I saw something out front of my house and went with a flashlight to investigate. It turned out to be a racoon. It seemed to be a bit away from the creek, but climbed up the tree to safety. I watched him for a few minutes and took a few photos before leaving it alone. … Continue reading “Racoon – 7.1”
In July of 2008, my brother Henry and I participated in the Missouri River 340 mile canoe race. We completed this race in a 14′ Mad River canoe that was build for fishing. After we completed the race, we said that we would never do it again. However, we quickly realized that we did want … Continue reading “Boat Chop – 6.25”
Have you ever needed to clean up your house badly, but just didn’t have the motivation. We have that problem occasionally. Having two kids doesn’t help keep a house clean. After a while, parents just tend to give up. So Danelle and I decided to motivate ourselves to clean. We set a date to have … Continue reading “Party – 6.19”
I committed to lead the Cub Scouts on a hike during the summer. When I was thinking of places to take the scouts, I had to think of somewhere that they had likely not been before and that they would like. I remembered a hike I had done with the family that would be perfect. … Continue reading “Cub Scout Hike at Fort Bellefontaine – 6.18”
We decided to be spontaneous and visit Brian and Kelly. It had been a bit since we had seen them and though we would just drop in. Hanna was still with us since the family vacation and we wanted to show her as much of St. Louis as we could. After calling Brian, we found … Continue reading “BrianAndKellySurprise – 6.16”
In early 2010, my employer was looking for a new phone system. Our current system had very high maintenance costs and we were not generally pleased with the vendor. So we went shopping. During a sales pitch [from the company we bought a system from], the sales person commented on our existing system. He said … Continue reading “What do you call a Linux Blue Screen”
Danelle and Kelly went to the U2 360 concert. Like any concert, they came home talking about how amazing it was and the effect. I’ll let the video and photos speak for themselves though!
The last day of our family vacation. We slept in at my parents house and left for St. Louis around 9:30am. We were in for a casual drive home after the numerous miles we had put on during this trip. Hannah was coming back with us to hang out for two weeks. We stopped in … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 11 – 6/12/2011”
This morning, the St. Louis van got underway before 7am! Hannah, Bob, and the Stl Haakes knew that they had a long trip ahead of them if they were going to make it from Douglas, Wyoming to Kansas City in one day. meanwhile, the KC vehicles didn’t leave the parking lot till after 10:30am… White … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 10 – 6/11/2011”
Happy Birthday Hogan and Matt! On our last day, we finally managed to get on the road by 9am. This was also the first day that the St. Louis’ van needed to pay to get into the park! As we drove towards Old Faithful, we saw either a wolf or coyote cross the road. We’ll … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 9 – 6/10/2011”