Done!

Monkey man.

Done!  Alright..this post is a bit self-centered, but I'm referring to my busy, busy fall season.  Although I enjoy marching band, I certainly do love being able to spend more time at home.  We did plenty of that this weekend and it was wonderful.  

So glad he can feed himself.  Loves toast.

Should drink and read.

Although marching band ended for me last week, I still had a couple games and conferences that kept me busy.  Because of conferences, I had Friday off (except for a state football playoff game) which meant, Daddy-Daniel Day.  So, we had some good chill time..ya know...just being a couple of dudes.  After his awesome morning nap, we visited Kate at her school followed by visiting my own mother at her school.  It was a delightful time.  

He's actually quite good...ish

Typing at Nana's school.

Saturday was another nice day.  We spent some time at the park, rested, did some shopping, and culminated the evening with some Husker football at her folks' house.  It was exquisite.  Sunday was a pretty nice day as well.  Kate and I helped lead worship at our church which made for an early morning and a poor nap situation for Daniel...but he overcame his adversities and we survived.  We were able to have some brief Skype time with my friend, Will and his family.  More park time ending with some Pizza Hut Big Box Pizza Fun Time.  I sit here bloated, but fulfilled.  This is my first week since I can remember where I do not have an evening obligation.  We'll definitely be enjoying some of the fall weather with some fires and park visits (bundled up of course).  Enjoy some pictures. 

He seems to be enjoying this.

Watching football like manly men.

Camping...and other stuff

When we last left the Konrad family, they were on their way to a week full of work and camping!  Since even then, we've had family pictures, pumpkin gutting, and more sitting in stuff then we could imagine.  

Pic from our nature walk while camping.  Check out those noses.

Thug life.

The last couple of work weeks have been a bit of a blur.  It's parent-teacher conference time, so evening schedules are skewed and days grow long.  Just this last week, Katie and I traded almost every single evening because one of us had something or other.  We've also been preoccupied with the growing dilemma which is our treadmill breaking.  I've personally been using it a ton and with the colder weather (and my lack of experience running in colder weather), we were looking to replace it.  Kate was awesome in helping us find the one that currently occupies our workout space.  

Punkin walking.

So excited to Trick or Treat that he forgot his clothes (except his socks)

Cleaning pumpkins!

Last weekend, we went camping with Jen and Queño (Kate's sister and brother-in-law) and their baby girl, Elaina.  We'll have lots of pictures from that weekend.  Kate's friend, Kelly, also brought her son, Duncan out for some fun mud time.  It was hilly, we ate some Dutch oven food (sooooooo good), shot some arrows, and watched horses hang out.  

Elaina and my Myspace photo (message me if you forgot what Myspace is)

Elaina eating paper...don't worry...it's laminated.

Playing with Duncan.

Excited that my wife is learning the skills necessary to protect our habitat.

Daniel's first solo concerto.

Today we did some pictures for Kate's side of the family and we're really looking forward to seeing how they come out.  I got a couple over-the-shoulder shots, but the professional shots will look much better.  

Taylor's unphased.  That's focus, folks.

Getting buried by Grandpa.

More fun with Grandpa.

Daniel updates:  He's climbing like CRAZY!  Gets up and down so easily.  I'm still not comfortable with him descending the stairs, but he'll get there.  He's pretty good about not standing on furniture too.  Good thing for the future I hope...we won't let him watch Tom Cruise's appearance on Oprah because he's a bad influence regarding furniture jumping.  Daniel also is at this stage where he likes to sit in everything.  It could be as big as a laundry basket or as small as a can.  I have a collage below of all his random sittings.  Is this normal?  Do other kids do this?  Meh...anyways.  He's babbling like crazy still, walking quite steadily, and even running a bit.  What a great kid.

Climbing.

Happy (and a little curious...)

Enjoy some sitting pics!  

On the pot.

Daniel's bowling.

More sitting in stuff.  With his ducky of course.  That's water on his shirt.

Sitting in Grandpa's chair.

Sitting on the chair.

More sitting...

Fun With Bathing

Hi folks!  Not a whole lot of happenings this week.  It'll be heavier on the picture end than the story-telling.  Unfortunately, this time of year, my weekends limit my hanging out with Daniel and Katie.  Although I love my job, I certainly do look forward to some more free time in the coming weeks.  

Keeping me awake.  How rude.

We did have a blast today and some evenings this week just hanging out and playing.  Do you remember that game "Crazy Curtains' of which Daniel was so fond?  Well, he broke the curtain rod!  Ripped it right out of the wall.  Crazy curtains is no more.  Such is life.  It's all fun and games til' someone gets hurt...or something gets broken.  

Reading about the life of a caterpillar.

It's cooling off around here.  We've actually been throwing on the heat!  My good buddy, William (shout out!) asked me the other day, "Is it still hot up there??". It's been darn near freezing!  (PS:  Marching band is still happening and YES we still practice outside).  He's gotten soft though, living in Cali and Texas the past few years.  There, there buddy. 

I guess I'm glad he somewhat censored himself...

Kate's back was bothering her quite a bit (possibly from an accident last year) and she decided to break down and see a chiropractor (shout out to Gregg and Adam Hoogeveen).  In Kate's words, "they're not like hippies".  You know you're set there.  She's feeling a ton better though (80%).  That makes me happy.  

Drawing up a contract...not sure for what.

We had Jen and Queño over for the game last night (that's Kate's sister and brother-in-law).   It was tough to watch, but I enjoyed their company.  Their little Elaina is so very cute.  Katie also visited Zella briefly this week.  She really enjoyed herself and I enjoyed knowing she enjoyed herself.  These lil' babes seem so little compared to our Danielsaurus Rex.

Free falling!

We're going camping next weekend!  Sure to be some fun stories!