Angela and I have decided to go ahead and take our first road trip as a family. So…are we a little crazy? Yeah, a little. Why would we want to spend 5 hours in a Big Ass Van with 6 kids under 3? We don’t, but Star Trek technology doesn’t exist yet so we really don’t have a choice.
We’re going to Rock Rapids first. Angela’s home town of Tama will be later this summer. We’re going travel at night and pray that the kids sleep during the ride. They normally do well when we make little trips around town and they sleep pretty well early in the evening so I think that we’ll be ok. I sure hope so.
We’re going to need a little help while we’re there. I’m not gonna be around during the days. I’m going to try to work a few days while we’re back in the area. My boss from Indiana may even be in town for a couple days too. Rock Rapids is in my sales territory, as is Sioux Falls. I don’t travel to Sioux Falls for work as often as I should and I’d be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunity. We will be staying at my parents’ house and we’ll be there July 24-31. If you’d like to help, we will have shifts similar to what we have here at home over the course of the week. If you’d like to help, please send me an email by clicking here. If for any reason the link doesn’t work or you’re having trouble, my email address is: heath@tillefamily.com. I need to know what day and general time of day you’d be available. For example, I could help in the morning on Monday the 26th. If you can, please include your contact info in the message in case we need to make a phone call. My mom is managing the schedule and is filling all of the shifts. I’ll be forwarding all email requests to her and working with her to fill things up as best as possible. If you’re comfortable enough calling my mom and you know the number, go ahead and give her a ring.
Before you pick up the phone or click “send”, I want to share with you a little about where the kids are developmentally. The kids are crawling, but not walking. We’re asking that if you want to fill a shift, please consider your own physical abilities. We basically need you to be able to actively play with them. You need to be able to easily pick up 25 pounds. You need to be able to get up and down off the floor with them. You need to be willing to change a diaper and spoon feed the kids. We rarely rock and hold the kids anymore. Things will be VERY structured. When nap time comes, there will not be any rocking or cuddling. They go to bed. No exceptions. Sorry for the harsh stance, but that’s the way things work at home and we need to be consistent.
So with all that said, if you’re in the Rock Rapids area and you’d like to be a part of the circus, go ahead and send me an email or give my mom a call. We look forward to seeing you all soon. Wish us luck.
Until next time…
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 7:49 am. 3 comments
I’m finally getting around to talking about the photos that we had taken during the kids’ birthday party and baptism. They’ve been on the site for a while, but I haven’t had time to get anything written about them. I’ve added two more folders of photos on our “photos and videos” page. I’ve also added a new video.
Many people have taken photos of the birthday weekend and shared them with us, but we really want to thank Erin Hegrenes for her amazing photography service. We invited Erin to come back and take all of the photos of the weekend for us. Erin is the daughter of one of our volunteers. She has a photography business and you can find out more about Erin by checking out her website www.picsbyerin.com. This is the second time that we’ve had Erin help us out and we think that she does an awesome job. I’ve only provided a handful of the photos on our website. We have over 700 of them between the two days and I’ve uploaded all of them on snapfish.com. You can see all of our photos by clicking on birthday or baptism. This will re-direct you to snapfish where you need an account to view the photos. Accounts are free to set up and you are not obligated to buy anything. This type of site allows me to show all of our photos. Adding all of those photos to my site would cause problems and take me months to complete. We hope you enjoy them.
Thank you Erin!!!
Until next time…
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 9:19 pm. Add a comment
One of our fantastic volunteers, Peggy Kugel, recently offered up a tent that she used with her kids. Since its arrival, it’s been a hit down the hall in Meredith’s room. The kids have all love it. I even got Meredith to sleep in it once. Now that the kids are crawling, they’ve been in Meredith’s room more than ever. I took this video of the kids a week or two ago.
You can check out all of our photos and videos by clicking here or by visiting our youtube page by clicking here.
Birthday Party and Baptism photos are coming soon!!!
Until next time…
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago at 3:05 pm. Add a comment
Let me try that again…I got out of the house last night, I drug her along and forced her to drive me home. Some college friends of mine arranged for some tickets to see the Minnesota Twins play the Tampa Bay Rays. Sounds right up her alley, doesn’t it? Angela is most wonderful person in the world. I owe her a foot rub, at least that’s what I thought the agreement was.
I had a chance to take a quick pic before we went in
Our seats were about as far away from home plate as possible. My friend Brendon was in charge of getting the tickets so, I guess I should have expected the seats we got.
I’m proud of this pic that I took of Old Glory as the National Anthem was being sung.
Old Glory
The food was great, but a bit expensive (even compared to what it was back in the dome).
I even had a chance to say hello to my childhood hero, Kirby Puckett.
My childhood hero, Kirby Puckett
Go Twins!!!
I love baseball. I love the Minnesota Twins. I love the new ballpark. Outdoors is the right way to watch a game; sunshine, a light breeze, a brat and a beer. Anyone who thinks that they should play in a dome is just wrong. Sorry Dad.
Until next time…
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago at 10:59 am. Add a comment
I promise that I will work hard on the website this weekend and get several things updated, including adding tons of photos and videos. Be patient and check back.
At the request of my bride, I give you the following post.
Several of you have asked for a copy of one (or some) of the recipes we used for the kids birthday party. For those of you interested, here you go…
Macaroni Salad
1 16oz. package macaroni (cooked)
Dressing:
1 cup sugar
1 14oz. can sweetened condensed milk
½ cup vinegar
2 cups Miracle Whip
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
Mix the above dressing ingredients well and stir into macaroni.
Add any meat and veggies you wish, as well as cubed or shredded cheese.
(**We added pepperoni, shredded cheddar cheese, fresh red onion and fresh yellow, red and orange bell peppers.)
Broccoli Salad (courtesy of Angela Kaiser)
1 cup Miracle Whip
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. vinegar
3 cups chopped broccoli
3 cups chopped cauliflower
½ cup red onion
½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
12 slices bacon crumbled
