We went to Tilles park to hang out together. Ok, maybe we had stale bread and wanted to feed it to the ducks and geese. We walked around the lake slowly first. There were people about and we noticed a sign when we got there asking not to feed them. Being proper Americans, we decided … Continue reading “Don’t Feed The Geese – 5/10/2015”
Corvin got to sing at the St. Louis Cardinals game for the 7th inning stretch. This was his last time since he won’t be Avery after this year. We couldn’t get in focus photos, but he had a great time. Sonora and Andrew hung out a bunch. And we brought Danelle’s dad Henry with us! … Continue reading “Avery Spotlight Singers at Cardinals Game – 5/6/2015”
Danelle and I are participating in the South Dakota Kayak Challenge at the end of the month.Its a 72 mile race and this is our first real training run. The plan was that I would do the Mud Run in the morning, come home and get ready, then drop the kids off at Grandma’s house … Continue reading “Training on the Meramec – 5/2/2015”
Its always hard to be good parents. We try to mix things up for the kids to keep life interesting. This evening, we decided to do something different with the kids. We got pizza, then picked up the kids from after care. From there we went to the Laumeier Sculpture park. Of course, we started … Continue reading “Sculpture Park Dinner – 4/23/2015”
We met around 9 am in the morning for this cleanup. I believe it was an event organized by the River Des Peres Watershed Coalition. It had been planned a few months out and had a fair number of volunteers. At the start, the group was splitting into two. First, a group of people that … Continue reading “Stream team Cleanup MacKenzie Creek – 4/18/2015”
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”
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”
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”