Journal

This is my life, baby. Some short moments, some longer ones, and some where I just forgot the end. Then there are the times that I experienced things that I loved but never put pen to paper. Those are mine and these are yours.

Walking on Logs

Across from our house there’s a drainage basin that ends up feeding the Rouge River. There’s also a bit of wooded area around that. Over the past week there has been a lot of noise from the other side of the basin and sadly a good portion of the trees have been cut down. The […]

Walking on Logs Read More »

Veteran’s Day

Thanks to all who have given their lives while serving in the Unites States Armed Services. If you don’t know, William’s middle name is in honor of one such person. You see, William’s great grandfather on his mom’s paternal side was a Marine. During World War II, he was sent to fight in the Pacific

Veteran’s Day Read More »

Pitching Practice

For his last birthday, I bought William a multi-purpose net. The main driver was that we had destroyed a soccer ball by kicking it against the concrete porch too much. Why were we kicking it at the porch? Well, at that point we used a couple of the porch columns as goal markers and between

Pitching Practice Read More »

Cooking

Saturday was a day of cooking and driving.  First up at 9AM was Liam’s second practice with his baseball team.  We all manage to roll out of bed, get ready, and head out to drop him off.  Ann and I then head to the grocery store to pick up lunch and dinner supplies for today

Cooking Read More »

Canada Trip

For this year’s family vacation my parents took us to Niagara Falls and Toronto over Easter break.  The idea was to drive through Canada to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls and spend a couple days there, head up to Toronto and spend a couple days there then head back home.  As in any family

Canada Trip Read More »

Ann Birthday Planning

Ann’s birthday is coming up and for the past few weeks we’ve been coming up with a plan for her party.  When I initially asked her what she wanted to do the first question out of her mouth was, “how many people can I invite?”  Huh?  I thought we’d figure out the “what” and the

Ann Birthday Planning Read More »

Liam’s Derby Car

Liam’s first “derby” car! He wanted to make a falcon and drew it out. I roughly cut the design and he went through several sheets of sandpaper over the next few weeks to smooth it out. Painting took a couple days. Then tonight it was out with the hammer to attach the wheels, glue and

Liam’s Derby Car Read More »

First Snow

First snow of winter 2011/2012 where we could play with it some. Not that I’m complaining as it *is* fun to play in the snow, go sledding and stuff, (not enough to do that this time). And it is pretty when it blankets the ground like a big cotton comforter. I guess it’s just the

First Snow Read More »

Scroll to Top