I got a dry suit (Wikipedia) for Christmas from my parents. I do enough cold water paddling that I should have better equipment to keep me safe. All of my flipping in my boat happen during cold water times. I was worried when I first got the suit that it was broke. I had a … Continue reading “Dry Suit – 1/6/2014”
Odd number years, we celebrate New Years at our house. This year was our 14th celebration with Kelly and Jeff. Jake and Robin joined in a few years ago and are part of the gang. Its a kid friendly fun way to bring in the new year. This year, we danced to some game on … Continue reading “New Year’s Eve 2013”
We had Christmas eve at our house this year. Her brother and parents came over to celebrate with us. We ran the Google Santa tracker on the big TV to keep track of the big guy. We played games and posed for silly photos. Our favorite activity of the evening was push Mark in a … Continue reading “Chirstmas Eve 2013”
Corvin and I took a bike ride in St. Charles, MO on the Katy trail. We had a fantastic time together! In the middle of the ride, we stopped and climbed up a huge mulch pile. After a long game of King of the Hill a security guard came over in a golf cart to … Continue reading “November 2013”
We decided to go camping for the week of Thanksgiving this year. This is our story. Saturday 11/22:We left with the van loaded down to the hilt bound for Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The van was too full for the kids bikes, as we had a surplus of clothes for the impending cold weather. The forecast … Continue reading “Thanksgiving Week 2013”
One of Corvin’s classmates had his birthday party at Wacky Warriors. Its a paintball field in the St. Louis area. It ended up being about 10 kids and their dads for the day. There was palpable excitement around the kids. The dads were playing too. I was nervous with that many kids having guns, but … Continue reading “Paintball Birthday Pain – October 2013”
I was looking forward to this day for some time now. A trip to the party/costume store and I had some upgrades to my clown outfit. My goal was to ride my unicycle to work dressed as a clown to start the day. I was going to make an appearance at the kids school on … Continue reading “Halloween – 10/31/2013”
Corvin made it to his 10th birthday. So far he hasn’t seriously maimed himself or made us so upset that we got rid of him. I think that makes us good parents All of his close relatives on his mom’s side of the family came over to the house to help us celebrate. We don’t … Continue reading “Corvin’s 10th Birday Party – 10/13/2013”
There is not much that makes the kids happier than spending time with their friends. They often beg for somebody to spend the night at our house or go to their friend’s house. This was one of those times where we gave in and their friends could play. The most interesting this to report is … Continue reading “Sleepover with the Bents – 10/12/2013”
Corvin played soccer this fall on a team called the Flying Pigs. These are some photos of some games. The team got Coach Gibson his own Flying Pigs t-shirt! Album1 Album2 Hogan Haake