Jack sings "Down By The Bay"

Pinewood Derby!

Here's a pretty bad video of one the Pinewood Derby races featuring Jack's Penny Mobile!  His car is the brown one and he finishes a strong second in the race...even though it is kind of blocked.



Here's a picture of the car.  It is inspired by some of the cars Dad and I built back in the day but a little uglier.  The main deal with these cars is getting them as close to the 5 ounce weight limit as possible with more of the weight in the back.

We used old "wheat pennies" as our weights and drilled out an inch in the back to load with pennies.  We had a bronzed '64 Kennedy half dollar on the front but realized we'd glued too many pennies in the back which sent us over the weight limit.  So we quickly swapped out the 50 cent piece for a penny making the car that much uglier.   But she was pretty fast though.

Jack 'The Shooter"

Jack was called out for the speed of his "shooting" ability in wrestling which was really neat given it was only his 5th practice.

The Awkward Sibling Hug

Jack and Elle learned about the awkward sibling show from the Gravity Falls show and could immediately relate.   They did it for Steph and I before we knew what it was and we cracked up.

Classic Impala!

Elle and Daddy's Song

Hush little baby don't say a word.
Daddy's going to buy you a mockingbird.

And if that mockingbird won't fly
Daddy's going to give you a piece of pie.

And if that piece of pie's too sour.
Daddy's going to play with you for an hour.

And if that hour goes to fast.
Daddy's going to give you a hug that lasts.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

An "Epic" Pi Day!

On 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 a.m. and p.m, the digits in the date and time represent the first 10 digits of Pi. Something that only happens every 100 years!

Jack at his first wrestling class!

Train's Setlist

From a private Intel show that Steph got to attend in February!

Under the Missouri Sky

On the way from Springfield...heading South.

Somewhere, Over the ....



We had a little storm go through and got some good rainbow / light action afterwards!

The End of an Era

Sky mall has gone bankrupt :(

Interesting InfoGraphic - Most Popular Cars by State

I thought this to be very interesting.  I would expected Toyota to be more represented... They must come in 2nd place a lot!

Journey!!!

Journey played at a conference I went to earlier this week. A fantastic show considering there was no Steve Perry! Definitely worth seeing if you get a chance as I know they are on tour this Summer.

 

This was perhaps my favorite tune they did!  Faithfully - A classic if there ever was one!

 

Jack Yearns for a Snowball Fight

Jack scored high marks for his snowball fight story and picture.  This poor California boy has to settle for pretend snowballs his Aunt Jasper gave him.

Remembering Dad

Elle Snap!

Elle got some school pictures last week!  We only bought 1-pose but I uploaded the small proofs of the others!

It appears to be some sort of a Hawaiian themed outfit they put her in!

Leave It To The Beagle Pup!

The beagle certainly stands out in this experiment!

The River is Up!

With 9 inches of rain in December the river is up.....that said, we are still deemed to be in a severe drought and had pretty much no rain in January :(