Every year, we try to participate in the annual Stream Team picnic. This year we were able to make it out again for a good time. We had so much fun in fact, that we only got this photo as we were leaving. Well, that’s not completely true. The picnic was fun, but there were … Continue reading “Annual Stream Team Picnic – 7/25/2014”
I was signed up for the MR340 race. it was set to start on Tuesday 7/8. I have family in KC and decided to visit for Independence Day. It wouldn’t require any extra time off work, so it was perfect. We loaded the boat on the van and took off after work on Thursday. Everything … Continue reading “7/3/2014 – KC For The MR340”
My sister Hannah and her friends Tiffany, Shelby, and Kaley came to visit for a few days. Being poor college students, Hannah depended on her big brother to give her free room and board plus some entertainment. And being the good brother, I didn’t let them down. The weekend started with a call from Hannah … Continue reading “Hannah and Company – 6/26/2014”
For the few people that follow my log, you may have noticed a change… I was using BlogEngine.NET for my site. I started noticing that things were acting up. It ends up that somebody hacked my site and started modifying every post I put up on the site. It has taken me a few days … Continue reading “Welcome to WordPress!”
A good friend from high school, Byron won tickets for a Cardinals game from his employer. I’m not sure how they ended up being Cardinals tickets as he lives and works out of Kansas City, but I’m not complaining. Byron had enough seats to take my family along with much of his from KC. The … Continue reading “St. Louis Cardinals Game with Byron and Christy – 6/1/2014”
One of my long time friends and co-trouble maker, JoJo sent me a text message asking me to call Dale. He wanted to take my flying. I was already out with friends for the morning, so after talking with Dale, it didn’t sound like we were going to meet up and fly. We agreed that … Continue reading “Flying in a 1946 Piper Cub – 10/19/2014”
I caught Sonora practicing her ballet at home, she looks so cute! No, this isn’t a visit to a doctor’s office… I played a prank on a co-worker today. Drew with dry erase markers on the glass over her kid’s photos. Hogan Haake
We decided to go on a multi-family hike with the Brown family. We started off meeting at their house and caravaning down to Mastodon State Park. The park is about 45 minutes south of where we live in St. Louis. For the drive down, I volunteered to have all the kids in our van and … Continue reading “Hike with the Browns – 5/25/2014”
After over 8 years of living at our house, the front porch was starting to see better days. In high traffic areas, the stain was wearing off. Some of our nearby friends had a porch redone and spent several thousand dollars. That was our motivation to get off our butts and spend a few hundred … Continue reading “Refinishing the Front Porch – 5/8/2014”
We participated in the Avery Junior Navigators camp out. The kids were excited to spend a weekend with all of their friends. As always, we hauled the trusty pop up camper out and set up inside the group camping area. A bit away from the crowd, it was nice with less noise and traffic of … Continue reading “Junior Navigators Campout – 5/10/2014”