Hillery took Bryant and I out to eat at Cici’s, which is a buffet style pizza, pasta, and salad restaurant. A spontaneous celebration of her love for us. While we were gorging ourselves on greasy, fatty food, Bryant suddenly got the idea that his mom was actually a ghost. Not only that, but he was [...]
Hillery and I are watching the sunset at our final night on our Rock Island camping trip, long after the day trippers already caught the last Karfi ferry trip off the island. Our boys are playing on the rocks while the sun is passing down below the horizon on this absolutely gorgeous evening. We stayed [...]
Hillery is watching a 12 foot tall bon fire at the Fyr Ball Festival in Ephraim, Wisconsin, in the northern part of Door County. There were eight or so fires lit around the bay which signify celebrating the end of the cold season, thereby burning the excess firewood. I was wondering why everyone was calling it [...]
Here in my house, we watch a lot of netflix movies. Typically, we’ll see anywhere from three to seven movies in one week. The netflix convenience is great, and the selection is vast, and we love the comfort of home and being able to watch in privacy without having to get all dressed up and [...]
Very eventful! Cold, rain, wind, Fyr Ball Festival, Olde Ellison Bay Days, Wilson’s Ice Cream, Drive-In, American Folklore Theater, Bike Trailer Tire Blowouts, Biking to Sweet Mountain Farm for Lawnmower Repair, The Albatross, Not Licked Yet, Newport School, Ice Cream Eating Competition, Firewood Surplus, Sunset Ferry Ride, Moretti’s Disappointment, Pasto Vino Awesomeness, Viking Grill Breakfast [...]
In a nutshell: heat, sun, frogs, grasshoppers, smashed potatoes, mud pie, Jensens, Brauns, Dompkes, Pestkas & others, sunsets, spared from storms, bonfire, lighthouse tour, kayaking, the beach, stargazing, socializing, scrabble, sequence, foraging, running out of sunscreen and more! This year we were on Site 9 for the first time, supposedly a waterfront site however the [...]
On our way back from our Rock Island 2011 camping trip and family reunion, we stopped at Sweet Mountain Farm on Washington Island, Wisconsin, which my mother-in-law Sue Dompke owns. She is a beekeeper producing honey, maple syrup, and products related to them. While there, as usual, all of us ate really well thanks to [...]
A great pictorial slide show of the Fox River Christian Church Kenya Medical Mission 2011, which Hillery participated in. These photos were taken by Lauren McLeod who also went on the trip, and she appears in a bunch of them. Lauren also produced this video. Great job Lauren! Need more options? Click Here to view [...]
Hillery asked me to write this because she is too exhausted at the end of the day to do much blogging, so I interviewed her on our skype video conference. The people in Kenya are not different from us here in the United States, especially when it comes to what makes us human. The primary [...]
Will, Bryant, and I made this little video to remind Hillery of how much we love her and miss her while she is in Kenya. We are starting to clean the house together while she is gone, and giving her lots of virtual kisses. Most of all, we are thinking about her lots all the [...]
I recently attended an informative meeting regarding the medical mission trip to Kenya that Hillery is going on, and it answered a whole ton of my questions that were previously unknown. There are two missionary centers supported by Fox River Christian Church, one in Bomani and one in Vipingo. They provide meals, clothing, education, and [...]
Just a quick update on Hillery’s planned medical mission trip to Kenya in February 2011: Support, encouragement, thoughts, and prayers have been overwhelming. It’s amazing how God enables and qualifies us to do His work. Hillery has begun her extra personal medical preparations in terms of getting vaccinated and such to prepare her for international [...]
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The most anticipated and arguably most fun trip of the year is right around the corner now, and it’s now become the traditional way we kick off the camping season. It’s none other than the… *drum roll* BOYS ONLY CAMPING TRIP!!!! Yes, indeeed, that means no girls are allowed. Zilch, nada, never, nowhere, no way, not [...]
Bryant is learning how to ride his bike! He was really very scared and timid at first, but once we got a helmet for him, all his fears immediately disappeared and he became a champion of leanring to ride his bike! He will be taking off and going far in no time now! He has [...]
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