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Oskar’s Orange Belt Testing

Posted on November 3, 2010 by egg

Oskar is now a yellow belt in Taekwondo. This is from his testing last month.

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East Coast Adventure – Some Stats

Posted on July 11, 2010 by egg

This is hardly the important highlights of our journey but, I wanted to cover some of the mundane details nobody but me seems to care about. We were away from home for 25 days (24 nights). We bought 237.8 gallons … Continue reading →

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Oskar Completes 1st Taekwondo Testing

Posted on May 25, 2010 by egg

Oskar has been taking Taekwondo lessons at the RAC on Monday nights and working very hard to learn the correct form. Last night it all paid off as he earned his Orange belt. For those unfamiliar with the sport, belt … Continue reading →

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Pack 82 Graduation & Overnighter

Posted on May 25, 2010 by egg

Oskar is now an Webelos scout, the last stop before becoming a Boy Scout! This last weekend marked the end of the 2009-2010 pack year with the annual graduation. This year, cub master Carl mixed it up a little and … Continue reading →

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Dark Eyed Junco We Saved Yesterday

Posted on April 5, 2010 by egg

Kathy sent us this link about Dark Eyed Juncos. We did let him out after I shot this video. Oskar tried to get video of the release, but the camera was set to stills.

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Yikes! Where am I?

Posted on April 5, 2010 by egg

Yes, I know this looks a little different than what we had before… WordPress, the software I use to manage this site had an excellent default theme called Kubrick that I had been using. I assume it was last night … Continue reading →

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Xavier turns 5 today!

Posted on March 8, 2010 by egg

For Xavier’s 5th birthday he wanted to go to the Kalahari, so we’re here in the Wisconsin Dells for a 3 day mini-vacation. Here’s a photo for everyone of the not quite 5 year old taken yesterday. Oskar has been … Continue reading →

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Folwell Visits Bear Creek

Posted on December 31, 2009 by egg

Two news clips from the local FOX and NBC affiliate where Oskar appears.

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Christmas 2009

Posted on November 30, 2009 by egg

Dear Family, After much discussion and consideration we have decided we do not want material gifts for Christmas this year. We want to make Christmas about something more. We want to make it about spending time with the people we … Continue reading →

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Geocaching

Posted on October 26, 2009 by egg

Yesterday, the Alyn Family all went Geocaching with the Cub Scout pack at Quarry Hill. I had never been before and I found it to be a lot of fun. Oskar wants to create his own cache – but first … Continue reading →

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