We travled to Kansas City this year to celebrate Easter. Grandma Pat started off the wonderful weekend by taking the kids to the “Ball Museum” (Wonderscope Children’s Museum). They always love going there with grandma to play. Aunt Holly decided to join them. After the trip to the museum, Hannah had PROM that night for … Continue reading “Easter and Prom 4.23”
Only one year ago, I was introduced to St. Louis’s version of Marti Gras. It is the third biggest celebration in the world, second only to New Orleans and Brazil. This year, I was to travel to New Orleans and celebrate the largest Marti Gras the United States had to offer. This trip was not … Continue reading “New Orleans Mardi Gras”
Paddling down the river last week in a canoe race, I was trying to chase down the boat in front of me. I was in my canoe paddling it in the middle seat with a kayak paddle. In front of me was a dad and his 8th grade daughter. They were in a two person … Continue reading “The Effort of an 8th Grade Girl”
Introduction As a career software developer, I have written quite a bit of code for my employers and for myself. Countless hours have been spent in front of a computer monitor pounding out complex sequences of characters to produce software programs. Occasionally software developers decide to share their work with the greater community and publish … Continue reading “How to EULA”
Class seemed to end in a blur Wednesday night. As soon as we were let out, I rushed across campus to drop off my books and pick up my motorcycle. I messed up my schedule, as I was supposed to meet Jana, Matt, Isaac, and Stephanie for dinner at 6:00 pm. I ended up getting … Continue reading “Return from Springfield”
I made my pseudo annual trip to the St. Louis Auto Show. Like I do every year, I balk at going alone. I usually regret this decision because I don’t get to see everything I want to see. This year was a mixed bag of regret. I took my son, Corvin with me. I wanted … Continue reading “St. Louis Auto Show – 3.3”
This month had many funny and not so funny things with the kids. Corvin is getting bigger and trying to do anything to be helpful or explore his surroundings. I heard a noise in the house and went searching to see the source of it. I found Corvin in the hall with a guilty look … Continue reading “February”
I’m currently working on a Masters Degree at Missouri State university. The program I am in requires me to be on campus for 1 week each semester. So I had to make the trip back to Springfield, Mo yesterday from my home in St. Louis. The weather looked decent and I decided to take my … Continue reading “Motorcycles make it all better”
Danelle’s parents have some land near Jeff City. It used to be a full fleged family farm. Now its several acres of peace and relaxation. We decided to all hop in the van and take a day. We got an early start around 7 am and got out there around 9. Once camp was set … Continue reading “Day at the Farm – 2/20/2011”
Yep, its July and I’m just getting to what happened in January! I started off the new year with a child getting sick on me while I was carrying her to the car at 2:00 am New Years Day. I’m happy to report that the year has gotten better for me and gone up from … Continue reading “January Photos”