The Story Times

 

July 03, 2005

We decided to put up a picture of our new friends the Petke family (from left to right - Genie, Matthew Isaac, and Matthew). An English professor at Liberty told Caren, through Caren's father Dan, that his daughter and her family are moving to Germany. When the Petke family got her they contacted us and since then we have been able to get together many times. They are good friends and we have a lot in common. Genie is a homemaker and Matthew works at Ramstein in IT (Computer work).

Last night they took us out to an Italian restaurant. We had a good time. After we ate, Matthew, Matthew Isaac, Katy and I walked outside to checkout some fountains. Katy really liked the fountain.

July 02, 2005

We keep promising to update the webpage on a regular basis and yet we only manage to do so infrequently. This will change soon. Here are some updates that I've only just now managed to post.

Good Morning Everyone! Yesterday was a big day for Maire. She is learning to roll, and she also laughed for the first time yesterday! It was really funny. She was in her swing, and I played peekaboo with her by putting her book over my eyes. She laughed every time! It was great :) So here is a video John did of us. Some of you have seen it already cuz I emailed it to you, so sorry for the repeat. But like I said, its really cute. You may just want to watch it again :) -Caren

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June 25, 2005

Hello Everyone! Yes, its me, Caren. This is my first time updating the website...hopefully it wont be my last :) Alot of things have happened since we last wrote.
You know Maire was born in February, but I'll give you the details, cuz John didnt do it last time.

Name: Maire Michelle Lorraine Story
Date: February 18, 2005
Time: 1:44 pm
Weight: 6lbs., 11oz.
Length: 20.9"

She was quite a bit smaller than Katy was; I was grateful for that :) Katy likes having a baby sister, but at times (like today) she gets jealous of Maire sitting in my lap alot. When that happens, any chance Katy gets, she wants in my lap. :)
In May, the girls and I and my friend Shannon took a hop flight to Dover, DE. We then rented a car and drove down to VA, to see my parents and go to a wedding. It was lots of fun, and we spent way too much money. But we're doing okay, and it was great seeing everyone. My dad, brothers and Grandma hadn't met Maire yet, and it was good to see them. We also went to see our good friends Wes and Laura, and we found out they're having a baby! So congratulations guys! I can't wait to meet the baby :)
Katy is starting to talk more and more. She now says, "I got you" and "Bye GiGi", "Bye Mike", and she's repeating a lot of words. We're also working on her with praying at meals. Sometimes she will repeat what we say, other times she won't.
Today we went swimming, and Katy loved it. Now we're home, and she is zonked out in her room. Hopefully its not too hot up there.
I think that's all for now. I'm putting some pictures on here for your enjoyment...
Love you all! -Caren

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April 30, 2005

It's hard to believe that it's been four months since we've updated the site. Not having an Internet connection has slowed us down. Since the last update a lot has happened. Maire (pronounced My-Ra) was born, Winter has come and gone, family and friends have come to visit, and in six days John will have reached the half way mark in his enlistment.
Katy is handling the role of "Big Sister" very well. She kisses Maire a lot.
Caren and the girls are planning on going to Virginia to visit family and attend a wedding in May. Work is keeping John very busy and his summer schedule doesn't look any better. Katy has discovered (as you can see in the picture above) popcorn and she loves it. We give her popcorn on family movie nights sometimes.
Katy is talking more and more but still not talking really. She has a vocabulary of about forty words but she doesn't string them together just yet.

Here is a pic of the girls

Now for a shameless plug: if you haven't seen the tv show lost you're really missing out. I have included a link to the Amazon link
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JNOG/ref=ase_gdcomfornewss-20/002-1409677-1815262?v=glance&s=dvd

Also checkout Arrested Development. It is the funniest show that I have ever seen. Even John's mom gets a kick out of it.
Here's the Amazon link
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002PYS7Y/qid=1114871892/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1409677-1815262?v=glance&s=dvd

If you're interested I have copies of the show and I could snail mail them out to you if you want. Just drop me an e-mail. I highly recommend that you purchase the dvds though.
You can catch Arrested Development on Fox on Sundays 8:30/7:30c
You can catch Lost on ABC 8/7c

It's sunny and 80 degrees, which is rare for Germany, so we are going to go out for a walk.

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January 08, 2005

It has been a rough couple of weeks for the Story family. John is trying to finish up his first class for his Masters, he's been pretty stressed with work, we're moving, and recently we've all had the flu, oh and Caren is still pregnant. The good thing is that we're moving into our house today. You can see a nice picture of it above. The bad news is that we will not have a fast internet connection there. There will be updates in the near future though. I promise to be better about this sort of thing. Back to the house thing, we love it. We have an office for once and we have a garden again! The landlords and their family (five kids ranging 6-26) are all very nice.
I hope that the new year is treating you all well wherever you are. To start things out right I've add a few links to some pics and videos of Katy.

Katy Pics
Katy Laughing Video 13.1 meg
Katy Rock Video 8.5 meg

November 06, 2004

I thought that I may need to update the old website. It's been some time since I've done so. John has started his Masters degree through American Military University. Caren is entering her third trimester and she has started through Liberty University again. She is taking two classes and taking care of Katy at the same time. We will be spending the holidays in Germany this year so expect to see some exciting updates in the near future. God has been good to us. Katy is growing like a weed, George Bush - thank God- won the election, many of our friends and family members have gotten over some major health issues, and Rich (John's brother) will be visiting us for Thanksgiving. I have added a clip of Katy's new found ability to play the harmonica.

Harmonica Video

August 20,2004

It's been a while since our last update. Since then we bought a new mini-van, Caren and Kate went to a wedding (our friends Wes and Laura) back in VA, Caren's brother Andrew came out to stay with us for a month, in early August Caren's mom and dad met up with us for a week, Caren's dad took Andrew back to VA, I went to Alaska on emergancy leave, and Caren, Katy, and Grandma Henrich went to Denmark and Sweden. I've been in Alaska for over two weeks to be with my parents as Harry went through heart surgery. He is doing well now and I will be going home soon. My brother Rich came out as well. We did get to climb to the top of Exit glacier. More pictures will follow soon, I promise

For now here is a gallery of some Alaska Pictures.

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