Retired
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” -Abe Lemons Sunday was my Mom’s retirement party. Here are a few pictures: There are more pictures from the party in the Mom’s Retirement Party Album.
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” -Abe Lemons Sunday was my Mom’s retirement party. Here are a few pictures: There are more pictures from the party in the Mom’s Retirement Party Album.
On Sunday I descended into the depths of Missouri and Kansas on Sunday to watch Alexis compete in competitive cheerleading. I had spoken with our Associate Pastor Andrea about good barbecue joints in Kansas City and she recommended Jack Stack for ribs and Oklahoma Joe’s for sandwiches. I looked into… Read More »Be Aggressive!
On Mother’s Day, I hosted the first family event at the new house. I learned the following things. 1. My mom, despite literally knowing me my entire life, will takes something out of my fridge and eat it without looking at the expiration date. 2. If you ask Elainie to… Read More »Mother’s Day
I started Thanksgiving by helping serve the free Thanksgiving dinner with my Mom, Teresa and Logan. I was given the extremely important duty of collecting trays. After my shift concluded I talked dogs with Karma’s former vet Jordan and his family. Even though I know when I get a dog… Read More »Thanksgiving
Happy Birthday to Elainie! Of course today is also Election Day. I’m not the type that tells people how to think or vote politically. I think everybody knows who I’m supporting. However, I’ve never felt it necessary to try and convince people to think like me. I trust that everybody… Read More »Happy Birthday and or Election Day
On Thursday night, Johnathan became the first member of the family to total a car. This is a shame for me because I had put all my money on Elainie. Below are a couple of cell phone photos of the destroyed car. He was uninjured in the accident. All of… Read More »First Family Car Accident
I drove to Albia on Sunday to watch Elainie play softball in the Little League State Tournament. I was honestly expecting to only watch one game because they were playing Grand View. I can never recall a Boone team beating a Grand View team. But it happened. Boone beat Grand… Read More »Albia, Iowa
Saturday was this guy’s birthday: It was also the birthday of this punk: While going through some pictures I found this picture:
On Tuesday Night, Elainie’s Little League team won their league championship. Below are a few photos. The game was at night, so there is some digital noise and blurring caused by slow shutter speeds, but you’ll get the general idea. Elainie made the All-Star Team, so I might have to… Read More »Royals Win!
Some random images from the Mother’s Day Barbecue Brandon Alexis Brandon Carla Carla Carla Elainie Elainie Jason Johnathan Teresa and Russ Logan Logan “The Perfect Marshmallow” Roasting Marshmallows Russ Russ Grilling Russ and Brandon Russ Teresa Since I know it would be missed if I didn’t post it, the picture… Read More »Mother’s Day Barbecue
I feel like posting some pictures from Easter. Alexis Carla & Mom Watching Egg Hunt Egg Hunt Neighbor’s Dog that Doesn’t Shut Up Mom Alexis Sorting Eggs Teresa Displaying the Maturity of her Years Brandon Johnathan Jason, Carla & Brandon Elainie Logan Teresa Crocheting Vacation Pictures I also had supper… Read More »My Happy Easter
This past weekend was Homecoming in Boone. This ended up being quite the production for Johnathan, Elainie, and Brandon. Below are some pictures of them all dressed up and looking slick. As you can tell, Elainie was really into getting her picture taken. Brandon and Johnathan? Not so much.
It is the week of the Big Game. I recently got an e-mail from Jason Baier that I thought that I would repost. The Iowa-Iowa State game is a big deal in this state. There are times when the rivalry does affect our lives because of how seriously a person… Read More »The Big Game
My niece Elainie wrote this poem and it won a prize: MASK She was just there. Not knowing what was going on. She walked into the room and everyone was smiling. Or so it looked like it. Everyone looked like they were having a good time. The smiles, laughter,… Read More »Niece