Maple Leaf Weekend 2011
This weekend was Maple Leaf, a time when fall is celebrated in Jasper County. Friday night was the big Carthage / Webb City football game, which is always fun. Then of course on Saturday was the parade and associated festivities…
Read MoreThe Great Pumpkin
For some reason pumpkins have always kind of creeped me out. In fact I used to have dreams that I was trapped inside a gigantic pumpkin (???) … anyways… Sunday we took the kiddos to a nice little pumpkin patch in Carl Junction to pickout some pumpkins and go for a hayride. As with many...
Read MoreLabor Day
We were long overdue for some nice weather, and today was just about as nice as it gets. Lucky for me I had already planned a day outing for Emma and I. First we headed to Prairie State Park near Liberal, MO. We had a nice picnic lunch in a wooded area and then we and found some Bison...
Read MoreCards Game
Friday night was Eily’s introduction to a fairly integral part of semi-small town life… high school football. As you can see, she was quite excited about it. With me being a graduate of Webb City, and the fact that Steph’s cousin plays on the team, that’s who we...
Read MoreTornado
Being a weather nerd there are certain towns that I will always remember because of their f5 tornadoes… Andover, KS, Greensburg, KS, Moore, OK, Tuscaloosa, AL… strange that list now includes my home town. Everyone has said it over and over, but it really is difficult to grasp the...
Read MoreFall Photos
While I have been so busy with everything lately that I haven’t been able to find time to blog, I haven’t been too busy to take some photos of the nice fall weather we’ve been having. The other morning I got up early in an attempt to take some spectacular sunrise photos from a...
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