Category: Relationships

Meeting Milt

I take the kids for a walk around our neighborhood 5 or 6 nights a week. There are 9 city parks with playgrounds within a mile of our house and we’ve been to every one. (If that’s not enough play equipment, there are 2 elementary school playgrounds within a mile as well, and if you [...]

Saturday June 30th, 2012 in Burnsville, Life, Relationships | 4 Comments »

Testing our marriage by playing cards

Jamie and I were at a church retreat this weekend, which was pretty awesome because not only were we with a bunch of great friends, but we were also without all 3 of our kids for the first time since Cameron was born! My parents are awesome! While at the retreat, we played cards twice. [...]

Monday April 23rd, 2012 in Life, Marriage, Relationships | 5 Comments »

6 years ago

April 9, 2006, was a pretty typical Sunday. It was Palm Sunday, which I only learned after a Google search I just ran to see if there were any significant events on that date. There weren’t. I joined Faith Community Church in Hudson, WI, that day. The business meeting after the morning church service was [...]

Monday April 9th, 2012 in Life, Relationships | 4 Comments »

Skim listening

I’m not known for picking up on everything my wife tells me. Let me rephrase that: I’m known for missing significant chunks of conversation when my wife is talking to me. It’s not intentional. We communicate differently. She would argue I have a problem with focusing – as in I’m too focused to pull myself [...]

Thursday March 8th, 2012 in Life, Marriage, Relationships | 3 Comments »

5 years later

5 years ago today my bride and I stood in front of a small group of 31 people and devoted ourselves to each other for the rest of our lives. 5 years ago!! I know, right?! It’s fun to look back at photos from that day and be reminded of the embarrassingly silly grin on [...]

Friday February 24th, 2012 in Life, Marriage, Relationships | 3 Comments »