If you can not tell from the picture, that is a snake that Tucker and I are holding. Specifically, its a black rat snake. We helped rescue it while on a hike this morning in the Parkville Nature Sanctuary. The Parkville Nature Sanctuary is a natural area nestled in the forested Missouri River bluffs behind [...]
I know what you are probably thinking, “A float trip in Kansas?”. Well its true that in Kansas we don’t really have many clear rivers, vast forests, mountains, or wilderness. In fact I have often thought that the state motto for Kansas should be “Kansas, Remarkably Un-Remarkable”, or “Kansas, Its Like a Whole Other Nebraska”. [...]
We just received news today that we have been granted pre-approval from the Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs to become Yu Qiong’s family! Yu Qiong just turned 3 years old. Her birthday is June 16, 2003. She currently lives in Xinyu, China at the Xinyu Social Welfare Institute. Her medical reports state she is quiet, [...]
Tucker will start Kindergarten 6 weeks from tomorrow. He is so excited! I can’t believe that he’s starting school already. We have started a little bit of his school shopping, and he is so excited to pick out his backpack. Such a big boy!
Forrest and Tucker go fishing almost every weekend. Tucker loves to fish and he can name a wide variety of different fish. He has a lot of patience when it comes to fishing. The Catch of the Day was perch – Forrest 2, Tucker 7.
This is our first year to plant a garden in our backyard. Tucker helped Forrest lay out the garden plots, as well as plant the vegetables. They planted tomatoes, squash, banana peppers, jalapenos, watermelon, pumpkin and sunflowers. Tucker loves to check on the progress every day, and will try anything that comes out of the [...]