The Trench Coat

 3 kids; 8 7 and 4 new house  life is busy 

excited about 2018. 2017 was a good year - a year to re-set expectations and structure. i remain incredibly proud of our family - from am...

As I get older and my family's life grows more complicated... the further out my chronological perspective grows... For instance, I k...

I feel the weight of responsibility growing, and I feel up to the challenge.  I look back at years before as to what I thought was 'a lo...

Looks like a change it's a comin'

Been quite a while... Best decision we've made (maybe in our entire marriage so far): sell our house and move closer into town and rent....

anxiety everywhere. i understand anxiety... i really do. i was paralyzed by it for a good amount of college, and i certainly feel it now ...

boy, its funny where we end up. Jenny and i talk about that often... if you would have told us a few years ago that we'd be in Dallas, i...

I find it very funny when people feel the need to publicly show affection to their spouses on Facebook. Believe me I'm more Words of Aff...

We near the end of june, and the end of 10 months of marriage. Good times. Talk about progress... honestly we look back sometimes and have n...

Well May has come and gone.. and that was crazy. we're about to hit the halfway point of 2011. Wow. This past month was pretty crazy for...

it requires a lot to be the kind of person that encourages, and loves, and is gracious, both at work and at home. i know that that is the k...

I'm so proud of Jenny for fighting through tough shit at work. Talk about emotional ups-and-downs, catty women, unprofessional workers, ...

There is tons of stuff I want to say. I don't know how well other places might do it, but I do know that Watermark's model for commu...

From Mumford & Sons' The Cave Its empty in the valley of your heart the sun it rises slowly as you walk away from all the fears and ...