Category Archives: General

3 years old with a sister on the move!

Posted on March 17, 2010 by ben

Xander had his third birthday February 24th.  To celebrate the day we went the Chuck E. Cheese.  It was a fun time! We spent 2 1/2 hours eating pizza and playing game and it was a great birthday!  He also … Continue reading →

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Xanderism

Posted on November 29, 2009 by ben

This late afternoon, Xander saw a commercial for pizza.  So, the power of persuasion said that he should have pizza for dinner instead of the fish sticks were were going to eat.  Laura then took Xander to our freezer and dug … Continue reading →

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Linden Marie is here!

Posted on April 9, 2009 by ben

She was born at 16:04 on April 9th, 2009.  She is 21 inches long and weighs 7 pounds, 15 ounces.  She is a carbon copy of her brother Xander when he was born.  She is a beautiful baby and we … Continue reading →

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Vegas!

Posted on January 30, 2009 by ben

On January 2nd, Laura and I took an extended weekend vacation to Las Vegas with our friends Andrea, Jason, Mary, and Milyon.  Laura’s Mom and sister stayed with Xander while we were gone.  Overall, the trip was great and in … Continue reading →

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Our Baby Girl!

Posted on January 13, 2009 by ben

Here are our ultrasound pictures from our last two ultrasounds! This picture was from 25 weeks.  She was about 1 1/2 lbs. This picture was 3 weeks later at 28 weeks.  She weights about 2 1/2 lbs here!  She went … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2008

Posted on January 12, 2009 by ben

We spent a quiet Christmas at home this year.  We did get our Christmas tree setup but only put on the ornaments that were not breakable.  Xander had a lot of fun decorating the tree and redecorating it over and … Continue reading →

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Xander’s Rockin’ Thanksgiving

Posted on December 13, 2008 by ben

gWe traveled back to Bowman, ND to spend Thanksgiving with the Hochhalter/Juelfs families and had a great time.  We left the day before Thanksgiving and stopped in Bismarck to visit Great Grandma Ann.  It is always fun to see her … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas!

Posted on July 21, 2008 by ben

I just spent a week in Las Vegas for annual BBWorld conference held at the Sands Convention Center in-between the Venetian and Palazzo casinos. The conference was beneficial and the trip overall was great. I just love Vegas. Here are … Continue reading →

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Funny Gas Sign

Posted on June 9, 2008 by ben

Here is a humorous attempt at making light of the current gas situation. This is the gas station that is a block from our house. The price went from $3.88 this morning to $4.07 by the time I got home. … Continue reading →

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Testing Audio

Posted on April 6, 2008 by ben

I installed a Flash audio player within my blog. So now, I’ll be able to add sound bytes to the page and not require people to download it in order to hear it! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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