the kartography

Family

Happy Hallow—Wait; Why Is it Raining?

A great first Halloween together, rain be damned

Friends

Let's Party, Then Let's Idle

Hangin' out with Guy Fieri, Super Mario, and a couple of lumberjacks

Family

Funnel Cake and Dodgeball

Also doughnuts, family friends, and a birthday prank :)

Family

Dark Hollow?! AGAIN???

A new part of the elusive Dark Hollow Park... along with some huge news!

Family

Nature with a Bit of Nurturing

A lot of nature and a little of our new niece :)

Family

In Tyler Straits

Resisting temptation, picnicking at the pub, and marco polo

Family

Stream Me Up, Scotty!

Rock pizza for lunch, adobo chicken for dinner, and some live-streaming in between.

Family

Homework, Housework, Dark Park, Tex Mex

Salamanders, a mountain, Saturn, and a dragon?

Family

Rain on Our Parade

Look at that white wall! April showers bring flash floods. We become... mallrats?

Family

A De-Bunking and a Dark Hollow

Some solid light work, and a hollow dark excursion.

Garden

The Wintergarden: Autumnal Equinox Update

Since it's raining and I'm stuck inside, I feel inspired to write up another garden update in lieu of the actual gardening I'd otherwise be doing. Things have been going great since my last update: The intense drought we had all summer was no

Family

Blue Skies and Yellowcake

Six million toads, a couple old bridges, some yellowcake, and Riley's biggest fan.

Family

Party, Surprise Party, Party of 3

We went to church, stormed the castle, and visited the Australian outback.

Family

Spring Forward, Fall... Forward

Park Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. Then, Rile E. Coyote *actually* catches the roadrunner!

Family

Nacho Nacho Man

It's... nacho prerogative! ...to think that this weekend is all park and no bite.

Family

The Most Magical Place

Cheeseburger math and simulated nostalgia, brought to you by Microsoft.

Family

Kemper Fi!

Signature required. Riley and Taylor start school! Terry Rakolta is 10-ply.