Met my folks in Damascus, Virginia, where we enjoyed a bike ride down the Virginia Creeper trail, an old railroad track that is no longer used by the railroad, but has been converted to a bike and horse trail. This trip is a family favorite of ours.
Not only did we ride the trail, we [...]
During Spring Break, I took off a couple of days and the family went on a bike ride on one of the nearby bike trails in the area. On the way back, we stopped off at a creek, where I was trying to teach the fine art of skipping rocks (like a Frisbee, but backwards…)
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Early this year, we started a babysitting co-op with some good friends of ours. Basically, we would keep their kids one Saturday for a few hours, and then they would reciprocate another weekend. It works out great because we get a night out one weekend without having to pay for babysitting. When we keep the [...]
One of the advantages of home schooling is being able to take a day off in the middle of the week to go skiing. Our local home school group sponsors a ski trip where you can get a lift ticket, ski rentals and a lesson for $25 per person. A veritable steal! So we took [...]
I recently was digging through some “posts” that I wrote (but never published) during a blogging sabbatical. I found one that dredges up fresh emotions as I read it again. I can remember that day 4 years ago, like it was yesterday. It was right when my youngest sister was getting married:
April 2006
Have you ever [...]
Saturday morning was a rainy affair and the 2 soccer games that were originally planned were cancelled. I was sitting with the boys eating breakfast and just goofing off.
Even if we had the soccer games, I was relieved it was Saturday after a normal, but frustrating and difficult week. But I was curious at how [...]
For our vacation this year, we went camping in North Carolina near where I would go when I was a boy. I have fond memories of camping there and I wanted to share it with my family. Unlike our previous camping trip last year, the weather was less than ideal: it rained. A lot.
If you [...]
In saying good night, my 12 year old comes up to me and asks:
“If there’s no such thing as a dumb question, then is this a dumb question?”
“Yes”, says I.
“Is it?” he says.
“What?”
Totally confused I shake my head and he starts laughing out loud.
My fear is that it is only just beginning of what is [...]
