Category Archives: Family

A Visit to Florida

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Hans

Folks, I’m afraid the advent of my new job is going to severly limit my ability to keep these posts current. (Who am I kidding, I’m always about 6 month behind anyways!) So instead of including my always insightful/poignant/thoughful/clever commentary … Continue reading →

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Spring 2016

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Hans

Springtime brought an explosive growth in Josef’s physicality and dexterity.  As the weather improved and invited outdoor play, he began honing the important boy skills of climbing trees, swinging on ropes and jumping off of things.  He also took his … Continue reading →

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Winter 2015

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Hans

The winter break was rather rainy and cold–naturally–but Christmas and New Year’s day were bone dry.  Josef and I went exploring on Christmas morning and found a large frozen puddle by the cow barns, and spent a good amount of … Continue reading →

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Fall 2015

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Hans

Here are the highlights (as best as I can remember!) from our Autumn. We were very excited for preschool to resume, as it brings a welcome and peaceful rhythm to our lives.  This year Josef would be in the Golden … Continue reading →

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Josef Turns Three!

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Hans

Here are some media from Josef’s 3rd birthday.  It couldn’t have been any nicer!  I made him some blueberry pancakes (one of his favorite treats) for breakfast, before we rode off to school.  Later, Rachael got to attend their midday … Continue reading →

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Summer 2015

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Hans

Summer started off with a bang:  the big family reunion and road trip.  I wasn’t even home from that spectacular journey for 24 hours before we headed back up to the Breitenbush River to camp with all our Oregon friends … Continue reading →

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Great Northwestern Loop

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Hans

Finals week wasn’t even over yet, but our little sedan was packed to the gills with camping gear and we were on the road at dawn, heading for Josef’s biggest adventure yet.  With two weeks of no work and no … Continue reading →

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Spring 2015

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Hans

We had a very mild spring this year, warmer and drier than usual it seemed.  We got a nice little garden put in again, and we also bought seven ducklings to add to our homestead.  They should start producing eggs … Continue reading →

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Back to California

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Hans

In March we made our annual trip down to visit old friends in California.  This time we stayed with Austin and Monica and their 3-year-old lad Owen.  We had a wonderful work-cation, visiting the beach, the Descanso Gardens, Travel Town, … Continue reading →

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Winter Videos

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Hans

Here are a collection of videos from the winter. You can select which one to view from the upper left corner menu, or just hit play and you’ll see them all. 1) Pretending to knead some Flarp like it’s dough … Continue reading →

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