The Geerdts Family Blog
Today we trimmed some trees around our house using a really tall chainsaw on a stick. This is a modified 8 foot electric pole saw, where the chainsaw end is on top of 20 feet of PVC and the trigger switch is at the bottom. Dan held the 20 feet of PVC and Trevor was …
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We went indoor skydiving today at our nearest iFly. This was a new experience for Trevor, Calvin, and Jen. Dan had done this once before as a work team building event. If you don’t know what this is, you basically go inside a vertical wind tunnel and “skydive” by having the speed controlled wind blow …
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Our varsity soccer team won their game today. A lot more offense was played, with good passing and enough goals to win. Calvin (goalie number 00) and Trevor (number 22) enjoyed the victory with the whole team. Trevor had some nice shots on goal, but didn’t score. Here are a few pictures from the game.
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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 …
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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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Dan and Jen drove Jen’s electric car today to drop our kids off at different week long camps. We took Trevor to Milwaukee and Calvin to Stevens Point. After dropping off Calvin, we charged up at a nearby charging station. It was the coolest charging station we have found so far in Jen’s four months …
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Trevor’s high school percussion ensemble played several pieces at the Night of Percussion held at Kettle Moraine Lutheran. You can watch the videos of Rapid Transit, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, and Mujer Latina below.
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Today was the annual Knickerbocker Ice Festival on the other side of the lake. Jen and Dan snowshoed across the frozen lake to the Icehenge. The Icehenge is a “monument” built from ice blocks cut out of the lake. It looks really cool in the sunlight, but today was foggy because the temps were close …
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