Sunday, April 26th, 2026

 Last night Elizabeth and I had a fun time at Cy's House of Trivia.  We've gone to this event almost every year since 2012.  Our team this year had Tim & Lydia Nevins, Ryan Butler, Anne Becker, Rob Haaland, and his girlfriend Kate. We did well on the first trivia category (D in anatomy), as we got all 10 questions correct.  Some of the answers were deltoid, dura mater, distal, dorsal, dentin, and dimple.  After the first round, our team seemed to struggle. Oh well.  One notable thing from last night is that Ryan won another raffle prize!  He ended up winning the golf package, and I believe that is the third time he has won a raffle prize at Cy's House. 

There was a question about what day was the first of the 20th century, and Elizabeth knew the right answer (January 1st, 1901).  I thought it was 1900, so we went with that instead. So sorry to Elizabeth because we should have listened to her. 

One of the Cyclone celebrities that we had at our table was Jon Shaeffer.  His job title is Chief of Staff of the football team. 

Here are some previous blog posts from Cy's House of Trivia. 2024, 2023, 2019, 2017, 2014, 2013, and 2012. 

Sunday, April 19th, 2026

 This weekend I took Maxwell and Nolan up to dad's farm.  Friday night Nolan, dad, and I played The Farming Game for quite a long time (while Maxwell watched TV). We didn't even put the game away at bedtime, but instead we resumed playing in the morning. Eben ended up being the big winner, and it seemed that fruit was a good investment for him.

On Saturday we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant in Spencer. After that we let the boys play at a playground for a while. On the way home we stopped by the Logan township cemetery briefly before heading back to the farm. Next, the boys rode on the go kart for a while, although that was cut short due to a flat tire.  They did still manage to have some fun with it though. This morning before driving back to Ames we helped tag a couple of newborn calves.