KC D's » mike http://the-ds.com/kc Just another The D's weblog Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:19:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Happy Thanksgiving http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/ http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:57:11 +0000 mike http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/ image

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This is Austin...

I lost 4 teeth in the front, it kind of looks like a 'n'!  It looks so cool.  I pulled it out because Taylor called me a chicken.

I am thankful for Turkey and Pumpkin Pie, which I didn't even eat. 

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Taylor Serves for the Game from Michael Dauernheim on Vimeo.

Remember, same password as the blog.

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A song from Taylor's 4th Grade Musical from Michael Dauernheim on Vimeo.

A song from Taylor's 4th Grade Musical from Michael Dauernheim on Vimeo.

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Austin Soccer Save #1 from Michael Dauernheim on Vimeo.

Austin Soccer Save #2 from Michael Dauernheim on Vimeo.

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Touchdown from Michael Dauernheim on Vimeo.

Showing his speed on defense:

Austin on Defense from Michael Dauernheim on Vimeo.

Austin Touchdown Run

Austin Touchdown Run

]]> http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/22/touchdown/feed/ 0 Taylor’s presents http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/taylors-presents/ http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/taylors-presents/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:05:04 +0000 mike http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/taylors-presents/ On the way to see Taylor Swift at Arrowhead
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the view
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and Taylor today getting pampered by Mom.

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Taylor will actually be writing a post of her own very soon. Thanks to everyone for her wonderful gifts, I think she had a pretty awesome day!

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Yeesh.

She is the best though. Such an amazing student, volleyer, and daughter.

Taylor hanging out at Austin's soccer game

I found this picture from WAY back, what a difference:
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As for the sports update...Austin is currently playing flag football and competitive soccer while Taylor is just playing park district volleyball. Austin has been a mad man on the football field, I think he has scored at least 3 TDs in each game. It's been fun to see him really start to figure it out and trust his speed. As for soccer, he is getting better with each practice and each game. He kind of freaks out in traffic and neglects working on his moves but he scored the only goal for his team against the first place opponent. They are U8s playing in the U9 division. Hopefully that means good things for next year when these kids are actually U9s. Taylor's is playing Park District but she is a 4th grader playing up with the 5th and 6th graders. She is doing awesome, one of our few consistent servers/passers/setters (more like our only). She has had a few nice little serving runs for us...If she could only find a way to run off 25 in a row, we'd be set! She starts club ball later this fall on a U11 team. The level with the girls we had at open gym is so much higher than park district. Most of the teams are just teaching their kids to pass the ball right back over then net instead of working on their fundamentals and getting them to pass/set/hit. It's disappointing to see those coaches encouraging those bad habits but oh well, better for our kids in the long run I guess.

]]> http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/kid-update/feed/ 0 DC Tour http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/09/29/dc-tour/ http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/09/29/dc-tour/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:45:42 +0000 mike http://the-ds.com/kc/?p=803 The Capitol Building...Not the White House.
Capitol Building Washington DC
Capitol Building Washington DC
Capitol Building Washington DC

I have lots more but these were some that I thought looked pretty nice from a photography stand point. I tried cropping out the lady in the last one but I just made it worse...sooo, she stays.

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