waiting

i had an interesting conversation with a woman at work today. it was on the topic of teenagers. she informed me that teenage girls are easier to parent than teenage boys. i totally disagree. i think boys would be easier. since i have no experience, time will have to...

tough

kenz is tough. she will take down the best of them. here is some battle scars from her last bout with the concrete. heath was carrying her back from the car on thursday night and slipped. they both went down pretty hard. kenz took it on the chin. thankfully, teeth and...

obedience

today was a milestone for me. baptism. it was an epic celebration that included my family and friends. this is one of the reasons that i needed to submit and obey. thanks for dunking me dad. i love you.

futbol

this weekend was packed with lots of good times. kenz started soccer on saturday morning and it was a blast to watch her in action. it took some encouragement to get her started, but once she got going she was her usual self. the other fun thing is that i purchased...

done

found this one in the archives. taken back in the fall of last year on our trip to spokane. tonight was our tax season ending party. lots of fried foods, free drinks and as a plus i watch the arsenal v. man u match again on fox sports on the big tv at the bar. the...

maddie equals 6

on sunday maddie turned 6. it was heavily anticipated and we heard about it everyday for the past week. it was well attended by all her friends and family. heath slaved over the oven baking an eggless, dairy free, soy free cake that was epic. complete with all the...

not what i wanted

all is good. girls are back home in their bed and we are back to the normal routine of life. today we played westmont college. granted it was their club team they were a decent side and we really struggled. i think it showed that these are kids who have nothing better...

found one

the girls are gone. gone to the desert to bask in the sun and be spoiled by their grammie sharon and grampy lewis. i miss them already. a strange thing happened on the way home tonight. i played a video game against the cashier at chevron in topanga. i bought us a...

sourgrass

when i was a kid, they said sourgrass was sour because dogs pee’d on it. i try to tell the girls not to chew on it. i’m not sure if i should tell them what i was told.

back to work

great weekend. great weather. bad allergies. bad sleeping. saturday i was wiped. allergies, kenz was wide awake on friday night and my body was tired from sneezing non stop. my eyes felt better when they were shut. this was my two forty five am conversation with...