Today we were going to Universal Studios Orlando for the day. We mostly wanted to see the Harry Potter area. So the trip started out with us driving the hour into Orlando. By the time we got to Universal, I was rather upset. During the drive, we had to stop 5 times for toll booths … Continue reading “Florida Vacation Day 3 – 7/5/2015”
Our goal today was to finish the drive with a pit stop in Savannah, Georgia. We wanted to make sure we got out of the car to do something at least once a day instead of a long boring drive. We’ve heard about the beauty of the city of Savannah and wanted to see what … Continue reading “Florida Vacation Day 2 – 7/4/2015”
Earlier in the year, I heard that Weird Al was coming to St. Louis. I told Danelle that my birthday was coming up and I wanted tickets. She bought them a few minutes after the tickets opened up and got amazing tickets! The show was amazing. The best I’ve ever been to! I highly recommend … Continue reading “Weird Al – 6/28/2015”
The town of Kimmswick, Missouri is a river town south of St. Louis on the Mississippi river. We went down there once to have lunch with the browns at the Blue Owl restaurant. The kids remember going there and are quite fond of it. We heard on the news that the flooding of the Mississippi … Continue reading “Kimmswick Sand Bagging – 6/27/2015”
I promise, this is the last of my insanely frequent visits to the Meramec River in Valley Park. I took the kids earlier in the day to see it and I just wanted to paddle it myself. So I went out to the river with my kayak! Hogan Haake
The Meramec river was up a bunch. In fact, it was flooding and still rising. Danelle, JoJo and I decided to meet at the river for dinner and a paddle. We brought the pizza and she the beer. After a quick meal and conversation with a fellow paddler, we were ready to paddle. I placed … Continue reading “Paddle with Jo – 8/18/2015”
Corvin wanted to dye his hair before going to camp Lakewood this summer. We each sort of joined one after the other till the 4 of use were in the bathroom getting our hair dyed. Here is the result! Hogan Haake
We finally made it out to the strawberry fields before all of the berries were gone. We missed the season last year. So we picked them like fiends (or at least I did). I would transfer the ones I picked to the kids so they could look like stars! Eventually we went home and the … Continue reading “Strawberry Jelly – 5/31/2015”
So I talked Danelle into a canoe race with me. A simple 72 mile race in South Dakota. Here is how it all went down. Thursday after work was the last day of school for the kids. We went to the after school party and let the kids hang around till right before 7pm. Then … Continue reading “South Dakota Kayak Challenge – 5/22/2015”
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”