life of chris

Hey folks,

Sometimes you forget that you own a website and sometimes you forget you used to update said website and send friends and family photo updates. Sometimes you forget how much you enjoyed doing that when you've become so engaged with raising a small child. Sometimes you also forget that sending these updates really doesn't take a tremendous amount of time, either. I guess that's life, or something. Things have been going really well for us I'd say, we have a whole lot to be thankful for. We're healthy, keeping active social lives, raising a cute little guy and continuing to care for a cute little dog. We're also on the verge of welcoming a second cute little guy into our family. I'm putting this update together while pondering what else to put in my hospital bag that will be whisked into the car once Kate starts to notice signs of early labor. It could happen any day now. This is an interesting space to occupy. Kate and I have remarked on it feeling kind of freeing in a way, a much much better version of the early times of COVID when you really didn't know what was happen in the next day or the day after, so you just sort of existed. Goals and to-dos are minimal and serve only to guide you through the next 12 hours. We wouldn't want to be in this state forever but right now it's really not so bad. Anyway, here are some photos. Just a random smattering of things from the past year, the last year before becoming a family of four. A little less arty and a little more utilitarian / documentary style. I think I say this every time I send an update, but hopefully I'll do this more often.

No time for film, it's all digital this time.

Highlights include: A bachelor party for Chris Lauth, a bike trip in Central WI, a bike trip from Washington DC to Pittsburgh, a trip to Northport, MI, some camping, a trip to Ely, MN, and a little random stuff in between. For more, visit: https://flickr.com/photos/sewellcm/albums