Jo has been telling me about the whitewater championships for a few years now. She said that I would get a kick out of seeing the boats run down the St. Francis river. Its held there every year in the early spring. This year, I decided that nothing would cause me to miss it. So … Continue reading “Missouri Whitewater Championships – 3/21/2015”
Danelle needed some quite time in the office to study for school. I decided the best way to achieve that was to take the kids out to a park. I had not been to Cliff Cave park in quite some time and decided that would be our best choice. It didn’t take long for us … Continue reading “Cliff Cave – 3/15/2015”
Corvin wanted to participate in the annual cup stacking event. This was very important to him as he reminded us the day of after school so we couldn’t forget. It was my turn, so I took him out to the tournament where he wanted in line to stack cups following a designated pattern. This was … Continue reading “Corvin Cup Stacking – 3/3/2015”
Corvin and I happened to be in Kansas City for a quick visit and were able to celebrate my brother Henry’s birthday with family. Mom did good making him a special cake, and Henry did his part by taking a large strange shaped piece to celebrate. Hogan Haake
Corvin loves playing goalie and forward. He does both well, often scoring in a game, but I think he’s still a better goalie. Hogan Haake
We received a call from the browns to join them for an outing to Chesterfield Sports Fusion. After some quick research, Danelle and I agreed it would be a fun thing to do. So we picked a time to meet the Browns. It was especially good timing as it was another cold wet wintery time. … Continue reading “Chesterfield Sports Fusion – 1/25/2015”
I saw an instructional video online about making matchbook rockets and thought it would be a fun thing to do with the kids. I found the video from Grant Thompson “The King of Random”. We did this when mom was out doing something else. We started by watching the video he made for Matchbook Rockets. … Continue reading “Matchbook Rocket – 1/24/2015”
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”