Photo Friday – Chillin’ Camping Buddies We kicked off camping season last weekend with a trip East of the mountains in search of warm sunny weather. The weather lived up to expectations, but it wasn’t our favorite campground. Luckily the company was wonderful, as always, and we got some good quality relaxing time in. Islay …
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Photo Friday – Career Day Jim spoke at career day this week in Jack’s class about a career in communications. Jack introduced Jim and was so proud to have his dad there. The kids asked great questions. Jim did a great job, but was unfortunately sandwiched between a baker and a woman who rolled in …
Dad, Jackson, Mom, Photo Friday, William
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Photo Friday – Big White We have been skiing at Big White this week for winter break. It was a fun week with great snow and finally better ski weather at the end of the week. Will went to ski school and did great as an Eager Elephant. Jack skied with us all week for …
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Photo Friday – Getting Up For GameDay > ESPN College GameDay is coming to the University of Washington tomorrow for the first time ever as the preshow to the game verses the Oregon Ducks. There was much debate over what time we were going to go, since the show starts at 6am our time, and …
Celebrating 500–Guest Post By Jim
This is an article from Jim DeNike, my partner in life, business, parenting and all things family. He is a communications professional working in the biotechnology industry and insisted that he write a guest post this week. So here it is. This week marked a significant milestone for my wife, Sarah, author and founder of …
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Photo Friday – Canyonlands This is from the Grand View Point Overlook in the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands National Park. Those are the Colorado and Green rivers down below. This was as close as Jim would get to the edge.
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Photo Friday – New Wheels Jim has new wheels. We traded in the Mazda for a Ford F-150 FX4 truck today. We need something to pull the trailer more easily and take the wear off the Expedition. This is not your father’s truck; it has leather, navigation, huge backseat and more bells and whistles than …
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Photo Friday – Orange Hat We were skiing this week at Mt. Bachelor. On Tuesday we went into Bend to see the town. On our walk Will decided he didn’t want to wear his hat. Don’t you think it looks good on me. Thanks for capturing it Paul.
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Photo Friday – David J. Fanning Memorial Golf Tournament 2012 This week was the 2nd annual David J. Fanning Memorial Golf Tournament, in honor of a good friend who passed away two years ago. Just like last year it was held at Suncadia’s Tumble Creek Golf Course. The turnout was even better this year with …
Celebrating Modern Fatherhood
Celebrating Father’s Day this week made me think a lot about parenting and modern fatherhood. It is amazing how much fatherhood has changed since our grandfathers and fathers raised children. The images of fatherhood in the 1950s, 1960s and even 1970s is that of a father as the figurehead of the family. In many cases, …