Build Financial Literacy

In one of the more entertaining initiatives of my job, I created this video to teach students about financial literacy.

Christmas Photojournal

We left work Friday afternoon and drove through the night. The interstate was very rough and icy around Des Moines, but we made it north, greeted by a winter sunrise. 

Jenean seems to be going through a phase. Here she sings her favorite country song while dancing in the back of her brother's F-150. 

Merry Christmas from Minnesota! 

Pulling sled around the house in Foley with our nieces. 

The weather was nice and crisp for the whole trip. 

Playing Farkle with some aunts and uncles. I made a poor showing. 

For a Christmas gift, we took Madison, Megan, Kayla, and Kennedy to the trampoline park. We also took Lisa, Steve, Eric and Naomi to Great River Bowl. 

It was nice to make the trip up to Duluth this year in order to visit Luke and Cheryl. We went ice skating, watched Scooby Doo, met up with Joe, and checked out a Thai restaurant.

A nice wintry coast along Duluth. 

We stayed at the Motel 6 in Wall on our return so that we could explore Badlands National Park on the last day of the year. We did some hiking and saw some bighorn sheep. 

We finished the year with a bison hunt in Wind Cave National Park.

One of many winter sunsets during the trip.