Fantasy Family Football
Today marked the first Sunday of NFL football for the year. For many, the NFL season marks the start of fantasy football too and our...
Acts of Kindness
Kori and I were talking last week with the Lenten season upon us and we knew we wanted to do this season differently than we have in the...
What's Really Important?
Last night, around 11:30pm, Number 3 came home after finishing his first semester at college. On Monday, Number 2 comes home after 4...
Giving Thanks Before Thanksgiving
Last night I found myself getting stressed out about the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving. My wife will most likely be away from the...
Expectations and the Road Trip of Life
So this last weekend found me far from home at my brother-in-law’s house in Minnesota. He had picked up Number 3 from college for the...
Memories, Moments and Meltdowns
Last week was our family vacation in Northern Michigan. This has been a family tradition for me for about 25 years and for Kori, it has...
Real Conversations Emerge with Teens and Young Adults
There is something I absolutely love about raising kids that are teenage-to-young-adults. For all the challenging moments with this age...
We Have a Toddler in the House!
We have a toddler in the house again and it just reminds me that it takes a lot of energy to constantly monitor the movement of an active...
The Big Dipper, Dr. Spock and a Bout of Doubt
This week has been a convergence of situations, salient points and sage advice, and each bright star – seen in retrospect – is getting...
Back To My Roots
In a couple of weeks I will attend the stay-at-home dad convention in Portland – HomeDadCon 2017! This is not the first convention that...
