Avondale United Methodist Church had its monthly community dinner, free to all, Wednesday night. And as a regular part of the evening, there was the monthly craft for kids. This month's used discounted Halloween candy on sale after Halloween and graham crackers to make easy "ginger bread houses". Both my kids took part in the … Continue reading Community Meal — a Taste of Christmas
Category: Family
The six-legged spider
Okay, Pictorial blog today. Have a son who turned 15 this week, and Saturday was the birthday party. Here in the family I make cakes with themes that the kids choose. Been a lot of interesting themes, which I blogged about previously, but this time the boy didn't have an idea, so left it up … Continue reading The six-legged spider
Be Careful Little Ones How You Drive
Sunday was a day that some might say had curious omens for us. As mentioned in previous blog, Sunday we traveled to Wilderness Retreat and Development Center to attend our son's baptism during Avondale United Methodist Church's Worship in the Wilderness weekend. This is what we saw when we pulled out our driveway: The neighbors … Continue reading Be Careful Little Ones How You Drive
Baptism at Camp Wilderness
This weekend was Avondale United Methodist Church's annual "Worship it the Wilderness" weekend, where the church sponsored a campout at the Wilderness Retreat and Conference Center, and had its Sunday worship service at the campground. It was also when they chose to do the immersion baptism of the three members of this year's 100th anniversary … Continue reading Baptism at Camp Wilderness
Dining for a Dollar a Day
I got an e-mail on Thursday with the below offer in it: 2015 Season Passes On Sale Now IT'S HERE...our lowest price of the year!Purchase your Worlds of Fun 2015 Season Pass and enjoy: LOWEST PRICE FOR 2015 just $94.50 or 9 easy payments of $10.50* UNLIMITED ACCESS to the park any time you want … Continue reading Dining for a Dollar a Day
Working vacation
I am on vacation this week. And I am working harder than ever, it seems. Enjoying most of it immensely, but working hard nevertheless. Kansas City has a Kansas City Corporate Challenge each year. Participating corporations pay to allow their employees to compete against other companies' employees for bragging rights on who wins. It is … Continue reading Working vacation
Fruit Season
When we bought our house 10 years ago, there were a lot of flowers in beds around the house. I dug up all the flowers and transplanted them to the front slope by the road -- a 45 degree section of the lawn I didn't want to mow. The flower beds became garden beds. Bit … Continue reading Fruit Season
Helping My Son With His Summer School Homework
Today I had Betsy drop Nathan off at River Market Cyclery, to meet me there after work. I had taken his bicycle in for brake work and seat adjustment two Saturday's ago, but had forgotten about it until yesterday. I called this morning to see if the bike was ready -- it was scheduled for … Continue reading Helping My Son With His Summer School Homework
A year of high school in two days…..
Written on Wednesday about 2 p.m. As I sit here in a house that has been without power since the storm passed through around midnight last night, home sick from work, I ponder some odd elements in our educational system. My daughter managed to flunk out of both semesters of American Citizenship during the regular … Continue reading A year of high school in two days…..
Oceans of Fun opens for season
Family tradition, though I think we might have missed last year, is being at the gate of Oceans of Fun at opening time on opening day. One year we even got on the Oceans of Fun blog/Facebook page (something like that/one of those things) with our pictures and comments. (I think that was Betsy and … Continue reading Oceans of Fun opens for season
At The Rainbow 