Remember when Daniel didn’t like his outdoor adventure camp?  Well, the best thing I ever did was switch him to a LEGO camp.  He spends three hours a day INSIDE A SCHOOL CLASSROOM. BUILDING LEGOS. FOR THREE HOURS. He couldn’t be happier.

A Sunday evening. The sun going down.  A shady seat.  A cold beer and a hot dog.  The constant sounds of bats cracking and kids laughing.  Hanging with my family at a baseball game.  It doesn’t get much better. I heart America.

Wow, summer has really thrown me for a loop.  That’s what happens when I spend the entire school year organized and scheduled.  I mean scheduled to the “every-thirty-minutes” scheduled.  I was so happy when my kids’ last day of school finally arrived so I could toss it all...

Daniel’s last days as a Kindergartner were action-packed.  Not only did he learn to read this year, but he went to his very first PGA golf tournament and on his very first father/son camping trip. Now back to that reading part.  It really is amazing to...

Wasn’t it just YESTERDAY that I was crying on my couch because I had dropped off my little girl at the”big kid” school for the very first time?  Man, that was rough.  And here we are now. At the end of the road.  The very last...