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”
I got a co-worker, Dan, into uni-cycling. We occasionally ride together over lunch. We get funny looks when both of us roll by. Here are the photos of us having fun and “lunch”. 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”
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”
This paddle represents 6 years of us going out monthly and doing the Sunset Race. Winter paddles are cold, so we all had our foul weather gear on and were ready for anything. After a nice and cold paddle, I decided that I should test my equipment to ensure it will protect me. So I … Continue reading “72nd Sunset Race – 12/11/2014”
Our friend from college, Josh was in town with his wife, Jen, and their kids around Thanksgiving. They live in Virginia, but Josh grew up in St. Louis. He and Danelle were in the Honors College crew who went to London for a semester and then meandered around Europe for a couple of months. Another … Continue reading “Honors Friends – 11/26/2014”
The Missouri Botanical Garden put out their annual Christmas Light and we decided to grace them with our presence. It was extremely cold outside, but it was still crowded. Corvin and I were not completely in the mood to visit that night, so we were not quite up to the Christmas spirit. I wasn’t thinking … Continue reading “Garden Glow – 11/21/2014”