The Geerdts Family Blog
This weekend was the weekend that it’s OK for Trevor and Calvin to be seen with their parents at college. It was a great time for Jen and Dan to spend some time with the boys and we even rented an apartment for the weekend. Trevor played in the pep band for a volleyball game, …
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Every year around Christmas our family makes and decorates gingerbread houses. This year we each decorated our own house. We decided to eat them after four days, so the gingerbread was actually edible this year. Enjoy the pictures below.
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Tonight at 20:20 (8:20PM) the lights on the big soccer/football field turned on at Trevor’s high school and the scoreboards showed various forms of 2020 to recognize the senior class. Trevor braved the gathering wearing his flaming face mask.
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This morning we noticed a pair of bluejays building a nest in one of our trees. Bluejays are symbolized for protection and fearlessness, both of which we could all use some more. They have been working on their nest all day, and here are some pictures.
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Dan likes to watch Justice clean his paw. Here’s a video where you can enjoy the calming, soothing, oddly satisfying activity. Enjoy..!
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We purchased a broom ball set and goals for playing on the frozen lake. This afternoon we got out the snowblower and shovels and cleared a nice big rink area for playing broom ball. It turned out really nice. We just need some more people to play broom ball because it’s a lot of exercise …
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Calvin decided he wanted to start ice skating to school. Today was the first day he did. The trip is 1.5 miles one way across the frozen lake, and it took him 15 minutes to skate that distance today. His high school owns a small lake lot, which is a great place to change from …
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Our newly remodeled lake home is finally ready for us to move in. Here are some pictures before the moving truck arrived. When you enter our home, you can go up to the main level, or down to the media room and lower level. Going up to the main level gives you a view all …
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Time for our annual Gingerbread House building and decorating. This year we built four houses, and individual pictures of each house are below. These houses typically last through Christmas and New Year’s Day, and then they start to get dusty. Sometimes we eat them, but the last few years we have just kept them on …
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Continuing our family tradition for Christmas, we made gingerbread houses today. Check them out below. Mountain Chalet by Jen and Trevor: Nick’s Pizza by Dan and Calvin: Building Supply House by the whole Geerdts Family:
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