The Stapleton Family

Greetings & Salutations everyone just thought I would drop a quick note. Last week was a little rough 1300 miles and 4 nights on the road. May I just note if you have never driven from Paducah, KY to Cleveland, OH don’t just fly! Lots of exciting stuff this weekend Ricky (Jess’s brother) Graduated from Marshall with his second BA in biomedical science and will be off to Dental school at WVU in a couple of months. Which means I am ever closer to free dental care not at cost I am talking free baby! You can check out some of the pictures from the graduation on the newly formatted and redesigned outings and pictures page. In addition to that Jess & I had our first meeting as part of the church team that is heading up the 40 days of community program for our church. The program is a follow up to 40 days of purpose that our church did before we joined. Jess & I are on the communication team for the campaign (good thing all the pc’s have spell & grammar check ain’t it!). But most importantly I am pleased to announce that it was confirmed on Saturday at 13:00 EST that Mrs. Stapleton did indeed get a 4.0 last semester! If see keeps this up she could graduate “Kum Ba Yah” or whatever you call it. That’s it for this update and I am outta here! -Jake

Well I guess since I am creating the site I should do the first entry. Things are going well in the Stapleton Household, but everyone is just worn out. I have driven 11,000 miles since March 1st for work and been averaging at least 60 hours weeks, but as of today I am 2/3 of the way through my 90 days of sheer terror at work. I love my job but I have had so many projects and conversions come due at the same time that it has been a stretch to get by. I am also preparing for a trip to Gulf Port Mississippi to help rebuild housing that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina (using power tools for the Lord it really does not get much better than that). When I get back I will be sure to post some pictures. So as you can image the last 60 days have been relegated to just surviving. Jess has been very busy also, she finished her last test this weekend so she has officially finished her 1st semester of masters work. (Word on the street is that she has a 4.0) Her job keeps her pretty busy also, its not unusual (sorry had to stop typing for a minute while I was singing like Tom Jones) for her to put in a 12 hour day herself. She has done all that while taking masters level classes to become a Special Education Teacher with an Autism Specialty (very proud here). Those are the recent highlights if you do not count doing laundry and dusting. Jess & I are looking forward to things slowing down in the next 30 days. We have the pre-school kids during church hour the entire month of May and right now that actually looks like a stress reliever (as long as they don’t play with the toys that I like). Well I am going to sign off now everyone take care I will talk to you later. -Jake

Good Day All! I have decided to create a blog for the website to keep everyone up to date on what is going on at the Stapleton Central Command. I know that there are a lot of free blogging sites out there but I wanted to incorporate this into my own website. Please check back every so often to see what’s up at the Stapleton Household.