The town of Kimmswick, Missouri is a river town south of St. Louis on the Mississippi river. We went down there once to have lunch with the browns at the Blue Owl restaurant. The kids remember going there and are quite fond of it. We heard on the news that the flooding of the Mississippi … Continue reading “Kimmswick Sand Bagging – 6/27/2015”
We went over to JoJo’s to swim in the pool. The weather didn’t look promising, but we went anyway. A small amount of swimming was completed before the lightning got everybody out of the pool. One of her friends with her two kids came over and the kids had somebody to play with. We were … Continue reading “JoJo’s Pool – 6/25/2015”
Here are some of the random things that I didn’t write about this month. Here is Sonora dress shopping with Danelle. I did a few unicycle trips, including one around Forrest Park. Corvin rented is Bass for this next year. Trying it out along with the case. Sonora is growing up and leaving notes for … Continue reading “May – 2015”
We left KC from picking up the kids earlier in the day so we could get home at a decent hour. I thought it would be nice to stop in Rocheport and get some movement/exercise before continuing the drive home. There, we found several things. Cool wooden train We found a lake that was flooded … Continue reading “Katy Trail – 5/30/2015”
Danelle’s car got attacked by a peacock at her work. She came out because she heard something and saw a peacock actively pecking and attacking her car. It saw its reflection and tried to remove the other male from its area. You might say, what sort of damage could a peacock do to a car … Continue reading “Peacock Attack – 5/29/2015”
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”
The Avery Elementary 3rd grade took a field trip to Clay Elementary. Sonora wanted me to go, so I took a long lunch and joined her class on the field trip. The trip was organized in 6 stations that each taught a bit about the environment through education and participation. Sonora had a huge smile … Continue reading “Field Trip to Clay Elementary”
I said it last year about how awesome my employer is! He again paid for a large portion of the entry fee for anybody in the company to participate in the mud run. I remembered my camera this year! The photos that follow are a mix of my cell phone, Vivitar “Birth Control Camera”, Dan’s … Continue reading “Mud Run – 5/2/2015”
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”
I’ve been unicycling since 2006. For some reason, I started doing it more this year and ended up with another unicycle. I brought it into the office and one of my co-workers, Dan Pavel, learned to ride over the course of a few weeks. Dan ended up purchasing his own, here are two more people, … Continue reading “Office Unicycle – 3/24/2015”