Category Archives: Family Stuff

WashJam 2012

Today was the final day of WashJam 2012.  I was pretty impressed with how the whole thing went.  It’s quite a feat to put on such an event of this size and I think the folks from the Pacific Harbors … Continue reading

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Weekend with the family

I love this place. This cabin has been in the family for many, many years and currently under the loving care of my wife’s brother. Years ago when my in-laws were still alive, we used to come up here nearly … Continue reading

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Family Camping 2011

The family just spent the week at Fort Stevens, just outside of Astoria, Oregon. Talk about a super busy campground! We arrived on Sunday and stayed until Thursday.  A great part of the week that one would think would be … Continue reading

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Celebrating Loren’s Life

At the request of the Heiny family, to join in the celebration of Loren’s life, we were asked to do something as a family.  So we decided to build stomp rockets.  Not as high tech as some of the stuff … Continue reading

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Weekend Recap

On the deckProgress continues on the deck. This weekend I finished up the arbor and began cutting and installing the spindles. At this point, with approximately 70% of the deck railing in place, I’d say I have about 70% of … Continue reading

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Dad time

Today, day 3 of the “I’m looking forward to my wife’s return” weekend, the boys and I took a ride/walk through the neighborhood. We had a great time, Dan got some good experience riding on the streets and Darrin… he … Continue reading

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Dinner… guy style

Yum… Daniel helped me prepare them, then we all three settled in for some home made hamburgers! Daniel is typically a pretty picky eater and usually won’t eat much meat. I had him help me prepare them by breaking up … Continue reading

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While the wife is away…

Only one injury to report thus far… Darrin still doesn’t have this running bit down at 15 mos, ended up doing a faceplant on the sidewalk yesterday evening — Ouch! Wife is attending a quilting retreat this weekend so the … Continue reading

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Riding a bike

For Christmas, Daniel received a bicycle, and so with the weather getting nicer, he’s been able to ride his bike in the driveway. Of course, to do so, we have to move the cars out of the driveway, and park … Continue reading

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Ah… The fun of being a dad.

Daniel’s class was scheduled to have a “drive-in movie” today at school. So… you can’t have a drive-in without a car. All of the kids in the class were given a homework assignment to build their own car out of … Continue reading

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