We had a chance to visit my sister and her family in Frisco (just Frisco – not short for San Francisco) this past weekend. We had a good time catching up and the kids had a great time with their cousins. What did we do? I can pretty much sum up the weekend with two words – baseball and swimming. We swam for several hours when we arrived late Thursday afternoon. Even though the truck was telling us it was 104 when we arrived, it...

For the past 3 summers we’ve been able to make a trip up to Lake Livingston for some fun. The kids fish with Grandpa and he lets them drive the boat. We jet ski and just have an all around good time. Kayla, who is afraid of every single bug on the planet has no problem going 65mph on a jet ski. And Mr. Timid Nathan always starts out very cautious but by the end of the day is wanting me to “do circles” which results in...

This is my first post of the new year? What a slacker. Nathan has moved over to third base this year and is making some incredible defensive plays. We are now 3 games into the season and he already has a pretty good highlight reel going. Just as I’d hoped, he seems to be coming out of his shell too.  His best friend from school is on the team as well so that has really helped.  With me assistant coaching this year, Amy is taking...

Today was the grand opening of the new worship center at our church. I think it was about 18 months ago that our pastor rolled out plans for expanding the worship center and today was the day we got to see the final results. An amazing amount of effort, time and prayer went into the whole process and it turned out really great. Those of us working the AV booth were a little worried with all of the new equipment but it all worked out...

For the third year in a row, I had the privilege of shooting Christmas photos for one of my best friends (Jeff) and his awesome family. Two years ago we went to a park and just let the kiddos play on the playground equipment. Last year I tagged along on their annual trip to select and cut down a Christmas tree. This year, the theme was football! It was the Titans vs. the Texans (with a Jet thrown in for good measure). Jeff has struggled...

Nathan has been a big fan of Goofy for quite a while now but ever since we went to Disney this summer, he’s been a HUGE Goofy fan. While we were there he just had to have the big Goofy hands which are pretty funny but he can’t do anything even resembling useful with them on. Kayla makes a beautiful...

Every year Amy and I say we should go to the Wings Over Houston Airshow and every year… we don’t. I’m not a line person – can’t stand to wait in lines. Traffic drives me bonkers. This year we finally just decided to go. I was right about the lines and traffic – both bad. Really bad. Like sit in your car 2 hours and barely move bad. Ugh. The airshow though? Awesome. Neat to see all of the restored vintage...