Spring Break Fun

We had a very busy spring break last week seeing all of the children and grandchildren. What a blessing they all are! We started our spring break with a trip to New York to see Mary and Kurtis. They have a very nice apartment and we got to enjoy their neighbors upstairs sleeping quarters as they were gone. This allowed Randy and I to sleep in the upstairs bedroom of their brownstone. Charles slept on the Ikea bed - great peice of furniture. We saw two shows on Saturday, enjoyed good meals together, chatting and a show on Sunday before heading to Washington, D.C. by train on Monday. Monday evening we had a wonderful visit with Donna and Al Holsopple, our old neighbors, which we sure miss. Tuesday we got to enjoy two of the museums at the Smithsonian and some cherry trees just coming into bloom. They will be beautiful! Wednesday we headed home and Dave, Cassi, and Addie came to stay with us till Saturday. What fun to have them and to play with Adelynn! Then I had more fun as I babysat Olivia for Sarah on

Thursday plus did some spring shopping in Wichita with Sarah, Olivia, Cassi, Dave, and Adelynn. The granddaughters did great. They could be shoppers - the Dad's better watch out ! :) Friday and Saturday we enjoyed being home plus having Charles' friend here, Jinger Ferguson. Sunday we returned Randy to the airport and Jinger to Wichita to catch a ride home. Charles left this morning when I went to work so the house is quiet again except for Clara and Longstreet, who stayed by my side last night for some reason - oh, to know how they think :)

A Rivers Ripple

Olivia--sporting Adelynn's outfit...

When last we were blogging here, we were waiting.  Well, as all of you know there is no more waiting!  Olivia arrived in November and we have spent the last few months adjusting to life with a baby. 
Sarah is now staying home full time.  And is so glad she is able to do so.  She had a few moments at the 6 week mark which made her question this decision and then hit the 7 week mark and hasn't looked back.  She loves being able to spend her days caring for Olivia, playing, and attempting to keep the house running smoothly.  She did keep her PRN job with Via Christi and has worked one Saturday so far.  This will keep her OT skills up and give Dan a chance to enjoy some time with Olivia.  On Mondays and Tuesdays, Sarah also watches Alexander.  He is a week older than Olivia. 
Dan heads off to work most days and has been busy re-designing parts of the KWCH website and making sure CatchItKansas is working.  He's also working on an iphone app.  He continues to play his bass guitar every other Sunday and with Threads of Three.  His new title is "bath-giver" for Olivia and Brisco.

Brisco is still a little upset that he has been de-moted to second behind Olivia, but he secretly keeps close watch over her. 

Olivia's personality is very easy-going and sweet.  She loves to "talk" and is recently really enjoying exploring anything she can get her hands on.  She's getting better with her tummy time and will just chill there for awhile.  Hard to believe she will be 4 months old next week!!  WOW. 


Olivia and Brisco on the couch today.




Olivia and Great Grandma on one of our visits to Hutch.



Olivia and Great Grandpa



Big Smiles!

To find out more of what our family has been up to, or to see more pictures of me check out: theriverscurrent.blogspot.com

Adventures in Charles-land

Well - here's the blog post that I owed to the inter-webs. As promised and only 20 some days late.

If you've not talked to me lately, life has been extremely busy. January saw me in rehearsals for "Humble Boy" by the 3rd. One of the bad/good parts of being in the first spring main-stage slot at Kansas State University Theatre is that you come back early to rehearse for 8 hours a day without school. This show was a little different from the other show I've participated in that I had a bigger role and the fact that we only really had three weeks of rehearsal prior to tech week due to some of the cast's participation in the American College Theatre Festival. In addition to a lot of line memorizing, I had to grow a mustache. See below...."Humble Boy" was the first and second weekends of February. Since then, I've been trying to keep up with school which was hampered by an extended bout of Walking Pneumonia. I was given some antibiotics and seem to be completely on the mend.

March has almost passed. For me it held a trip to Austin, TX for the fraternity I'm a part of (it was our central region conference) where I gave a presentation on Risk Management. It was a great experience and loved meeting other brothers from around the Midwest. I also had the chance to see Hannah.

March also held Spring Break. Mom will no doubt cover it in her post but the quick summary is that Mom, Dad and I headed to NYC on March 18th and got to see Mary and Kurtis in their humble abode and also got to see some excellent off-Broadway and Broadway shows. Finally Mom and Dad and I ended up in Washington DC where we had dinner with Al and Donna Holsopple. The following day (also spent in DC) Mom, Dad and I toured around and saw the sights including the beginnings of the Cherry Tree blossoms. We arrived back on Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday I picked up Jinger Ferguson with my Grandma Johnston and she stayed until we dropped her off in Wichita at 4:40 pm. Mom and I came home, visited some of the people reading this blog and then went home to watch "It's Complicated". Good thing my life isn't too complicated.

Onward ho to the end of the semester.

Love to all.

Charles