We spent New Year’s Eve at Kelly and Jeff’s house this year. Danelle doesn’t have too many opportunities to dress up, so she used this occasion and looked great! All our normal crew was there, but they had invites several of their other friends to join. There were more kids than we knew what to … Continue reading “New Year’s Eve – 12/31/2014”
Christmas fell on Thursday and I still had to work on Friday. So after a short day at the office, we left in the early afternoon for Kansas City to celebrate with my family. As always, the pool table in my parents basement is a big hit. ‘ Of course, coming to KC also had … Continue reading “Christmas in KC – 12/26/2014”
The kids always have fun for Christmas and Santa treats them well. This year, the big hit for them was a new pet snake. Its about 10 feet long and we decided to name it Nagini. I should probably also mention at this point that its stuffed! Nagini is big, but not really that scary, … Continue reading “Christmas Day – 12/25/2015”
We spent Christmas Eve at Danelle’s parents house. It was a simple affair of dinner, presents, and dessert. Hogan
Danelle’s parents planted some pecan trees in their front yard many years ago. The trees have had many years to grow up and now product pecans. They have spent quite a bit of effort keeping the squirrels off of the trees to protect the nuts. Because they did a good job protecting the pecans from … Continue reading “Pecan Tree Shake – 12/14/2014”
Sonora went to Andrew’s birthday party. One of his presents was a Wubble Ball. Its a silly ball that inflates to a very large size. When I went to pick up Sonora, Kevin and Nancy were attempting to inflate the ball. Like anything in life, it isn’t as easy as it looks in the commercials! … Continue reading “Brown’s Ball – 12/13/2014”
This paddle represents 6 years of us going out monthly and doing the Sunset Race. Winter paddles are cold, so we all had our foul weather gear on and were ready for anything. After a nice and cold paddle, I decided that I should test my equipment to ensure it will protect me. So I … Continue reading “72nd Sunset Race – 12/11/2014”
Danelle and Sonora went over to Ryan and Ingrid’s house for the annual Christmas cookie party. This year, the party was back at Ingrid’s house (last year at our house due to new babies). The girls did an amazing job baking too many cookies and brought home a tray of too many delicious cookies! Thanks … Continue reading “Christmas Cookie Party – 12/7/2015”
We were at Danelle’s parents house for Thanksgiving. A nice family gathering. Out of the blue, Corvin decided he was hot and took off his shirt, walking around the house that way for a while. I called him the shirtless wonder and took photos of him. Silly boy! Hogan Haake
Our friend from college, Josh was in town with his wife, Jen, and their kids around Thanksgiving. They live in Virginia, but Josh grew up in St. Louis. He and Danelle were in the Honors College crew who went to London for a semester and then meandered around Europe for a couple of months. Another … Continue reading “Honors Friends – 11/26/2014”