The River des Peres Watershed Coalition has been running “Bike With Your Boots On” events for five years. This year, we hosted a group of eight River Rally participants on a ride along Grant’s Trail. The group stopped at two sites to learn about water quality monitoring methods and to test the waters themselves. Following … Continue reading “Bike With Your Boots On: River Rally Edition – 5/19/2013”
What a busy fun month! Lets look back at some of the memories. I remember picking up the kids from school one night and Sonora was especially sad. I had some shopping I wanted to do and asked her to come along with me. I figured some one on one time with her would help … Continue reading “February – 2013”
We needed some family time. I figured the best way to do that was to do something together that the kids would enjoy. Making dessert kept the kid’s interest, and they got to eat their work when they were done. We decided to make fruit pockets.We started by making the crust. We may have cheated … Continue reading “Making Dessert – 2/21/2013”
Corvin always wanted to be in a cup stacking contest. He finally got signed up and went with mom to the contest. He says that the contest is fun but hard. By the look on his face, it takes deep concentration to do your best work. Album Hogan Haake
I love the big rivers around St. Louis. I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can travel them. A trip I have been thinking about for a while now is a float down the Mississippi to Kimmswick, MO. The map below is a screen capture from maps.google.com with driving directions from St. … Continue reading “Kimmiswick – 2/16/2013”
Ever since I discovered Mardi Gras in St. Louis, I try to never miss it. I’m still trying to get more people to join me each year. This year, I was able to get Ryan and Jeff with me. We planned to be there all of the day and enjoy the parade, but that wasn’t … Continue reading “St. Louis Mardi Gras 2013 – 2/29/2013”
A good friend of the family is in a band called The People’s. Their music style is Acoustic and Americana. We went to see them after a long day of a basketball game and the Sugar Maple Festival. It was a family friendly event, so we headed to the SIP Salon in Clayton for a … Continue reading “The People’s – 2/2/2013”
I received an unsolicited email from my father about a sugar maple festival not to far from my house. Following the link, I found that it was for the previous year. However, some persistent web searching showed that it was the first weekend in February this year. This sounded like the perfect type of outdoor … Continue reading “Sugar Maple Festival – 2/2/2013”
Corvin spent the spring on a basketball team from three different schools. The team was actually pretty good and Corvin was an above average player. Most Saturday mornings, we were watching his team play. His number is 10 if you’re looking for him in the photos. Album Hogan Haake
We finished out the first month of the year with lots of time indoors. Corvin and Sonora enjoy playing board games with their grandparents! Also, the kids discovered that what is old can be new again. We were cleaning up some stuff from the basement and decided to get rid of a large framed map … Continue reading “January 2013”