CHEF Paintball

We’ve been driving around quite a bit this week, in fact for the last 3 days we’ve driven over 100 miles.  Today we drove to St. Charles for the annual CHEF-MO’s paintball game!

  We played paintball for the first time at last year’s game while Dad was in the hospital.  It was fun, but our masks fogged up a lot so for about half of the games we couldn’t see a thing.

 

 

 

 

Benjamin and I strategizing with some fellow players.

 

Noah and the guy on the right is me.

 

   We didn’t have any problems with the masks and had even more fun this year!

  Noah and Benjamin were on the white team and I was on the orange team.  The white team won with a score of like 8-1.

Squirrel Sleeping on Deck Rail

His eyes are open….maybe he was just spying the on us to find the most opportune time to make a dash for the birdfeeder.

Believe it or not, this picture was taken by the great rodent-killer and defender of the birdfeeder, Benjamin.  Last year his presence was feared amongst the squirrels, but it seems Ben’s reputation has waned amongst our yard’s rodents.

Benjamin’s 15th Birthday

Today is Benjamin’s 15th birthday!  It’s hard to believe!

We drove up to Bass Pro Shops, so Benjamin could get a new compound bow for hunting.  The man in the Archery area was very helpful.  Benjamin would try shooting the bow in their archery range and the Bass Pro Rep. made adjustments, so that it would fit just right.

 

  That night we had a party with a few family and friends at the bowling alley.  Wow, how my Grandma can bowl!

More Snow?

   We got about 5” of snow that came as a surprise overnight.  The snow was easily cleared, but because no one was expecting it a lot of the parking lots weren’t clear.

 

St. Louis Skyline

 

   This morning we drove to my aunt and uncle’s house in Illinois to help them move.

Mississippi River

St. Louis City Skyline

  

From the new house they have a fantastic view of St. Louis.

 

 

 

One of things that I helped Glenn with was to install a new sump pump.

Ice in St. Louis Feb 1

Removing Benjamin’s Traps-Video

Ice on the Trees

    The effects of the winter storm this morning don’t seem to be severe, but Kate’s still going to stay home since more of the storm is on its way.  Yesterday we did get some freezing rain on all of the branches (above) and when I took pictures last night there was a lot more ice on the trees. (below)

   This morning we got just enough snow to barely cover the ground and it looks like we’re getting some sleet right now.

   The real threat of this storm was that the ice would weigh too much for the power lines and we’d have a lot of power outages.  As of now, Ameren hasn’t reported any outages yet.