Category: family

A little piece of Germany One of the things I loved about living in Germany was the extensive bike trail system. You could theorhetically get from anywhere to anywhere cycling. Since I lived 7 miles from the city of Hanau where I went to school, the bike trails became my source of exercise as well…

First, Stoney has a complete inability to eat one of those mean black squirrels that reside about our backayard.  Now, Kristen didn’t take him jogging this morning. He just sat by the window and cried. I think his tears are him realizing that while he is getting into "squirrel eating shape"by going jogging every morning…

On June 21, 1997 Kristen and I did something crazy. We got hitched! We heard all the reasons not to get married at 21 years old and frankly all of those naysayers were wrong! The last 10 years have been fantastic, it wasn’t as hard as people made it out to be, we never lived…

Yesterday we signed Megan up to play soccer this Spring and Summer. Since I grew up playing as a kid, I know that soccer is a great way to make friends, learn sportsmanships, and of course begin her quest for the World Cup.

On Wednesday morning the whole family was dropping me off at church for work. Since it was so warm we let Stoney out… and we all saw it at the same time. A black squirrel on top of the kids play structure. Stoney tore off after it… it’s little pathetically disgusting ears propped up and…

Everything Paul does, says, and dreams about involves punching, wrestling, breaking and otherwise destroying. I knew boys were different than girls… but sheesh. I think he has a future in the WWE.

Stoney really has developed into a great family dog. Sure, he farts a lot and he hates squirrels. (Though, hang out with the McLane’s and you’ll see those a two pretty normal qualities.) He is a very good dog for our kids. In the last couple of days I’ve noticed Megan and Paul playing with…

Last night Kristen and I got one of the new countertops cut and ready to mount. We’ve had the world’s longest kitchen remodel underway for the last year or more. It’s nice to see things coming together. I was looking at a some old pictures. We have come a long way from that gross old…

Our small group had a great ending tonight. At least… it was memorable.Memorable moment #1 Megan, her friend, and Paul come down from upstairs all dressed up. Paul made his grand entrance dressed like a princess! Complete with jewelry and skirt. It was great! The sad part was that it caught us all off guard…

Back on June 2nd, my mom tried desperately to surprise me for my 30th birthday. The truth is, I had sniffed it out that she was coming… Well last night after Light Force she surprised me for real. She has been stuck at JFK since 5:00 AM Thursday morning due to the snow storm. While…