working!
Jun
26
We had a little party at our house last night as a farewell to our current Crossing Community Group; many of us are going in different directions and we thought that the best way to say goodbye would be to have a pool & slip-n-slide party for the kids. Eli enjoyed his first bit of watermelon that wasn’t pre-cut into small pieces and the rest of the kids enjoyed playing in the yard. Click the photo for a slideshow of the “event.”
Jun
16
Father’s day was a blast! Lynn, Maddie, Eli and I went to the Red River
Gorge for the day to do some hiking, climbing, caving and relaxing. The
hiking was rough in the 90 degree weather, the climbing in Muir Valley was short
- but fun – and the caving was cut short because of some kids that had filled
the whole cave with smoke! Instead of climbing around in the cave, we
hiked up and down the river – in the river – and generally had a great time.
The photo quality stinks because I had to use my phone to take the
pictures…I left the memory cards for my camera at home!
Here’s a photo of Maddie climbing her first outdoor climb:
(Click to Enlarge)
Here’s a short video of her doing the same thing:
Here’s a short video of Eli playing in the river:
May
31
There’s been a ton of new photos added to our online family photo album
recently…and some not so new ones on memory cards I had forgotten about too.
Check them out by following these links:
May
7
“Mr. Man” has finally changed from his default mode of transportation – the Army Crawl – to actual hands & knees crawling. Isn’t he a cutie?
Apr
27
Yesterday was the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Great Balloon Race; we went to watch nearly 50 balloons fill up and take off in the race.
How it works
The Great Balloon Race follows a combination of a “Declared Goal” and the
traditional ballooning game of “Hare and Hound” race format. The U.S. Bank
balloon leads the action as “the Hare”. And, as any good hound would do, the
other balloons spawn an aerial chase of the Hare, launching in a planned
sequence minutes after the Hare.
The winds determine where the balloons fly. The Hare Balloon flies until it
finds a suitable spot, preferably in a vacant field. It lands and lays out a
large fabric “X” as the target. In hot pursuit, the Hounds try to drop a small
bag of Kentucky Bluegrass seed as close to the “X” as possible, all without
landing. Race officials then measure the distance between the target and the bag
of grass seed at the target zone and calculate points.
The pilot with the most accurate toss is the overall winner receiving $3000
and bragging rights for a year!
Click here for a photo slide-show of the event from our perspective.
Mar
26
We’ve been reduced to Stick People…it’s the easiest family photo I have ever set up; even the animals cooperated!
Mar
11
As promised a in prior post, there are more photos to share regarding our surprise winter storm; we all had a blast and are already missing the snow…it’s almost all gone only three days later! Click the image to see a slide show of our day.
Mar
8
We received well over 8 inches since last night; that’s a lot for Kentucky and that really is a lot when you consider that we are in the month of March!!! Last year, we had leaves on the trees by this time – the kids sure loved it though. Maybe this is God’s way of preparing our family for next winter…our first winter back in Wisconsin!
We are going to take the dogs to the park this afternoon, I am sure there will be more photos soon! Click on the photos to see larger versions.
Feb
27
This is Eli’s version of crawling at nine months old; we are convinced he will go straight to walking soon. His upper body strength is great; he’s already been climbing around on things even though he isn’t walking! Two days ago, he crawled up on Maddie’s little lunch table – completely up on it – by himself. The lunch table, so that you know, is one of those trays that are often used for eating breakfast in bed.
Feb
13
As you can see from the background of this photo – taken today – we have snow! Eli was rather happy watching Maddie play outside from the nice warm inside but I bet that deep down inside, he wanted to be out there too!
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