Category: Adventures
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Blessed.
We’re blessed every day, but this weekend a little more than usual. Blessed that the dog broke his toenail cleanly off and only required an antibiotic and some time away from licking his paw. Blessed that when I was holding Grayson and I slipped off the icy front porch that we weren’t seriously hurt. We…
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Park Time
The Shoos were holed up for most of the week and the weekend suffering from a cold. We were all going stir crazy and luckily the weather let up so we could enjoy some time at the park. The hat matches the kid’s personality. Mrs. Shoo sporting a new hat she just finished. Do you…
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Rides Great
I haven’t gotten to do much trail riding this year. When I finally got the bike out a couple of weeks ago, the hanger that holds the rear derailleur (the device that switches the gears) snapped off. That was a mile and a half walk back. After a visit to Amazon and a new part,…
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Hello Fall.
First of all, I was planning on getting some pictures of Grayson with the fall foliage, but he was gun-ho about feeding the ducks. The boy has as much coordination as his father. With a big chuck of oyster crackers he toppled over into the Washington Park pond. Lucky, it was just the…
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Remembering Summer
Scrolling through photos that I took over the summer. Found a few that didn’t make the blog. Here’s Grayson playing in the backyard with a sprinkler. He love it.
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Reflektor
I found the connector.
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Fun was had!
Congratulations Terry and Kirsten!
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New Haircut
This weekend, I got the privilege of taking Grayson to get a haircut. He has a history of crying at all of his haircuts. I thought it would be different with me. Well, we can dream, can’t we? Before: During: After: He looks like a totally new kid. Mom was a little upset with how…
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Lolla 2013: The Dino Stories
Last weekend I went up for my annual pilgrimage to Chicago for Lollapalooza 2013, a 3 day music festival with over 300,000 people attending. This was my 5th. As a tradition, and a great way to find people, we stick Danny the inflatable Dino on a pool float. We carry him around as a badge…