Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a day to remember the men and women that have died fighting for our country.

I wish I would have gotten to know either of my grand-fathers better. Both of them died before I got a chance to really know them. My paternal grand-father was in the Navy, I believe, and fought in World War 2. He died when I was very young and I have a few memories of him but not much. My maternal grand-father died when I was a freshmen in college. I regret not making it to his funeral. He also fought in World War 2. When I was little he would tell my brother and I small stories about the war. I wish I would have been able to spend more time with both of them.

I remember the first time I got a call letting me know that a friend of mine had died while in Afghanistan. It was the summer after my first year of college. We had just spent some time together a few weeks before I got the call. The men and women of our armed forces lay down their lives every day for us to have all the rights we exercise every day.

I just want to say thank you to all the men and women that are serving or have served our great nation.

A Slow Sunday

I have a hard time thinking about thinks to write about. Normally when I am having trouble figuring out what to write about I go through my Facebook feed and see if there is anything that catches my eye. After spending about 30 minutes looking at posts, I still couldn’t find anything that I wanted to write about. I have a few ideas for my next posts but nothing that I could write about today.

It was an unusual day today. It rained all day and there were even a few snow flakes up on the mountain. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day so we can fire up the grill and have a great Memorial Day.

First Hike of the Season

It was a great day today. Now that the snow is finally starting to go away we were able to go for a little bit of a hike. It was a lot of fun! I will post some more pictures once I am able to go through them a little better.

It was a great day today. Now that the snow is finally starting to go away we were able to go for a little bit of a hike. It was a lot of fun! I will post some more pictures once I am able to go through them a little better.

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Fun Day Friday

Friday is my favorite day of the week.

Friday is my favorite day of the week. I spend the afternoons finishing up little jobs that didn’t get done throughout the week and listing out what needs to be done for Monday. Once my work week ends, I head home knowing that I get to spend the next 48 hours with my family without having to go into the office. It is a great feeling and one that I am coming to appreciate more and more each week.

We make Friday afternoons special at our house. We have one of my favorite meals, pizza and wings, for dinner. Addison gets really into picking out the show she wants to watch and it’s funny to watch her trying to figure out if she would like to watch Frozen for the 100th time or some show Jen or I am trying to convince will be great. This is the only meal during the week we let Addison sit at the coffee table and eat while she watches a show. Most nights we try to start getting Addison ready for bed around 7:30. On Friday’s we let her stay up a little later to finish her show or play a game before bedtime. Once Addison is in bed, Jen and I will find a movie on Netflix to watch. I think it is our way of having a date night each week.

Once Addison is in bed, Jen and I will find a movie on Netflix to watch. I think it is our way of having a date night each week.

I always make sure that I will be work free Friday night in order to spend the time with my family. I am sure the girls are going to get into their teens and not want to spend Friday night home with there mom and dad but that won’t be for a while. I am going to soak this up as much as I can while it lasts.

I am going to try to fit a short trail hike into the schedule this weekend. Hopefully we can have some great pictures to share tomorrow and/or Sunday.

Still Missing A Major Goal

Since the beginning of May I have written a post a day. That’s 22 posts in 22 days including over 6,000 words. I have covered a lot about my newest daughters birth and all the tribulations of having a child born with Congenital Heart Disease.

Since the beginning of May I have written a post a day. That’s 22 posts in 22 days including over 6,000 words. I have covered a lot about my newest daughters birth and all the tribulations of having a child born with Congenital Heart Disease. I have talked about things that have been going on in my life and even some things that I want to have go on in the future. I am pretty proud of my accomplishment so far since I have never tried anything like this before.

I had 3 goals when I started this Post a Day Challenge.

The first goal was to get as much information out as I could about Isabel’s birth. I believe I have done a good job with that so far and there is still more to come in the near future. I am only to the second week of January in Isabel’s Birth story and we didn’t get to leave Denver until February 3rd.

The second goal was to learn that things don’t have to be perfect all the time. When I first started this it was very hard for me to finish anything that was written. I would spend hours writing and proofing an email. It was a gross waste of my time and would keep me from spending as much time on doing what needed to be done in the first place. I have quickly learned that I can read over something once or twice and feel confident that it is written well. I am sure it could be better but it isn’t always worth the time to re-examine every sentence just to eliminate one or two extra words.

My third goal was to share my believes and not fear being criticized for them. I am a Conservative, Christian, White Male and based off my Facebook feed I am in the minority on the Internet. I think there is way to much ignorance on the Internet and want to be able to have a conversation with you without blindly following the pack, right or left, like so many do. I want to be able to hone my believes so that when the time comes I can share them or explain them intelligently.

I was reading through some of the old posts this morning and I realized that even though I have shared a lot about what is going on in my life, I haven’t shared much about my own thoughts. I have played it safe by not trying to make somebody mad or challenging myself. I have avoided topics that have been buzzing around specifically because I didn’t want cause somebody to not like me because of how I think or what I believe.

I am quickly learning that if you don’t stand for something you might not be standing at all.