Kori is always looking for that next thing to help us connect and give us new stuff to talk about. She is great with coming up with new ideas and then asking me what I think about them. Well, my response isn’t always supportive as I am one who loves to live in my comfort zone and just do what I do. You know those people, the ones that don’t want to “rock the boat” or try new things. That’s me. Kori is just the opposite and she is always looking for new experiences and “opp

Number 2 has been living her dream performing all around Japan for the past 4 months with The Young Americans. For the past 4 weeks, we were lucky enough to have her return home before she heads out again this time in the U.S., but now as a Company Manager. I have talked about just having Number 4 home now and how the family dynamics have changed with only one kid living with us. I have also talked about what it is like to have an “adult” child return to the house on a tem

Now that we just have Number 4 with us in the house, Kori and I have joked with him often that we are going to be up in all his business all the time or we are going to be leaving him alone to fend for himself and care for the dogs because we will be traveling. I can tell you now that we are almost done with his junior year of high school and we are definitely constantly up in his business. We are so heavily invested in him right now that I am sure he would love if we got aw

Well we have officially been blogging weekly now for over 3 years. I mark the occasion yearly with my “boys weekend” that happens about the same time every year. This year’s getaway was a couple weeks ago and it was a little different this year. The regular characters didn’t change neither did the visited establishments but there was a big difference this year. Kori had to take Number 4 to Denver for a dance competition so I invited Number 3 to join me on my yearly trip as