The Geerdts Family Blog
Tonight was another varsity soccer game for Trevor (number 22) and Calvin (number 00). This time their team played their cross town rivals, the L-Cats. We lost 9-1, which meant most of the game was played in front of our goal where Calvin saw a lot of action. Here are some photos from the game. …
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Trevor and Calvin are both on the varsity soccer team this fall. Calvin is the starting goal keeper, and Trevor plays front line most of the time. Here are some pictures from a home game this season. Trevor is number 22 (blue jersey) and Calvin is number 00 (yellow jersey).
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Calvin and Dan went to Cars and Coffee today, and we brought Dan’s car this time. There seemed to be more people and less cars this month (compared to August), but it was still a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of our car, and a few unique cars that caught our eyes. We …
Read More Cars and Coffee – September 2019
Calvin and Dan went to our first Cars and Coffee car show, in our very own home town. We didn’t really know what to expect, and we decided to bring Jen’s new electric car to the show. We paid a small donation to be able to park with all the other show cars. We had …
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This afternoon was the Fall Concert for the Lakeside Band. Trevor plays percussion (tenor drums) and Calvin plays trumpet. You can watch the performance in the videos that follow the pictures below. And last but not least, here is the final performance of Estancia. This was played by the band for the all their summer …
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Now that Calvin is a freshman in high school, he plays as starting goal keeper on the JV soccer team. They have played three games so far, and are still looking for their first win. The games have been close, and the last two were only lost by one goal. Here are some pictures of …
Read More JV and Varsity Soccer 2018
Today our high school marching band performed in Darlington, WI. The video below is spliced together from two different cameras. Enjoy..! The percussion section had a bonus opportunity to T-pose Bucky Badger as he walked by during warm up..!
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Trevor and Calvin’s high school marching band performed at the 2018 Appleton Flag Day Parade. The weather was in the low 70’s which is very good for a parade. Check out the video of the cadence and the drill below.
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The lake has about 12 inches of ice on it right now, but today was very warm at 50 degrees. We walked across the lake and enjoyed the beautiful sky as the sun was going down.
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Calvin and Dan wanted to run their Traxxas RC cars in the winter conditions. We looked at buying special tires, skis, and some other things, but we ended up building our own tire chains. The tire chains work really good in the snow, and much better than Calvin and Dan thought they would. Here are …
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