Danelle and Sonora took Hannah to her first NHL blues game. The girls were lucky enough to be at a game where there were not as many people in attendance. They came down to the first level from the top to see the game from close up! Quite the experience. Rumor has it that Hannah … Continue reading “A New Hockey Fan – 1/4/2016”
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We hadn’t been to the City Museum for a long time. Sonora was begging us to go for a while and the timing seemed perfect. One of the favorites that they kept going back to was the outdoor ball pit. We made several trips to play in it throughout the day. This outdoor shot really … Continue reading “City Museum – 1/3/2016”
Hannah came to visit us during her winter break from school. We didn’t waste any time, from the moment we picked her up, we headed out to Waterfall. 141 ramp from I-44 was still closed as they were cleaning up debris from the flooding. You can see extra water where there normally isn’t any. The … Continue reading “Hannah in STL – 1/2/2016”
Sonora had some leg warmers out and we decided to have some fun with the cats. So Tiko and Petra got a treatment. They were tolerant but quite happy to be free of them! Hogan Haake
The family is sandbagging for the second time this year. You may remember back in June when we sandbagged in Kimmswick. Now there was a call out along the River Des Peres during heavy winter rain. So with the kids off school, Danelle took Corvin and Sonora out for a few hours in the morning. … Continue reading “Sandbagging again – 12/29/2015”
We made our first ever trip to Ikea. It was going to be a nice break from all the rain outside with a chance to walk around and see something new. The kids didn’t waste any time at the start dressing up with the clothes provided. This was about the last fun they had for … Continue reading “Ikea – 12/26/2015”
We were in the midst of several days of hard rain. I took some photos out of the window, then decided to go exploring. At the creek near the house, it was running high and violent. Large waves would come and go and large debris was pushed downstream. Lots of flooding on streets and several … Continue reading “Crazy Rain – 12/26/2015”
Christmas day had great weather and we decided to take advantage of it. We headed out to Rockwoods Reservation to hike the Lime Kiln trail. The trail head for this hike is hard to miss. The start has a large lime kiln. The weather was perfect, and we had a good time exploring and goofing … Continue reading “Christmas Hike – 12/25/2015”
We went to Kansas City to see my parents and siblings. Henry and Herman were working a temp job to help out a friend and make some money. They worked at Strawberry Hill Povitica Co. They were helping in the shipping department getting all of the holiday orders out. We went to visit and buy … Continue reading “KC Christmas – 12/19/2015”