Vedders Chronicles

As previously twitted, tonight as Zachary was getting ready for bed he pulled out his Cookie Monster stuffed animal turned to me and said, “Hey Dad! Look, it’s Blue Elmo.” Knowing that 1). Zachary has seen Sesame Street on too many occasions to quantify and 2). Zachary really loves his cookies, I would have thought [...]

Just the other day I was wondering how Nathaniel and Zachary were doing on Santa’s Naughty or Nice list. It just so happens that the Jolly man himself happened to send me a video explaining how they were doing. Feel free to check for your self to see how Nathaniel and Zachary stack up on [...]

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As originally posted on Brad’s Twitter Account Sydney Grace Vedders was born today to Meghan and Brad. Sydney Grace, born at 6:37 weighed in at 8 lbs 5 oz and was approximately 19 inches long. Mom, Dad, baby, and sisters are all doing well.

The last week has been pretty exciting and very, very busy for us. On Tuesday, I got to volunteer at Nathaniel’s School as a Watch D.O.G. (Dads of Great Students). As part of the experience, I worked in several different classes including Nathaniel’s doing various tasks such as tutoring students, giving spelling tests, and playing [...]

Believe it or not, I’ve actually posted all of the photos from our trip to the Grand Rapids Rampage game…I’ve even done it in a timely manner. The photos from our fun day out can be found in the Photo Gallery. Be sure to check out the fun we had!

Today Nathaniel has grown up a little more. Just before bedtime tonight, he lost his first tooth. He wasn’t sure whether to be excited or scared. He came running downstairs to tell Mom. After we calmed him down and closed his door after putting him to bed, Monica heard him call for her again. When [...]

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but at least it got us a snow day.   The Creative Learning Center where Monica works and Zachary goes to school closed right away today as did Knapp Charter Academy where Nathaniel attends first grade.  At first we didn’t think that Aquinas College was going to close, but luckily, [...]

Today marks the 50th Birthday of LEGO, one of my all time favorite toys. I loved LEGO toys growing up and I still love them today (and so do my boys). Here’s to many more birthdays for this fabulous toy.