The cornerstone activity of our summer float weekend at Jack’s is the Saturday float. We all don our life preservers, drive upstream a couple miles, wade into the Wisconsin River, and float our way down to Jack’s. Here’s our 2011 crew in the obligatory pre-float photo: Michael is either playing with Andrew or abusing him. [...]
Ahh, summer! This picture of Andrew with his smiling watermelon says it all. On Friday, August 5, we started the day with a big breakfast and then we headed on the river for our first float of the weekend. When we got back, Terry and the kids broke open the first of the watermelons. Smashing [...]
I know that it’s September now, but take yourself back to early August. I’ve got some catching up to do on blog posts, starting with our weekend trip to Jack’s house. This blog post is brought to you by the fact that Sylvie’s still in Texas (I’m writing here on Sept 6) and Andrew’s in [...]
A few weeks ago, Bryan, Andrew, Sylvia, and I sat around the dinner table, and we started brainstorming places in the world that we would like to visit. Bryan pulled out a paper and pen, and here’s what he documented: Go to Africa and get a house…maybe for a couple years (Andrew) Go to China [...]
The weekend of July 22, we joined our neighbors, Kathy, Brett, Alivia, and Rayna at Kathy’s family’s lake house in Waupaca. A really great time was had by all. There’s something so quieting about the pace of life in Northern Wisconsin. On a lake. In the summer. Here’s a slide show of the weekend! There’s [...]
We’re never going to be able to run for public office. Here’s one of the things our family does for fun…take silly pictures of ourselves with the phone. Greetings from us to you from Door County!
In early July, I had a great assignment to travel up to Door County to photograph Rutabaga Paddlesport’s Door County Sea Kayak Symposium. We’d had that weekend blocked off as a potential family vacation in Door County, so we combined the two. Bryan took care of the kids while I worked, and then I joined [...]
Tom’s new home in Lone Rock on the Wisconsin River is going to be a great spot for our family. Since it’s only an hour away, we can make a quick trip. There’s a huge sand pile that the kids are having fun playing in (dressed or no). The river is right there for paddling [...]
Bryan’s been having fun getting out on the water in his new fabulous kayak. On Memorial Day weekend, he brought his boat up to Tom’s place and spent a couple hours paddling down the Wisconsin from Spring Green to Lone Rock. Here’s my kayaking guy pre-trip. The kayak traveled on top of the car. Bryan [...]
On Saturday evening of our visit in Wichita, we visited with our good friends, Julie and Jerry Anderson. Julie and Bryan were good friends and neighbors as kids. Her husband Jerry is a great guy, and they have two little ones – Grayson (6) and Carter (2). On this visit, Julie’s parents, Janie and Van [...]
