I wanted to go canoeing and I needed a partner. I couldn’t think of anybody better to take with me that my lovely daughter, Sonora. When I asked her, she jumped up excitedly and was ready to go. I instructed her on the things I wanted her to wear and the spare clothes to bring … Continue reading “Paddling with Sonora – 4/21/2016”
The Girl Scout troop Sonora is in hosted a Dude Daughter dance. Sonora and I went shopping at Goodwill in town and got our outfits matching and ready. They had a DJ that instructed us in line dancing. So I got lots of dancing time with Sonora. A perfect evening to spend with my favorite … Continue reading “Dude Daughter Dance – 1/22/2016”
Corvin started playing the upright bass at the start of this school year. He has been getting better with practice. Here he is at a concert. Its amazing how many students participate at the different grade levels. This concert is at Webster Groves High School and the students take up the whole basketball court! You … Continue reading “Corvin’s Orchestra Concert – 1/13/2016”
Corvin got his braces off today. He’s quite pleased to have his mouth back to normal! Mom was quite excited to see him back to normal too. We had to celebrate, so we went to Burger King on the way home and had a bit of fun… And some more fun in animated format… Hogan … Continue reading “Corvin’s Braces Off”
Danelle and Sonora took Hannah to her first NHL blues game. The girls were lucky enough to be at a game where there were not as many people in attendance. They came down to the first level from the top to see the game from close up! Quite the experience. Rumor has it that Hannah … Continue reading “A New Hockey Fan – 1/4/2016”
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We hadn’t been to the City Museum for a long time. Sonora was begging us to go for a while and the timing seemed perfect. One of the favorites that they kept going back to was the outdoor ball pit. We made several trips to play in it throughout the day. This outdoor shot really … Continue reading “City Museum – 1/3/2016”
Hannah came to visit us during her winter break from school. We didn’t waste any time, from the moment we picked her up, we headed out to Waterfall. 141 ramp from I-44 was still closed as they were cleaning up debris from the flooding. You can see extra water where there normally isn’t any. The … Continue reading “Hannah in STL – 1/2/2016”
Sonora had some leg warmers out and we decided to have some fun with the cats. So Tiko and Petra got a treatment. They were tolerant but quite happy to be free of them! Hogan Haake
The family is sandbagging for the second time this year. You may remember back in June when we sandbagged in Kimmswick. Now there was a call out along the River Des Peres during heavy winter rain. So with the kids off school, Danelle took Corvin and Sonora out for a few hours in the morning. … Continue reading “Sandbagging again – 12/29/2015”