My grandfather had a stand of bamboo in his yard for many years. After a while, my parents got a transplant of it into their yard. It didn’t take much for me to get my own transplant at my house in St. Louis. I’ve always been a big fan of the bamboo, but my wife … Continue reading “Bamboo?”
If there is something that the kids really look forward to, its the end of the school year. Avery elementary holds a “blacktop ball” every year to celebrate. This consists of the whole school being invited to a party on the blacktop to celebrate the end of the year. The commemorate this event with official … Continue reading “May – 2012”
I finally made it to the Chinese Lantern Festival at the botanical garden. Danelle and I took the kids and met some other family. It was cold, so I gave my jacket to Corvin to stay warm. I was a bit chilled, but it meant that we got to stay longer! The sculptures are … Continue reading “Lantern Festival at Night – 5/31/2012”
I always try to make sure that when family or friends are in town, I show them the best of the St. Louis area. For this trip, I introduced Hannah to Elephant Rocks State Park. Its a really cool park about 90 minutes South of St. Louis that has large rocks and paths going through … Continue reading “Hannah at Elephant Rocks – 5/28/2012”
My sister Hannah is a fan of Asian culture. This year, the Missouri Botanical Garden is hosting the Chinese Lantern Festival. Danelle got tickets to go and we invited Hannah to come to St. Louis and see the festival in person. Hannah was not to miss this and made sure she could be in town … Continue reading “Hannah at the Lantern Festival – 5/27/2012”
While I was out enjoying the 8th Annual Mopar Ride, Danelle and the kids were at home working hard. Corvin had been asking us for a while to get rid of his bunk bed. He wanted something else. We had a queen size mattress that wasn’t being used. So we kept talking about making the … Continue reading “Room Redecorating – 5/20/2012”
We [the kids and I] were shopping at Sam’s club without mom. It seems that all good stories start this way because dad is a sucker for spending money that we maybe should not have. Maybe its also my way into bribing the kids to spend more time with me instead of video games. At … Continue reading “Backyard Pool – 5/19/2012”
Corvin played baseball for the first time this year. Skill wise, he was in the middle of the pack. I’ll have to work with him on batting in the back yard to help him out, but he sure had fun! One of his favorite positions to play is catcher. They had a pitching machine this … Continue reading “Corvin Playing Baseball – 5/16/12”
I have been running this website on BlogEngine.NET version 2.0.0.36 for over a year now. I like the interface and the familiar .NET coding environment. One of the biggest drawbacks to this blog software is the proliferation of SPAM comments that are entered on my site. I began to take for granted that I would … Continue reading “Getting rid of SPAM comments in BlogEngine.NET”
Sonora wanted to have her birthday at her favorite place, Hammer’s (Formerly Incredible Pizza Company). The four of us went on Tuesday after work. It wasn’t too busy. Somehow our game cards got an hour of unlimited playing, due to a glitch in the system. So we made the most of it and played as … Continue reading “Sonora’s 6th Birthday – 5/15/2012”