My parents have had several large pieces of wood in the back yard for a few years. Mom had mentioned getting rid of it and I offered to chop it up. Not to be out done, my dad said he wanted first crack at it! Unfortunately, he had so much fun, there wasn’t much for … Continue reading “Dad Splits Wood – 5/23/2020”
I got a T-Rex costume for my birthday. I thought I had everything till my wife got me this! It really doesn’t need much for an introduction! Hogan Haake
Our first full month of COVID-19. We mostly stayed at home trying to stay safe and not catch it. I brought home the plants from the office that I care for. The cats were quite interested in them. It didn’t take long before I started being silly with my Zoom meetings. I took several long … Continue reading “April – 2020”
Corvin rode the giraffe unicycle from our house to a friends house over 1/2 mile away. I’m super impressed as I can’t even mount it (even if he needs help). You know that riding this is serious when he bothers to put on knee and elbow pads! See him in action! Hogan Haake
2020 MR340 PRE RACE This year is an exceptionally strange year. COVID-19 has caused lots of social and safety issues. I was thinking about paddling in the MR340 with Jo Jo. Then Melissa Nilson called me and suggested Jo Jo and I join her on a dragon boat for the race. After talking with Jo … Continue reading “2020 MR340 – 8/4/2020”
Its the usual crew out on the river again enjoying a fantastic evening! Always great when I get to paddle with Danelle! The bridge is our turn around and it looks perfect in the sunset! Not sure what kind of bird this is, but it just watched us turn around without a care in the … Continue reading “Paddling Again – 4/20/2020”
My employer does a good job trying to engage their employees beyond just traditional work. They also include families. They were having a kid’s coloring contest for families. I think I messed up the instructions, but my kids looked great when I was done! Coloring Sonora. Coloring Corvin My finished product. Hogan Haake
What in interesting month. COVID-19 is now a serious thing in the United States. I took all the supplies from my office I need to do my job and brought them home. I’ll be working from home for a few months. I also purchased my first ever coffee machine to make working from home acceptable! … Continue reading “March 2020”
Sometimes you must need to paddle on the river. Today was one of those days. Jo Jo, Mark, and I went out. We got upstream. After a while,we took a detour on Fishpot Creek. The water was high and we were able to paddle back a ways. We stopped to try and identify a very … Continue reading “3/22/2020 – Meramec Paddle”
Sometimes you just go outside to have fun. We often go to waterfall and end up just working on it. Okay, we may have dome some minor work like sealing the roof and mowing.Sonora even pitched in! Eventually, it was time to do our favorite thing, have a big fire. Sonora chopped some wood to … Continue reading “Waterfall – 3/1/2020”