A lot has happened since the last update here with the Indiana Lesnets and people whom the Indiana Lesnets love.
On December 10th, my dad and hero had a stroke while sorting the mail at the post office. His co-workers acted quickly and got him to the hospital in Angola very quickly. He was then taken by chopper down to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne where he is still today.
Since December 10th, I have put over 4,000 miles on the Corolla driving back and forth between the Indianapolis area, Fort Wayne, and the family farm in Northwest Ohio. I have missed quite a few bed times and meals with the family and I have missed Stephanie and the boys very much. Stephanie is doing a great job keeping everyone in line but she is getting tired too.
To pour some salt in the wound, our washing machine (only 1 1/2 year old) broke (fixed now) and Stephanie has started back to work.
I will update more about Christmas and the cool stuff from the past couple of weeks if some time opens up. In the mean time, here is our official Christmas picture
Here is the boys taking their first bath together. So fun!
Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind -Psalm 26:2
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The Bird Part 2
The nice thing about catch and release is that no one is really harmed in the making of the Indiana Lesnet version of The Bird. The unfortunate thing is that you may wind up having your unwelcome guest come back for another visit.
Here I am with my trusty tools of a broom and expandable feather duster, once again hunting down the bird. Once again determined to catch and release him.
I caught him again and released him again but got a good shot of him. If you see this bird outside at your front door, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR.
Upon further investigation, I found that the bird was setting up a residence in the wreath on the front door. Now that Christmas is over, we should be rid of the unwelcome woodland guest.
And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy - 1 Kings 8:50
Sunday, December 5, 2010
First Smile
Bubba has been a much more challenging little one than his older brother was. We figure much of that is due to the fact that he gets drug around all over creation, gets lots of "love" from Kai, and doesn't have the full-time attention of both parents 24/7.
Bubba has given us a lot of loud, sleepless nights and in return we have received nothing, nada, zilch. No cooing, no smiles, no nothing super cute to give us that little burst of adrenaline that us parents like so much when our kids do something that shows they appreciate what we do for them.
Well, on December 4, 2010 we got our first smile! Fortunately, the camera was out and we were able to catch it on film.
Without any further delay, here is the first smile by Elijah George Lesnet!!
When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them. - Job 29:24
Bubba has given us a lot of loud, sleepless nights and in return we have received nothing, nada, zilch. No cooing, no smiles, no nothing super cute to give us that little burst of adrenaline that us parents like so much when our kids do something that shows they appreciate what we do for them.
Well, on December 4, 2010 we got our first smile! Fortunately, the camera was out and we were able to catch it on film.
Without any further delay, here is the first smile by Elijah George Lesnet!!
The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock directed a movie called "The Birds" that takes place in a small town in Northern California. In his movie, birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. Well, this ain't no movie!
On Tuesday November 30th, we had a bird invasion. We were already in the middle of a drama filled evening as Kai had just puked up his lunch right before I got home from work. Stephanie had given Kai a bath and got him in his PJs but hadn't yet cleaned up the mess that Kai made on the family room sofa.
I got home from work and cleaned up the mess and was taking the super smelly trash out the front door (Wednesday is garbage day so the trash can was already by the street) when I heard this flapping noise go past my head. I turned around to see this little bird flying in to the house.
Really?!?!?
Here is the bird perched on the light hanging over our breakfast table.
Here the bird is enjoying the view from the ceiling fan in our family room.
Here is a little present that the bird left for Stephanie on her laptop computer.
On Tuesday November 30th, we had a bird invasion. We were already in the middle of a drama filled evening as Kai had just puked up his lunch right before I got home from work. Stephanie had given Kai a bath and got him in his PJs but hadn't yet cleaned up the mess that Kai made on the family room sofa.
I got home from work and cleaned up the mess and was taking the super smelly trash out the front door (Wednesday is garbage day so the trash can was already by the street) when I heard this flapping noise go past my head. I turned around to see this little bird flying in to the house.
Really?!?!?
Here is the bird perched on the light hanging over our breakfast table.
Here the bird is enjoying the view from the ceiling fan in our family room.
Here is a little present that the bird left for Stephanie on her laptop computer.
Armed with a broom, an expandable feather duster, a large bowl, and a plastic grocery bag I was able to capture the creature of the air and safely deliver it back to his rightful home. You know, the one that is OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE!
Stephanie took the boys down to the basement to hang out while I hunted this thing down. I guess Kai really wanted to help me catch him and was very excited about our new pet.
Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean. - Leviticus 14:53
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Finishing off November 2010
The last couple of weeks of November were pretty quiet on the home front. The work front was a different story as the old 9-5 has kept poppa Lesnet plenty busy and has kept him away from his family and from this here blog.
Here is a great picture of Stephanie and Bubba chilling out.
We did have our good friends, the Feeneys over for lunch one day. The boys had a great time with the Feeney girls. Here is Kai and Alexandria in Kai's ball pit.
We decorated for Christmas. Kai has been helpful in decorating the tree each Christmas but he was even better at it this year. Of course, it is his third time doing it so he's an old pro now.
Garland sure is fun!
Good brother shot here. It is fun watching them bond. Kai loves his little brother and Bubba seems to be pretty fond of Kai too!
On the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, I (Chad) had to go to Columbus Ohio for work. It was to inspect some cabin refurbishments on airplanes (exciting, right). Anyway, after the inspection was over I had lunch with my favorite great Aunt, Aunt Elaine. Aunt Elaine is my Grandpa Lesnet's sister and lives about 15 miles from the Columbus Airport. It was the first one-on-one time that I have ever spent with her and I certainly hope it is not the last. We had a great time!
Thanksgiving for us this year was with just the 4 of us. It was prepared by The Fresh Market and all we had to do was warm it up on Thanksgiving Day. It would have been waaay cooler to have more loved ones around on Thanksgiving but it was still pretty nice.
Go Lions! Darn, another Thanksgiving loss!
We also took our Christmas card picture. I won't post the one that we're using but here are a couple of shots of the boys with one of their parents.
We tried to do our photo next to the tree while sitting on the floor but 10 seconds wasn't quite enough time to get situated on the floor. This one turned out pretty good except that we're not centered very well. All other photos were pretty disastrous.
I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. - Psalm 69:30
Boiler Up?
Every parent has a list of things that they hope that their children are able to experience and things that they pray their children will not see in their lifetimes. One of the things I hoped my boys would never experience is them witnessing Purdue lose an Old Oaken Bucket game to Indiana. Unfortunately, this year it happened. Now we can only hope that this kind of rare occurrence never happens again.
Purdue got off to a quick start and the boys were enjoying the beat down and feeling confident that there would be another "P" link in the Oaken Bucket chain
Starting not too look too good.
Kai is devastated by the Boilers ridiculous end of the game melt down by the good guys. Dad clearly doesn't understand the enormity of the moment here as he's just flashing his big dopey smile like everything is all hunky dory.
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. - 1 Samuel 1:6
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