Updates from October, 2009

  • Pumpkins and Llamas and Hay, Oh My

    Stacey and Alex 12:43 pm on October 12, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , Pleasure Valley Llamas, pumpkin farm

    Family at Pleasure Valley Llama/Pumpkin Farm October 2009

    Spent the afternoon this past Sunday at Pleasure Valley Llamas (and Pumpkin Farm) with Stacey’s parents and Stacey’s nephews Owen and Alejandro. It was our second year visiting. Zachary was too little to really enjoy it last year, but he really made up for it this year. Benjamin had good time again this year, too.

    A few pictures have been uploaded to Flickr if you’re interested:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexfalkenberg/tags/pleasurevalleyllamaandpumpkinfarm/

    It’s well worth the $8 per wristband to enjoy all of the various activities there. Each wristband also includes a 20-pound pumpkin of your choice–picked from their patch yourself, or taken from carts near the entrance/exit. Larger pumpkins are $2 for every additional ten pounds over twenty, so a $40-lb pumpkin would only cost you an extra four bucks; a pretty good deal in the grand scheme of things-pumpkin. It’s located about 20 miles or so west of Random Lake, near Adell/Batavia. The farm’s website (linked above) has a map.

    We hope you enjoy the pictures.

     
  • Zachary's Now Two

    Stacey and Alex 3:06 am on September 24, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    The title says it all. He’s two! Congrats, little dude.

    Zachary at Alterra Grafton, May 2009

    We would also like to thank everyone for coming for his birthday party last week. Everyone here had a great time!

     
  • Funny The First Hundred Times... Maybe More

    Dad 8:20 am on February 24, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: htc mogul, joke, , vimeo

    Update:  Just in case you can’t see the embedded Vimeo video below, here’s the direct link to it on the Vimeo website:

    http://vimeo.com/3343680

    Our apologies to anyone that had trouble!

    So I cracked this joke at dinner last night, and Benjamin thought it was pretty funny, so he kept repeating it. And of course, I made him repeat it again for a quick little video. His fake-laughing really is super-funny, though maybe you have to be there to appreciate it. ;)

    The joke, in case the audio’s as poor as the video (recorded with my crappy cellphone camera), is “Is your nose running?” “Yes.” “Better go catch it!” followed by his classic fake-laughing and a request to watch the recording we’d just made. Enjoy!

     
  • Happy Holidays!

    Stacey and Alex 8:00 am on December 25, 2008 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: 2008, Benjamin handwriting, , letter,

    Benjamin-and-Zachary-Xmas-2008

    Benjamin wrote his first-ever letter to Santa to put out with the cookies and milk last night on Christmas Eve. Or, rather, Dad asked Benjamin what he wanted to say to Santa, Benjamin told Dad, and Dad wrote most of it, except for a couple of bits Benjamin insisted he write himself; he focused so very hard writing the bits he did, and it was incredibly cute…

    Dear Santa,

    Merry Christmas!

    Hi. I’ve been a good boy this year. My brother Zachary was a good boy this year, too.

    [Benjamin scribbles, saying each word out loud as he slowly, carefully writes...] (”It’s a good cookie.”)

    Mommy has been a good girl, and Daddy was a good guy. Owen and Ollie and Laura and Lydia were good, too. Nana and Papa were good, too.

    Merry Christmas.

    [Benjamin scribbles, saying each word out loud as he slowly, carefully writes...] (”I was a good boy.”)

    Santa, thank you for the presents.

    We love you, Santa.

    – Benjamin, Zachary, Mommy, Daddy and Yoda… (and [long list of cousins, aunts and uncles here])

    Bye!

    Awesome, right?  :)

    We hope you had a great 2008…and we hope you have an even better 2009. Take care, everyone–we love you all.

     
  • An Angel Was Here...

    Stacey and Alex 11:00 am on December 21, 2008 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: angel, imprint, snow, snow angel

    benjamins-first-snow-angel-enhanced

    Benjamin’s first snow angel, created 20 December 2008, in our front yard.

    Image manipulated slightly to enhance the imprint.

     
  • Yoda Loves the Toad-a

    Stacey and Alex 10:21 am on December 4, 2008 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Barnsey, bear, , frog, Froggy, stuffed animals,

    Enjoy our cat Yoda sleeping with one of his best friends, Froggy. He does this regularly. It’s pretty funny seeing just how comfortable he gets with both this frog and a teddy bear (Barnesy) that often shares the space. if you recall our initial Yoda picture, he was pretty tiny. He’s much larger now. I actually think he’s getting fat, too… We probably need to cut down on the food a little. 

    The other point of posting this picture is we’re testing MediaRSS functionality on the site. You probably don’t know what that is, and you probably don’t care. No worries, as most–if not all–of you won’t notice any difference at all. :)

     
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