Tagged: Family

Run Jenni, Run 0

Run Jenni, Run

I am super proud of my wife right now.  She has been running and training for a 5k that is coming up this weekend.  She is running in the Susan G. Komen Race for...

Back Home and Ready to Go 0

Back Home and Ready to Go

We got back home last night from a week of vacation at Isle of Palms near Charleston, South Carolina.  It was a great week of food and fun with the family.  Here is a...

Weekend Reflections 0

Weekend Reflections

We had a good service at church yesterday.   Attendance was down, which surprised me since school has started back, but I think many were enjoying the incredible weather this weekend.  And for those of...

Homeschooling Thoughts 0

Homeschooling Thoughts

Each year, Jennifer and I make the decision whether to continue homeschooling or send our kids to public schools.  Private or Christian schools aren’t an option in our small town.   This year was...

Wildlife in our backyard 0

Wildlife in our backyard

One of the great things about living in the mountains is that our backyard is full of wildlife.  Our yard is about 2 acres and since we are on the edge of a large...

Time to Recharge 1

Time to Recharge

Jennifer is kidnapping me and taking me to Blacksburg for an overnight trip without the kids.  I love getting away with my incredible wife.  Part of my birthday present from her was a trip...

Hiking with the Kids 0

Hiking with the Kids

Jennifer and I took the kids hiking to the Cascades yesterday. It is an incredible waterfall over 60 feet tall near Virginia Tech that we used to visit when we were in college. It...

Alex Has Got Talent 0

Alex Has Got Talent

A girl here in our town was on America’s Got Talent last night. She’s in our homeschool group that meets once a week so we know her well. She did a great job and...

Riding Down the Creeper Trail 0

Riding Down the Creeper Trail

I took Monday off and drove over the mountain to ride bikes with the family. We drove to Damascus, Virginia to ride down the Creeper Trail. Jenni and I have biked the trail several...

Happy 13th Anniversary 1

Happy 13th Anniversary

Thirteen years ago, I was able to marry an incredible young woman named Jennifer Jacobs. We actually started dating 18 years ago while we were still in high school (I’ve got to be a...

Are Wii Fit now? 1

Are Wii Fit now?

Jenni got a Wii Fit from us for her birthday today. All of us have been playing on it today and surprisingly I have learned that I am fat and that I have no...