Tucker was a fisherman (of course), Harper was a cheerleader, and Zhen Zhen was a princess for Halloween this year. This was Zhen Zhen’s first Halloween so it took her a little while to get the whole ask for candy and get it thing down. Just the same, they all came home with [...]
Since the fishing hole on the creek was so pretty last time when we fished it last week, we decided to have a family picnic out there today. Harper actually fished this time for a while and caught a couple of fish herself. This is a rare thing for Harper as the last time I [...]
Mill Creek is a fairly large creek that runs from down in Olathe to the Kansas River just about the 435 bridge. The upper end of it is very clear much of the time and sand and gravel bottomed (clear creeks are fairly rare around here). There is a biking trail that runs the length [...]
Ran the annual Roeland Park 5k today. Very hilly course. Finished with a time of 20:51, once again making me the 2nd fastest man in Roeland Park.
Today was Harper’s very first day of kindergarten. She was excited, but I think a little bit nervous. too. Tucker started the previous Thursday, so Harper got to go check out her classroom and meet her teacher then. But, today was the first real day of school for her. She has the same kindergarten teacher [...]
We have a friends of the Zoo membership this year so we decided to take a trip out to the zoo today. The weather was nice, low 80s, and sunny. Harper definitely has a lot more endurance for all the walking involved at the KC Zoo this year than last year. Everyone had a good [...]
Our family is excited to announce that we will be adding another daughter from China. We are so excited to have received pre-approval from China to for Yu ZhenZhen. ZhenZhen (pronounced Jin-Jin) is almost 7 years old and is from the same orphanage as Harper!
Did my first Corporate Challenge 5k this year. Was supposed to compete the last 3 years, but in 2006 I was too late to get registered on site, and in 2007 we were in China getting Harper. At any rate, its a very hilly course and I finished second in my company, got points for [...]
This was my second Trolley Run. The Trolley Run is a 4 mile run that starts in Waldo and finishes on the Plaza. Its nearly flat the entire way so its a fast run. I was not at my fittest this time around, but still finished it in 26:55, at a 6:44 mile pace.
The weather was nice today so we went out to Wyandotte County Lake. Did not do very good though because of an algae bloom. You can probably tell from the picture above with all the green slime in the water.