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...

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...

Back in mid-July I had the opportunity to shoot bridal portraits for Amanda Black Smith. I arrived at about 6am for an early morning shoot so we could avoid the blazing Houston heat and get some decent diffused light.  6am shoot means I was up at 5am. Heck, on some nights I’ve only been asleep a couple of hours when 5am rolls around! I didn’t sleep well that night because I was a little nervous and my brain wanted to check the...

Kayla, Nathan and I had my good friend Jeff and his two older kids over for some pool/grillin’ time today. The kids had a great time and the Dad’s did too. Always good to catch up with one of my most interesting friends. He’s been dealing with the often “under appreciated”, life-altering, and life-shortening disease Lupus (which he has unofficially renamed Chronic Hellitis) for several years and is now at the...