So in the last blog I said "Fish" which meant "Stash". Jott is a fun program but I forget it doesn't know all my nicknames. It knows Stashia as "STAY-SHA" but doesn't know Stash. You may have been able to figure that out (thanks for picking that up Michelle) but I thought I would clarify.
Anyways, this has been a great vacation and we loved all of the Christmas cheer so far. We are really thankful for all of the things we have received, the fact that I haven't gotten hospital-sick from my cat allergy and of course for being able to spend time with almost everyone we have wanted to. We love you all and sometimes it gets jumbled together with all the chaos, but we really do appreciate the time we get to spend with friends and family we wouldn't see normally.
We have 5 more days to spend in Michigan and we will be living it to the fullest.
-Chris, "Fish" and Tryson
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Merry Christmas!
Hi Everyone. Apparently the world of personal blogging is dead these days but I really wanted to write a message to anyone who comes across it. We are in the middle of our family Christmas and it is amazing! We started out last night we had some close friends over and we had a Christmas party. Then we opened up our gifts of pajamas to each other and put Tryson to sleep.
It started snowing really heavy at this point. What a miracle! The first snowfall (snow being fairly rare for the Seattle area) and it happened on our Christmas Eve. Here is a picture of a snowman I made for Tryson when he woke up:
Last night Stashia and I opened our gifts to each other and had fun laying out Tryson's presents for the morning.
Tryson was underwhelmed a bit by the morning (he's just learning) but VERY happy about his Little People Airport! He woke up and he noticed the snowman I built all on his own. Stashia woke me saying, "did you hear him? He's saying, 'Hi Snowman! Hi Snowman!'"
So here I sit writing a quick blog while Stashia is making breakfast. Tryson is playing with toys and occasionally talking to the snowman who is still sitting outside. Later we will go visit Santa (since the rest of the world is still open) and thank him for coming to visit. Then we will play in the snow, go to church and have Christmas dinner. We are really blessed to be able to do and say all of that. I can't wait to come home and be able to share the Christmas spirit with everyone back home. We are really excited!
It started snowing really heavy at this point. What a miracle! The first snowfall (snow being fairly rare for the Seattle area) and it happened on our Christmas Eve. Here is a picture of a snowman I made for Tryson when he woke up:
Last night Stashia and I opened our gifts to each other and had fun laying out Tryson's presents for the morning.
Tryson was underwhelmed a bit by the morning (he's just learning) but VERY happy about his Little People Airport! He woke up and he noticed the snowman I built all on his own. Stashia woke me saying, "did you hear him? He's saying, 'Hi Snowman! Hi Snowman!'"
So here I sit writing a quick blog while Stashia is making breakfast. Tryson is playing with toys and occasionally talking to the snowman who is still sitting outside. Later we will go visit Santa (since the rest of the world is still open) and thank him for coming to visit. Then we will play in the snow, go to church and have Christmas dinner. We are really blessed to be able to do and say all of that. I can't wait to come home and be able to share the Christmas spirit with everyone back home. We are really excited!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
"Pentathlon" (Triath + life)
Hi everyone, so I finished my triathlon today, here are some pictures:
This was coming out of the water after the 400m swim in September water (I am the one in the middle), my thoughts at this point were, "Wow...now I have to bike...it's going to be a long morning."
This is coming back from the 13 mile bike that was pretty tough hills...the 2 mile run was the last segment and that was the best part for me, I'm used to running. When I train for next year, I need to focus on getting my bike ready and my self ready for biking. It was a lot of fun though and I accomplished a few of my goals:
1. Finish
2. Not be last (I was in the middle of 200 people)
3. Not be last in my age group (Male 39 and under)
4. Don't stop swimming (hehe, that reminds me of Finding Nemo) once the time starts, biking once I get on my bike, running once I start running (sounds simple enough but so easy to want to just take a small break).
Other than my goals, I didn't do too well but you know what, it was my first triathlon and I'm only 26, the average age is 35 and it is a lot of biking so I just need to get that section down and I can be more competitive next time.
Anyways, that was the morning...the other 2 events in the pentathlon today were cleaning the car out of and vacuuming it for the first time in a year. Then helping Stashia pack up some of our stuff for out move while wrangling a sick Tryson. Yes, he is seemingly sick, poor little guy and we will both probably be coming down with it soon. I was very glad that I didn't get sick before today. Cold water is colder when you have a fever....brrrrrr. So yeah...it's nuts over here and tomorrow I am going to go to work because I couldn't yesterday. They made me a lead at work so I have responsibilities that go outside of the regular work hours most times and unfortunately I may have to work a Sunday every once in a while, as long as we can make it to a church service I won't complain. So after that Stashia and I are going to try to pick up a cheap vanity we found on craigslist for $30!!! Then we have more packing, call the new landlord to setup a time to pickup our keys on monday!!!....soooo exciting...it won't be exciting when we start moving boxes though, we just helped someone else move....hmmmmpf... Oh well, when we are in we will be happy. Take care, leave us some messages!!!
This was coming out of the water after the 400m swim in September water (I am the one in the middle), my thoughts at this point were, "Wow...now I have to bike...it's going to be a long morning."
This is coming back from the 13 mile bike that was pretty tough hills...the 2 mile run was the last segment and that was the best part for me, I'm used to running. When I train for next year, I need to focus on getting my bike ready and my self ready for biking. It was a lot of fun though and I accomplished a few of my goals:
1. Finish
2. Not be last (I was in the middle of 200 people)
3. Not be last in my age group (Male 39 and under)
4. Don't stop swimming (hehe, that reminds me of Finding Nemo) once the time starts, biking once I get on my bike, running once I start running (sounds simple enough but so easy to want to just take a small break).
Other than my goals, I didn't do too well but you know what, it was my first triathlon and I'm only 26, the average age is 35 and it is a lot of biking so I just need to get that section down and I can be more competitive next time.
Anyways, that was the morning...the other 2 events in the pentathlon today were cleaning the car out of and vacuuming it for the first time in a year. Then helping Stashia pack up some of our stuff for out move while wrangling a sick Tryson. Yes, he is seemingly sick, poor little guy and we will both probably be coming down with it soon. I was very glad that I didn't get sick before today. Cold water is colder when you have a fever....brrrrrr. So yeah...it's nuts over here and tomorrow I am going to go to work because I couldn't yesterday. They made me a lead at work so I have responsibilities that go outside of the regular work hours most times and unfortunately I may have to work a Sunday every once in a while, as long as we can make it to a church service I won't complain. So after that Stashia and I are going to try to pick up a cheap vanity we found on craigslist for $30!!! Then we have more packing, call the new landlord to setup a time to pickup our keys on monday!!!....soooo exciting...it won't be exciting when we start moving boxes though, we just helped someone else move....hmmmmpf... Oh well, when we are in we will be happy. Take care, leave us some messages!!!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Thank you Aunt Cheryl
Hi everyone. Contrary to what we may have said before, we will be coming home!! We will still be quite strained but it is much better now. We WERE looking at $1500 tickets, $400 car rental, $1000 for a place to stay and food and that wouldn't even touch presents. We had pretty much decided that going home wasn't going to be an option. We want to thank Aunt Cheryl very much for her donation to the cause. She gave us a big boost PLUS tonight we found tickets for $1272 after taxes so we bought them and we will be flying into Detroit again, this time in December, the 17th. We will be home for 17 DAYS!!!! We do need some more help if it works for anyone...Aunt C has also been kind enough to offer us a place to stay but we would rather not have to be all over any one person's space for 17 days. If anyone has a cat free option that they think they could host us for. PLEASE let us know. Originally we were thinking of getting a furnished apartment (the majority of the $1000 mentioned above) but it seems a bit silly with so many friends any family places to stay right?!? Hahaha, we are excited and we are very great full and feel very loved to have someone give us help and to reaffirm that we have so much support back home in MI. We love you all!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
FIGHT BREAST CANCER!
Hi Everybody, please please please sponsor the Williams family. We're going to get up as a family at 5:30 am and go to Seattle to walk in the 2008 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. You can sponsor us here http://www.pugetsoundraceforthecure.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1110&px=1354702
Boeing is being generous and giving their support of $100 per registered employee (Chris) so he gets to wear a nice pink shirt with a Boeing logo on it. We appreciate everything you can do. Putting money towards this battle gives a voice to those who have died from this horrible disease which makes up about a third of all cancer patients. Thank you.
Boeing is being generous and giving their support of $100 per registered employee (Chris) so he gets to wear a nice pink shirt with a Boeing logo on it. We appreciate everything you can do. Putting money towards this battle gives a voice to those who have died from this horrible disease which makes up about a third of all cancer patients. Thank you.
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