Happy Independence Day! This year we celebrated by watching a parade in our hometown and getting a ton of candy thrown at us. So much fun, and looking forward to making this a tradition in the future. I am glad our local government puts this on, it was a real treat (literally).

Here is our 2020 Christmas card. There isn’t much to put into the picture celebration this year given that we didn’t go anywhere because of the pandemic. The top photo of my wife and I we took after a run through Eden Park so I am fairly tired in it (and look like a hippy). …

The 2020 election is finally over. Let’s look at the main reasons Trump did not, and could not, win reelection. COVID Trump’s greatest failure, and the most identifiable reason he lost his reelection bid, is the pandemic. He let a crisis morph into a catastrophe. Now let’s be clear, this would have been a problem …

Nine years ago I married my wife. I can’t imagine the way my life would be if I had not. It is incredible how positive of an impact she has bestowed upon my life. I hope I might be lucky enough to do the same for her. When younger fellas ask me for advice on …

Another year, another birthday. I am at the point in life where I must do the math to remember how old I am. At 42, things are what I hoped they’d be at this stage in life. I am married with two great kids and a career I enjoy. I have plenty to interest me …

Happy Labor Day weekend! For our region, there won’t be the annual Riverfest Fireworks this year. Not a big deal, we’re going to stay put and try to enjoy the three day weekend anyway. Honestly I gave up going to the fireworks. The traffic doesn’t make much sense and most people I know don’t live …

Our Independence Day celebration can probably be described as muted at best. Given social distancing and the multitude of cancelled events, we chose to stay home and enjoy the fireworks from our backyard. Evidently our entire neighborhood struck upon the same idea and we found ourselves completely surrounded by various air and ground displays on …

My two little guys make my life so incredible. I am lucky to be a dad and even luckier that they are my sons. There was a time I thought I would never get to be a father, but things worked out the way they seem to when you really want something. I freely admit …

We recently attended our first Pinewood Derby for Cub Scouts and we brought home a trophy. He was really proud of himself and I’m glad it went well. The last thing I wanted was a repeat of my failed experience as a cub scout myself from when I was a boy. My father had cut …