After an amazing but short week without the kids after dropping them off for the South Dakota Kayak Challenge, we were missing them! So we drove back to KC to pick them up. As always, there is something going on at my parent’s house. Herman, Cole, Jen, and Henry were back working on Herman’s mustang … Continue reading “Picking up the Kids In KC – 5/29/2015”
We had some things to do, so we split up into two teams shopping at different stores. Sonora and I finished first. We then headed to Target where Corvin and Danelle were shopping. I thought it would be funny if we spied on them. So Sonora and I went around the store till we found … Continue reading “Target Prank – 5/20/2015”
Sonora wanted to have a birthday party, so we ended up at Skateport. She invited several friends. It was a simple affair, show up, skate and eat pizza. Her friends started showing up and skating. Some of them had never skated before or were not very good at it. So Danelle and I split up. … Continue reading “Sonora’s Birthday Skate Party – 5/17/2015”
We had a great get together to celebrate Sonora and Mark’s birthdays. Kelly’s parents were there along with both sets of my kid’s grandparents! Mark and Sonora enjoyed the attention, presents, and cake! Hogan Haake
Sonora crossed over into Girl Scouts with the rest of her group. My parents happened to be in town to see it which made her happy! Hogan Haake
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”
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”
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”