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  • 2025 – Memory Bank

    2025 – Memory Bank

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  • 2024 – Gratitude

    2024 – Gratitude

    These things aren’t a given They’re the heartbeats of time A songbird in the wind The wind in the pines Gratitude Gratitude Try and hold on to Gratitude Sometimes all you need is Gratitude So try and hold on to it

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  • 2023 – 23 and me

    2023 – 23 and me

    Get it?.. 23… as in 2023. I know, it’s corny but we’re gonna roll with it! 2023 brought us so many fun adventures. Here’s a quick recap in picture form.

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  • 2022 – Full Hands, Full Hearts

      As we come to the end of another year, I’m reminded to make my yearly blog post to justify keeping this site up. Perhaps someday I’ll get back into the swing of posting regularly, but for now this lone post will have to suffice. 2022 brought us our last baby… Of course we said…

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  • 2021 – Proof of life check

      Alright so it’s been a hot minute since I last used this space. We’ve had significant life change for us since we last spoke…. it’s been a challenging yet unexpected year for sure. I thought I’d try and document this as best as I can. So many good memories…. so many adventures. New career,…

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  • The City

    The City

    The City – @PaulTripp from his recent book “My Heart Cries Out: Gospel Meditations for Everyday Life” The city that surrounds me seems broken beyond repair. Lost ones wander the streets; evil lurks in the alleys. Sadness afflicts households; grief omits no one. Labor does not satisfy; victories seem short at best. Satisfaction evades the…

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  • Conquering Gregory Bald

    Conquering Gregory Bald

    Gregory Bald (4,948 ft.) via the Gregory Ridge Trail – 6/20/19 For as long as I’ve been documenting my hikes on this website I’ve always had the goal of hiking Gregory Bald. In fact if you have noticed…. it’s continually been listed as “coming soon” on the Outdoors section of this site for YEARS! Living…

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  • Springtime on the Skyway pt.2

    Huckleberry Knob (5,560 ft.) via the Cherohala Skyway – 3/16/19 As I previously posted in our part 1 trip, we really were set on exploring this area of the Skyway and hoping to knock out some nice hikes as long as the weather cooperated with us. We were just in the area earlier in the…

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  • Springtime on the Skyway pt.1

    Hooper Bald (5,430 ft.) via the Cherohala Skyway – 3/11/19 Yes I know…. Perhaps you have wondered if I have fallen off the face of the earth? No, that isn’t the case. Sure, I have taken some time off from this space but If you follow my social media feeds then you hopefully have been…

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  • Dec. 28 – Blur

    Dec. 28 – Blur

    That is what 2017 has been for me….. a Blur. I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve been pretty absent in this forum this year. I started this blog with a goal of posting at least once a month, and I’m pretty proud of sticking to that….. that is until this year. You might ask what…

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