Ardent

July 12, 2014

First BBall Game

Tonight, I took Stella and Braedon to their first Wichita Wingnuts baseball game (it was technically my first too since the Wichita Wranglers no longer exist). It was a nice evening and the Wingnuts won. I was surprised by how much Braedon already knew the rules to baseball (which he later explained to me was due to the baseball game on the Wii).

I think the highlight of the event for Stella and Braedon was the popcorn. They put away one large tub each!

July 5, 2014

Metal Drum Solo

While at Doo-Dah Diner today, Stella showed us that she's added air drums to her increasingly vast music repertoire:

June 25, 2014

Pizza and Tunes

One of our new favorite places to eat at is Picasso's (they have really good pizza and sandwiches). Today, Stella entertained us with a combo dance pizza eating session while we were there:

If you watch closely enough, you'll see the lady to her left trying not to laugh while Stella stares at her and groves!

June 1, 2014

Naming Convention

Megan and I have gone back and forth quite a bit on names for our future daughter. We finally settled with Charlotte and plan on calling her Charley. Besides the fact that we just like the name, it's also after my late grandfather Clarence Charles Peters. Charlotte is the feminine form of Charles which means "strong man". So, we interpret Charlotte to mean "strong woman" which we know she will be!

For a middle name, we chose Jane after my mother's middle name. Charlotte Jane Peters rolls off the tongue nicely!

May 31, 2014

River Run and Festival

Now that we live in Wichita, I thought that we could make the River Run a yearly tradition. So, this year I signed us up for the family 2 mile run so that Stella could participate. Well, it ended up being me carrying her for 2 miles, but it's a start!

Later that evening, a band that Megan and I really liked and grew up with from way back in high school, OPHIL, was playing as part of the River Festival (the larger festival of which the River Run is just a part of). It was really cool to see them after so many years and watch our daughter jam out to them too!