We were in the midst of several days of hard rain. I took some photos out of the window, then decided to go exploring. At the creek near the house, it was running high and violent. Large waves would come and go and large debris was pushed downstream. Lots of flooding on streets and several … Continue reading “Crazy Rain – 12/26/2015”
Christmas day had great weather and we decided to take advantage of it. We headed out to Rockwoods Reservation to hike the Lime Kiln trail. The trail head for this hike is hard to miss. The start has a large lime kiln. The weather was perfect, and we had a good time exploring and goofing … Continue reading “Christmas Hike – 12/25/2015”
We went to Kansas City to see my parents and siblings. Henry and Herman were working a temp job to help out a friend and make some money. They worked at Strawberry Hill Povitica Co. They were helping in the shipping department getting all of the holiday orders out. We went to visit and buy … Continue reading “KC Christmas – 12/19/2015”
This is the aftermath of Ingrid’s annual cookie party. With cookies made, the group comes 1 block over to our house to eat pizza and relax. Of course, the boys have been here all day during the party hanging out. Ryan sat on the floor doing his best to get Rori and Maddie to warm … Continue reading “Cookie Party Aftermath – 12/13/2015”
Sonora was invited to Maggie’s birthday party at Bounce U. The girls had a great time jumping and being together. Then after the jumping came the cake and presents. Mason tends to eat like his dad, making a huge mess. The girls took turns beating up on each other and Jeff. And I decorated the … Continue reading “Maggie’s Birthday Parth – 12/9/2015”
There was a large tree limb that hung over the power lines and touched the roof this summer. I decided it was best to have it removed before it caused an issue with the roof. I justified the price of the removal as cheaper than the cost of roof repair. These are photos of the … Continue reading “Tree Trimming – 12/7/2015”
We decided to go to Kansas City this year for Thanksgiving. I had seen online that they were doing a 5K paddling race at Shawnee Mission Park and decided to be part of it. So I took a kayak from St. Louis all the way to KC just to paddle a 5K. I’ve been reading … Continue reading “Turkey Day 5K – 11/26/2015”
We took the Neimeyers with us. It was the standard fare of walking around looking at lights. Jeff and I hung out a bunch making fantasy football jokes to each other. Then we took some family photos and went home. We ended up using a photo of us in the globe on our Christmas card … Continue reading “Garden Glow – 11/20/2015”
I was fortunate enough to attend the Days of .NET conference in St. Louis with many of my coworkers. Since the conference is in town, its an easy sell to management 🙂 This year there were many good sessions. I was able to catch up with Mitch Sellers and attend one of his sessions. I … Continue reading “Days of .NET – 11/13/2015”
So my “new” truck was broke. Lucky for me, my college roommate, Sean came to the rescue. He and family came to St. Louis and picked up the truck, towing it back to Jefferson City. One week later, I’m in Jeff City with Sonora at his house working to pull the engine and put a … Continue reading “Fixing the Truck – 11/7/2015”