A few years ago I was raising my oldest two on my own, before I met my amazing wife.  I read a book by James Dobson.  I can’t recall what it was, but it basically had to to with family traditions, and building memories with your kids.  The basic premise was that you should be […]

My son has been practicing pretty hard to get more playing time for this game.  He comes home, does his homework and then heads to practice as soon as we let him.  I’ve never seen him so motivated for anything really.  It’s not only refreshing, it’s downright exciting!  He is a real strong boy and […]

About two months ago, my oldest son, now 13, mentioned that he’d like to play football.  We were a little late in signing him up, but got him all signed up and he’s been playing for about a month now.  He loves it!  He’s an offensive tackle and plays a little defense. Here are some […]

We love to go camping.  We didn’t get to do that enough this year, but hey, at least we got everyone out there at least once.  We spent a long weekend at Gold Rush Campground outside of Thompson Falls Montana.  It was a great campground, mostly because we got there early. The campground only has […]

It’s been a while since I posted on this blog, but I finally got the password all figured out.  Thanks Gabe Ripley!!  I plan to update everyone on my family and basically post whatever comes to mind here. Every month or so, I wish it was that frequent, I update my Linkedin, Facebook and other […]