High Vantage Point

February 28th marked the first day of practice for us this season. It was a little cold, but dry.
I haven’t raced since 2002 and Austin last raced only a limited schedule about 2 years ago. It was fun to get back out on the track. Now that Austin is older and can [...]

As my siblings and I were growing up, I remember Mom expressing many times how she wished her children were still babies. Oh, how she loved the “baby years.”
When our first daughter, Alyssa, was born and began to grow and develop, I realized that I loved her as a baby, but more than that, [...]

When our oldest daughter left for college, the realization that Leslie and I would soon be living alone began to hit us. We were living in a 2000+ square foot four bedroom home on a third of an acre. I felt that it was more house than we would need, and way more [...]

I wrote this post almost a year ago, but never published it. I went a long time without blogging and am just getting back into the swing of things. I found this in my “incomplete drafts” folder so I decided to publish it, now.
Christmas 2007
Yes, we are late but this year we actually [...]

On my last blog post…..that was a long time ago……have I mentioned that it has been a very busy time for me?……..ok…….on my last blog post, I asked if anyone recognized the car in the picture. I’ve had a few responses, and they were all very close, but nobody guessed right
I’ll let my father-in-law [...]

My father-in-law just bought this car and sent me some pictures of it. If there are any nostalgia or old car buffs reading this, then it’s probably a familiar vehicle. Just for fun, instead of telling about this car right now, why don’t I have you post your guess into the comments. [...]

On Monday, July 16, I had just arrived home from work at about 5:30 when we received a phone call from Debbie. She was in obvious distress as she explained to me that their house had just burned. At that point, the fire department were still at their house working to finish spraying [...]

Dad’s brother John and his wife, Joan, were visiting for a few days this past week. They are always a pleasure to be around.
Like Dad, Uncle John has a great sense of humor. There are plenty of stories, jokes, and laughter whenever John is here.
I enjoy getting to know Joan better with each [...]

Because I’m my Uncle Stan’s nephew, I have to post about the Seattle Mariners once in a while.
Those doggone Mariners have been a huge frustration this year. They can win 5 games in a row and get us all thinking that they’ve turned the corner to become a winning team. Then they’ll turn [...]

We enjoyed the pleasure of a visit, this past weekend, from Uncle Art and Aunt Ruth.
Art was in the Yakima Valley for his high school class reunion in Grandview. He brought his sister, Ruth, to our house to visit while he attended the activities in Grandview. Following those activities, Art returned to our [...]