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It’s like Where’s Waldo, only my daughter is Waldo and I forgot what she’s wearing.

My daughter is there somewhere, but where? Finding her usually isn’t too bad; as long as I remember what she’s wearing. Unlike Waldo though, she’ll come find me if I don’t find her first. I’m usually following right behind her though so I don’t have to play Where’s Lily. This playground happens to be at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in […]

A trip to the fair and a weekend away make for a great Labor Day weekend.

Labor day weekend this year started with me taking Friday off and heading to the Minnesota State Fair with the family. The fair is always a good time. I’m a big fan and wish I could see it all and do it all. We had plenty of eats from pork chop on a stick to mini donuts. A […]

Overnight Website Challenge Recap

The Overnight Website Challenge was a week ago and I still feel like I’m catching up on sleep. It was a long day, but short at the same time. A ton of work was completed and we built a sweet site for a great non-profit. It all kicked off at 9am as that’s when we […]

The Overnight Website Challenge is On!

Starting tomorrow morning (March 24th) I’m going to be competing in my first Overnight Website Challenge. It’ll be 24 hours straight of coding which ends with a great new site for a deserving non-profit. This is my first time doing the Overnight Website Challenge and I’m a bit nervous. I’m not exactly sure what I’ve […]

How does one see the internet when they can’t see it?

Have you ever wondered how blind people surf the web or have you ever stopped to take the visually impaired into consideration when designing or building a site? Probably not. I believe that most web developers don’t think too much about the visually impaired. We focus more on the design and functionality and what we […]

Welcome Home Troops

In October, the president said that troops in the Iraq war, nearly 40,000, would be coming home; and they’d be home for the holidays. Keeping right on his word, the troops are coming home. The greatest thing a family can hear from their soldier is “I’m coming home” and lots of families are getting that gift […]

Parades are so much fun when you’re a kid.

Lily went to her first parade over the weekend and I think it was almost more than she could take in, but she enjoyed it. From the horses to the floats to the candy, there was always something to look at and something to do. When floats played music, we danced. When there was something being handed […]

Taking a ride on the carousel.

Lily has been really excited to go to the fair this year and tonight was the night. She loved the cows, horses and all the people. Most of all, she loved the carousel. It was mom’s idea to go for a ride and it was a fantastic idea. From the moment the horse started to move, […]

Lightning Show 7/30/11

Last night we had quite a nice lightning show. With such a big show, I thought for sure we’d get big storms, but it turns out that we didn’t get much of anything. I did get a nice video and some nice pictures.