Too cold for frozen custard? Are you kidding me? Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for the Culvers gift cards.
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 By Rick Ratkey on December 12th, 2009 By Rick Ratkey on December 10th, 2009Mary loves to look off the back deck at the snow behind the house.  Back yard off the deck. By Rick Ratkey on December 10th, 2009This guy was in our back yard. There is also a female cardinal hanging around. I think they’re an item By Rick Ratkey on December 9th, 2009Today was a snow day. We woke up this morning and everything was buried in white. It took half the day to dig out the driveway.  Start Shoveling at 6:30am  This took nearly 45 minutes and there's a long way to go.  After 3 hours I can see the end in sight.  Finally! The satisfaction of a job well done.  Finished driveway from the street. By Rick Ratkey on December 6th, 2009Ben told me tonight that he sometimes wishes he had been born about 50 years earlier. He thinks things were simpler back then. In many ways I suppose he is correct. I can’t change the fact that he wasn’t born in 1950 but I can make it look like he was.  1963 By Rick Ratkey on November 13th, 2009Happy 13th Birthday Benjamin.  Happy 13th Birthday  Blowing out the candle  It's all mine!  Brothers By Rick Ratkey on October 25th, 2009Grandpa and Grandma came to visit. The weather held out and the rain held off (mostly) and we were able to have a really great visit. The boys love their grandparents.  Grandpa and Grandma come to visit By Rick Ratkey on September 13th, 2009What a beautiful day we had in Wisconsin today. I think we are finally getting our summer that seemed to elude us the past 3 months. The air was hot and very still. No breeze to speak of. A perfect day to fly a rocket. After church, Ben, Will and I loaded up our rocket gear and headed over to the soccer fields. In total we had five successful launches this afternoon. Each time recovering the rocket, repacking the parachute and sending it back up again. I can’t quite figure out why, but William will not get within 50 feet of the launchpad. He says he doesn’t like the sound of the rocket blasting off. It’s not very loud, but there is some fire and smoke, along with a whooshing sound as it streaks heavenward. I used to launch these types of rockets when I was a kid and I love it. I’m not sure who had more fun today, me or the boys.  William carries the launchpad  Ready for launch  Ignition  Blast off!  The Chase  Recovery By Rick Ratkey on September 12th, 2009Everybody in band class at Ben’s school is, by extension, also in the Pep Band. The Pep Band gets the opportunity to play at the home football games this fall and the home basketball games this winter. Today was the first home football game and it was a scorcher by Wisconsin standards. We all got a little sunburned but I think everyone had a good time. The Pep Band sounded great although they do have some room for improvement. Oh yeah, and the home team won the game.  Ben plays the trumpet  Pep Band  Percussion
By Rick Ratkey on September 7th, 2009William got a volcano (some assembly required) for his birthday last month. We had a pretty good time putting it together. Start with some quick drying plaster. Then pour it into a mold. And out comes a volcano. It’s rather plain, don’t you think? That’s easily remedied with some paint. And some more paint. Eruption! |
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