Sonora Cross Over – 5/15/2015
Sonora crossed over into Girl Scouts with the rest of her group. My parents happened to be in town to see it which made her happy! Hogan Haake
Sonora crossed over into Girl Scouts with the rest of her group. My parents happened to be in town to see it which made her happy! Hogan Haake
We went to Tilles park to hang out together. Ok, maybe we had stale bread and wanted to feed it to the ducks and geese. We walked around the lake slowly first. There were people about and we noticed a sign when we got there asking not to feed them. Being proper Americans, we decided … Continue reading “Don’t Feed The Geese – 5/10/2015”
Corvin got to sing at the St. Louis Cardinals game for the 7th inning stretch. This was his last time since he won’t be Avery after this year. We couldn’t get in focus photos, but he had a great time. Sonora and Andrew hung out a bunch. And we brought Danelle’s dad Henry with us! … Continue reading “Avery Spotlight Singers at Cardinals Game – 5/6/2015”
We had a caravan with the Browns out to Howell Island for a hike. They had not been there before and we were ready to see it again. The Missouri River water level was low enough that we could walk across and get to the island, so it would be a prefect day. We ended … Continue reading “Howell Island with the Browns – 5/3/2015”
Danelle and I are participating in the South Dakota Kayak Challenge at the end of the month.Its a 72 mile race and this is our first real training run. The plan was that I would do the Mud Run in the morning, come home and get ready, then drop the kids off at Grandma’s house … Continue reading “Training on the Meramec – 5/2/2015”
Its always hard to be good parents. We try to mix things up for the kids to keep life interesting. This evening, we decided to do something different with the kids. We got pizza, then picked up the kids from after care. From there we went to the Laumeier Sculpture park. Of course, we started … Continue reading “Sculpture Park Dinner – 4/23/2015”
We met around 9 am in the morning for this cleanup. I believe it was an event organized by the River Des Peres Watershed Coalition. It had been planned a few months out and had a fair number of volunteers. At the start, the group was splitting into two. First, a group of people that … Continue reading “Stream team Cleanup MacKenzie Creek – 4/18/2015”
We went to Kansas City for Easter. This weekend would be a treat for everybody but Danelle… We celebrated mom’s birthday and helped her blow out her candles on her cake. During this whole time, Herman and his friends were frantically working on putting his Mustang back together. He got a new engine and has … Continue reading “Easter KC – 4/3/2015”
I lit a candle and drew a bath for Danelle the day before. Its something I do for her when she seems stressed and it helps her. This was around 8pm on the 21st. I thought nothing of it. The next day, Danelle and I went for a quite morning walk before we had to … Continue reading “Candle Fire – 3/22/2015”
Danelle needed some quite time in the office to study for school. I decided the best way to achieve that was to take the kids out to a park. I had not been to Cliff Cave park in quite some time and decided that would be our best choice. It didn’t take long for us … Continue reading “Cliff Cave – 3/15/2015”