October 2024 Fall Break Trip: South Dakota Carol found a cabin to rent in Canton, South Dakota, so we took a kayak and headed north for Fall Break. Luckily the weather was pretty good and the property was right next … Continue reading →
July 2024 RV Trip: Colorado Springs (Continued) The RV trip that we took to Colorado Springs started in June and continued into early July. The kids really enjoyed visiting Garden of the Gods and climbing all over the rock structures. … Continue reading →
April 2024 Eclipse Nate was able to get some pictures of the eclipse by using his camera with a pair of eclipse sunglasses held in front of the lens. Carol’s Birthday Carol had a milestone birthday in 2024. The big … Continue reading →
January 2024 Business Trip: Las Vegas Nate’s company re-started their annual company-wide strategy meeting and decided to get together in a location outside of California. The company leadership chose Las Vegas for the meeting in 2024. The hotel was just … Continue reading →
October 2023 Lincoln Sunken Gardens Carol went over to the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln to do some walking and enjoyed looking at the beautiful flowers and koi ponds. Dad’s Pottery Sale Nate’s Dad is a former Art teacher and in … Continue reading →
July 2023 Visiting Pa in the Hospital Nate’s Dad had been putting off surgery to fix several hernias and finally got it done in July 2023. Jenna was a little afraid to visit him in the hospital because she wasn’t … Continue reading →
April 2022 Carol’s Birthday Happy 48th birthday to Carol! I had an old 40 candle that we no longer needed and an 8 candle from when Jenna turned that age, so I just broke off the zero from the 40 … Continue reading →
January 2022 Flooring Project and New Furniture Nate surprised Carol by having the majority of the flooring project completed by the time she returned from her beach trip. Upon completing the full project in January, a new couch and loveseat … Continue reading →
October 2021 School Pictures Since Grant (8th grade) and Jenna (2nd grade) did school remotely this year, due to Covid, we took our own school pictures. We also took a picture of Jenna’s primary teacher, Mrs. Dungan. Meeting Baby Cousin … Continue reading →
July 2021 Independence Day It was nice to celebrate the 4th of July with Nate’s parents. Fishing We were able to do some fishing at a nearby lake with Gramma and Pa. Grant had the best luck, catching three fish. … Continue reading →
April 2021 Flower Garden Carol planted some bulbs and seeds in the flower garden, which were beautiful when they sprouted. Carol’s Birthday Carol got breakfast in bed on her birthday. And later got to have a cake, baked by Nate. … Continue reading →
December 2018 Christmas Decorations Our first Christmas in Nebraska and I missed my window to put up the exterior lights in decent weather. Instead, I had to put up the lights in a cold rain. In the end, it turned … Continue reading →
November 2018 A Bit of Mayhem One of our pumpkins from Halloween that Nana had painted was still out on the front porch in November since it had not rotted like the carved pumpkins. One day I looked out to … Continue reading →
Once again, I have let a significant amount of time go by between blog posts. To remedy this situation, I again offer you the following lengthy blog post full of images and videos of what has been going on in … Continue reading →
Grant asked us if he could have a birthday party at our house this year and invite his friends. Party planning isn’t really something that I consider a strength or even something that I am interested in. I would have … Continue reading →
This year I was limited on the amount of time I could take off of work, so we didn’t make it down to the Keys to see Nana. Instead we took 3 days and drove down to Gulfport, FL where … Continue reading →
Jenna was selected to join other kids that take gymnastics classes at Balance180 to perform a routine before the Gator Gymnastics meet on March 10th, 2017 at the Stephen C O’Connell Center on the campus of the University of Florida. … Continue reading →
Early Birthday Celebration at Home: She loved the ice cream cake again this year! And she’s getting quite good at ripping wrapping paper. Birthday Celebration at Stepping Stones: She wore a special birthday crown, ate cookies, and showed … Continue reading →
On December 8th, Jenna participated in the Christmas program, “Lead the Way to Jesus”, at Trinity United Methodist for Stepping Stones Preschool. She did a great job. Take a look at some of the pictures and video of the evening.
Continue reading →Nana stopped at our house after Thanksgiving on her way down to her place in the Keys, so we decided to have Christmas with her early. Here are some pictures:
Continue reading →We enjoyed another trip over to the Retirement Farm for Horses recently. Jenna and Grant both petted and fed the horses quite bravely. We all really enjoy that place. Here are some relatively recent pictures from cell phones and other … Continue reading →
Thanksgiving Party at Jenna’s Preschool:
Continue reading →This year Grant dressed as a Mummy and Jenna dressed as a Gator Cheerleader. Grant designed the Jack-O-Lanterns and Mama and Dada helped cut the pumpkins. Both kids really enjoyed the Trunk-or-Treat at our church and trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. … Continue reading →
We took our annual fall pictures at the Trinity United Methodist Church pumpkin patch. Carol was able to get some cute pictures of the kids, and me with the kids. We picked out some good pumpkins and gourds to complete … Continue reading →
We made it home from the Keys just in time for Easter. We started with Easter baskets at home and a little Easter egg hunt on the back porch. At church, they had a huge Easter egg hunt for all … Continue reading →