For every even year since I was born and for many more before that, the Meiners-Hodes family reunion has been going on in Kansas City. There are over 4000 living descendants of Katherine Hodes and Henry Meiners. This newspaper clipping is from the KC Times 6/29/1970 to put this event in perspective. Since I got … Continue reading “Family Reunion – 6/22/2024”
Danelle and Sonora had a 4 day weekend from school and work. I decided to take a day off and have a whole family four day weekend. We tried to think of what we could do beyond just hanging out at the house. I had heard that dad could use some companionship and we decided … Continue reading “President’s Day Weekend in KC – 2/16/2024”
Christmas is coming up and I promised my sister, Hannah, that I would work on some plumbing and electrical issues at her house while I stayed there. I knew the visit would be limited in time, so I thought a scouting visit would be a great idea. Lucky for me, Danelle and Sonora joined me … Continue reading “Kansas City Visit – 12/2/2024”
Dad had open heart surgery a few weeks ago. After his surgery, he went to residential care where they took care of him around the clock. Once he was cleared from residential care, he was going back home. It just happened that my sisters were both on vacation that same week. Nobody was going to … Continue reading “Dad Week – 7/7/2023”
I don’t normally post things out of the order, but this is important.. Patricia M. Haake April 3, 1952 — May 29, 2023 Wednesday, May 24 was mom’s last conscious day on earth. It started off as any other normal day for mom. She was happy and getting things accomplished around the house. Hannah was … Continue reading “Mom’s Death – 5/29/2023”
50 years ago [yesterday], my parents were married. They are celebrating 50 years of being together. They planned a grand adventure for kids and grand kids, but COVID got in the way of their plans. Even with the huge list of friends, co-workers, and extended family, they skipped the traditional large party. They opted to … Continue reading “My Parent’s 50th Anniversary – 8/20/2022”
There was an upcoming kayak race, The Gritty on the Kansas River. Its a late season race and I was excited to see how I did in my new Epic V7. I called my dad to see if he could facilitate driving me out to the start and leaving a car for the finish since … Continue reading “Kansas City Weekend – 9/5/2020”
My brother Herman is getting married! He lives in Warsaw, Mo, but is getting married in Sedalia. Family of course came in town to see the big day. In traditional Haake fashion, we did it our way. I started off the party of weirdness when the lady at the hotel desk asked for a description … Continue reading “Herman’s Wedding – 8/31/2019”
My sister Holly is moving to Kansas City after being in Wichita for about 10 years. This is super exiting for me as i don’t often see her as its a very long drive from St. Louis. Now she will be closer and we can see her and her family. This moving journey starts out … Continue reading “Holly Moving – 6/21/2019”
We came into KC for the weekend because Holly and family were going to be in town. Somehow it ended up being a mini reunion with family. Its always good to see everybody. First off is a video of Holly (and Jim)’s kids, David and Lindsay. I got them to say “Kelly Clarkson” and “Welcome … Continue reading “Kansas City with Holly – 9/15/2018”