Resurrecting an old favorite

By Dave  |  2010/07/26 08:16 Posted in Dave  |  Comments (0)

During my pre-teen and teen years I enjoyed playing the handheld electronic games. We had a pile of them and wore through batteries everyday. Recently mom found an old game that I could never beat in the garage. This was one of the original Mario games, but it was two sided and very challenging. I brought the game home thinking it could sit by the books or Nintendo Wii to remind me of the old games. The other night I decided to hunt for the batteries, if it didn’t work, I wasn’t out much. Well, it works, and the challenge is back on to conquer this old favorite. By the way, the game was made in 1983… so it is older than Curt.

game

game

A new dragon

By Dave  |  2010/07/26 08:11 Posted in Dave, Erin  |  Comments (0)

Dad always referred to the furnance as a “dragon.” Erin and I decided to take advantage of the tax credits and rebates and replace our furnance. We didn’t want to be without heat again after last winter. We decided to have a heat pump & natural gas furnance put it. This will be very efficient for our house keeping us cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And a bonus is the heat pump matches our siding!

heatpump

heatpump

Nubs & the water dish

By Dave  |  2010/07/25 08:17 Posted in Dave, Erin  |  Comments (0)

Nubs has a habit of drinking out of our new sink. She started this shortly after the contractor installed it in December. I decided to purchase a kitty fountain and see if that would solve the issue. Nubs stood and stared down the new fountain, she even stuck her paw in the water, but she would not drink from it.

New water dish
New water dish
Nubs in the sink
Nubs in the sink

Finally, she took a few sips from the fountain last night.

New water

By Dave  |  2010/07/25 08:12 Posted in Dave, Erin  |  Comments (0)

Each year Erin and I try to test out a new lake with our kayaks. We may fit in two this year. Yesterday, we drove down to LaMoure and kayaked Lake LaMoure. The water was very calm and easy paddling, and there was very little boat traffic. The lake is very pretty with lots of trees and well groomed beach areas. We enjoyed it and may have to visit the area again soon.

Erin kayaking
Erin kayaking
Erin kayaking
Erin kayaking
the lake
the lake
Dave kayaking
Dave kayaking
Lake sign
Lake sign

Bev & the pickle

By Dave  |  2010/07/25 08:06 Posted in Bev, Dave  |  Comments (0)

Bev recently went on a road trip and stopped in Wisconsin. There she tried a deep fried pickle.

pickle

pickle

She claims it was good… I’ll just take her word on that.

Quick trip part 2

By Dave  |  2010/07/25 08:04 Posted in Dave, Erin, Julie & Steve, Kids  |  Comments (0)

Once it got close to noon we had to make a break for the water park. We enjoyed water slides, lazy rivers, fountains, and lots of splashing.

Water park

Water park

We visited a few stores while trying to kill time before eating. The clouds kept rolling in and we knew some rain was on the way. Well, while we were eating the rain started, then the hail, and it kept getting bigger. The hail ended up being golf ball size and made a lot of noise. Thankfully, we had minor damage to the Subaru.

Hail

Hail

The four of us had a fun day (despite the hail). And we packed a lot into a quick trip… which was later illustrated by 3 people sleeping on the way back.

Quick trip

By Dave  |  2010/07/25 07:58 Posted in Dave, Erin, Julie & Steve, Kids  |  Comments (0)

On July 24 (Saturday), we made a quick trip down to Aberdeen. The forecast was for a hot and humid day, and Erin was itching to go on water slides. We picked up Steve and Sam to enjoy some fun as well. First we stopped at Storybook Land. On the way down, Sam corrected me on what the train’s colors were. Oh yeah, he was right.

Train ride

Train ride

Of course we had to try the balloon ride. Erin and I in one bucket, and Steve & Sam in another. Sam giggled the entire ride.

Balloon ride

Balloon ride

Erin had fun too!

Erin on ballon ride

Erin on ballon ride

Happy B-day Rebs!

By Mom  |  2010/07/20 05:29 Posted in Jim & Rose  |  Comments (0)

Happy Birthday Rebel! She turned 11 on the 19th. No fish shaped cake, so no birthday cake for our favorite kitty. Jim & Rose.

Fish cake

Fish cake

House project

By Dave  |  2010/07/13 20:24 Posted in Dave  |  Comments (0)

Another summer, another major project. This past winter we had furnace trouble a couple times. Naturally, that happened when it was REALLY cold. So we decided it was time to replace the furnace. As we researched things, we decided to have the central air system replaced at the same time. We are taking advantage of some tax credits and rebates as well. Crews started installing the heat pump and furnace today, and should wrap up everything tomorrow.

Lake visit

By Dave  |  2010/07/13 20:22 Posted in Dave  |  Comments (0)

Erin and I spent the weekend at Lake Upsilon. We had a really nice time visiting Erin’s mom, and kayaking. Saturday was really hot, but we spent about 4 1/2 hours on the kayaks over two trips. It was a really nice weekend break. We returned home Sunday and received a lecture from Nubs.