Category Archives: Family

Nature’s Classroom

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jason

I had a great time this week at Nature’s Classroom with the kids. We spent the week at a campground atop Lookout Mountain in Mentone. All three of us learned quite a bit and I’m super proud of the kids … Continue reading →

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Things I Want to Remember, Vol. 32

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Jason

Time for the latest installment of things I want to remember from these days with our young family. The other day Jackson was talking to Sunny…I forget what he’d done, but she was taking a look at a place where … Continue reading →

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Parenting: The Swimming Pool Metaphor

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Jason

In her insightful new book Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood (2016), Dr. Lisa Damour compares parenting to a swimming pool. Consider the metaphor in which your teenage daughter is a swimmer, you are the pool in … Continue reading →

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My Anniversary Gift 

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Jason

On our anniversary last week, Sunny was disappointed because her gift for me hadn’t arrived yet. She had ordered something handmade and it was late ending shipped. Well, my gift arrived this morning: a wood burned map of the MLB … Continue reading →

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The Mask You Live In

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Jason

The other day I saw a trailer for a documentary entitled “The Mask You Live In.” The filmmakers examine the narrow way we define masculinity in this country and the impact this has on our sons. I’ve not seen the … Continue reading →

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Seventeen

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Jason

Seventeen years. In some ways, it doesn’t seem right. Wait, we’ve been married seventeen years? Are we old enough to have been married that long? Then again, I honestly can’t remember what my life was like prior to marrying Sunny. … Continue reading →

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Already and Not Yet: Becoming a Husband

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jason

I originally wrote this for a friend’s blog last month. Decided to post it here as well. The Kingdom of heaven is like becoming a husband. Allow me to explain. On August 14, 1999, I stood before everyone I know … Continue reading →

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Out West: Rockies Game

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Jason

Tonight we closed out our vacation with a Rockies game at Coors Field in Denver. You probably already know this about us, but our family is really into baseball. As in, we’re kinda fanatical about it. In fact, we’re doing … Continue reading →

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Out West, Day 6

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Jason

We spent our sixth day out west making a day trip over to Mount Evans. When we first started planning our trip, we knew there were several things we definitely wanted to do, like Rushmore, the Rocky Mountain National Park, … Continue reading →

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Out West, Days 4&5

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Jason

We really enjoyed the first part of our vacation in western South Dakota. Thursday was spent making the trip from Rapid City, SD to Estes Park, CO. We arrived in Estes Park about an hour before sundown. Driving in on … Continue reading →

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