A few weeks ago, Kylie shared with Angie and I that she was considering the military. I don’t remember what my first reaction to her was, but I remember feeling a combination of concern for her physical (and emotional) safety, questions as to how committed she is to the idea, and pride that she would [...]

I’m not sure if Angie will post her own account of turning 40, and this won’t be an analysis of how she has progressed through this milestone, but it’s hard to imagine that we could pass up posting something about it… so here goes. Just realize it’s from my perspective… so take that for what [...]

Mal and Cal have been sick off and on for the past couple weeks. Cal started it with a sinus infection, but then he started throwing up, and for 4 days essentially ate nothing. Luckily he could keep some liquids down. We finally got him something called in for the nausea and it seems to [...]

Funny how life never slows down… I’m always waiting for that chance to catch my breath… and in as many years as I can remember, it hasn’t come. Kylie’s home for the summer. She’s working at American Eagle and doing some side design work on the internet. It’s good to have her home. Mallory’s Birthday [...]

So I’m not up for going into a lot of detail, but I want to remember this stuff down the road. Angie had a trip for work scheduled to Vegas (for a conference). We talked about me tagging along, but decided against it. Instead, I would play Mr. Mom… The week before, Calen got sick [...]

Mallory is at that age where you wish you had a tape recorder tied to her at all times.  You just never know what’s going to pop out of that little mouth.  And the biggest problem is that you know she gets it from you.  Of course, Johnathan taught her stuff like, “See this elbow.  [...]

The Helena Public School system is considering a comprehensive plan for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. It includes teaching first graders that people can be attracted to the same gender. In second grade students are instructed to avoid gay slurs and by the time students turn 10 years old they are taught about various [...]

So Angie and I finally decided we were going to do something active and agreed that we could be each others best cheerleader. As much as I don’t like TV infomercials, I’m sure you’ve all seen the ads for P90X… I talked to some coworkers who ordered it and were working hard, but enjoying it. [...]

Mallory’s birthday was today and she turned 3 years old. It can’t be that 3 years have past already… she’s such a “big girl”. We had her party over at Jump Zone, which I believe was almost as much fun for the parents as it was the kids. She had 13 of her friends join [...]

Mallory has become quite the storyteller these days. A couple of months ago, I noticed on her paper from school that they had studied about Jonah. When I asked her about it, she confirmed that he was swallowed by a big fish…that “spit him out on the sand and he had sand on his pants [...]