Category Archives: family

J and O

I got to watch my niece and nephew tonight. As you can see below, we had a lot of fun…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is upon us. In a mere 14 hours I will be sitting on the couch, belt undone, sleeping off another amazing Thanksgiving meal. It will be my fourth of the year, but definitely the best and most special.
Last year I spent Thanksgiving in Nepal. Now don’t get me wrong, I greatly [...]

Halloween

I love Halloween. I don’t care what people say. Its not an evil holiday, its not satanic or whatever else they want to say. Its fun. Dress up as your favorite superhero and get free candy. I don’t see a problem with that!
For the past two years we’ve had our [...]

Two Reasons Its Good To Be Home

There are many reasons why I’m happy to be home. But here are two specific ones: babies and fall.
Except the babies aren’t babies anymore. My niece was seven months when I left. Not she’s a year and a half. That’s a big difference!
These are my two nieces. One is as [...]

Home Again, Home Again…

Well, I’m back home. Good ole Cincinnati. Had dinner with half of my family, the other half is sick with fevers (not H1N1, though, no worries).
Its strange being home. I feel that I’m not really here yet. Hard to explain, though. Hopefully after a good night’s sleep (in [...]

Last Impressions

A year ago I posted an entry entitled ‘First Impressions’ (you can read it HERE and I highly urge you to read it as it will make this post make a lot more sense). An old friend commented on the post saying that it will be interesting to see my last impressions when I [...]

Reconnecting

That’s me and my oldest best friend, Nate. We were maybe nine years old? I just reconnected with him on Facebook today. Before today, I hadn’t seen or talked to him in five years or so. He now has two kids and is living back in the same house he grew [...]

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
I tried many times to write something, but it all sounded too sappy and “made up.” So simply put, you’re a great Dad. God has blessed me and I could not have asked for anything else. I love you.

Time May Change Me…

photo by Ryan Detzel
While eating dinner tonight I was suddenly rushed way back in time to when I was 7 or so years old.  I was living in Portland, Indiana and signed up for Judo classes.  I was excited.  What 7 year old boy wouldn’t be excited to punch and kick and prove his “manhood”?  [...]

I’m Missing My Babies.

Well, not my babies, but my sister’s babies.  Today is Joshua’s second birthday.  I can’t believe he is two years old.  He was born on the day the Colts won the Super Bowl.  A team that deserved it, not like those Steeler schmucks.  But I digress…

(My sister is gonna love me for that one!)
I wish [...]

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