July was a normal summer month. I was quite excited that the kids took more interest in the motorcycle. Previously they wanted nothing to do with it. This month, the both sat on it and fought over who got to be in front. They still wanted nothing to do with it running and the noise, … Continue reading “July”
Danelle works hard each year planting and managing our home garden. One of the more successful plants this year were cucumbers. They grew on a trellis made from Hogan’s bamboo. The harvest was so plentiful, that she was having trouble figuring out what to do with all of the cucumbers. After a bit of thought, … Continue reading “Pickles – 7.17”
Each year, the city of Webster Groves hosts a very nice family friendly parade to help celebrate our nation’s independence. Last year, we made our own float for the River Des Peres Watershead Coalition. But over the winter, we sold the boat that had the trailer we used for the float. This year we decided … Continue reading “Fourth of July Parade”
In July of 2008, my brother Henry and I participated in the Missouri River 340 mile canoe race. We completed this race in a 14′ Mad River canoe that was build for fishing. After we completed the race, we said that we would never do it again. However, we quickly realized that we did want … Continue reading “Boat Chop – 6.25”
Have you ever needed to clean up your house badly, but just didn’t have the motivation. We have that problem occasionally. Having two kids doesn’t help keep a house clean. After a while, parents just tend to give up. So Danelle and I decided to motivate ourselves to clean. We set a date to have … Continue reading “Party – 6.19”
I committed to lead the Cub Scouts on a hike during the summer. When I was thinking of places to take the scouts, I had to think of somewhere that they had likely not been before and that they would like. I remembered a hike I had done with the family that would be perfect. … Continue reading “Cub Scout Hike at Fort Bellefontaine – 6.18”
We decided to be spontaneous and visit Brian and Kelly. It had been a bit since we had seen them and though we would just drop in. Hanna was still with us since the family vacation and we wanted to show her as much of St. Louis as we could. After calling Brian, we found … Continue reading “BrianAndKellySurprise – 6.16”
The last day of our family vacation. We slept in at my parents house and left for St. Louis around 9:30am. We were in for a casual drive home after the numerous miles we had put on during this trip. Hannah was coming back with us to hang out for two weeks. We stopped in … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 11 – 6/12/2011”
This morning, the St. Louis van got underway before 7am! Hannah, Bob, and the Stl Haakes knew that they had a long trip ahead of them if they were going to make it from Douglas, Wyoming to Kansas City in one day. meanwhile, the KC vehicles didn’t leave the parking lot till after 10:30am… White … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 10 – 6/11/2011”
Happy Birthday Hogan and Matt! On our last day, we finally managed to get on the road by 9am. This was also the first day that the St. Louis’ van needed to pay to get into the park! As we drove towards Old Faithful, we saw either a wolf or coyote cross the road. We’ll … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 9 – 6/10/2011”