a proud dad...

I have been planning on a color 8x10 of Maci and Sadi all summer. Just hasn't worked out... Until today... Kinda a last minute, but still a bad time, happens to be the one day this summer it rains, I gotta get one before Sadi leaves for college kind of picture. All of the imperfections aside (both in the picture and in our sometime disfunctional lives as a family), I stare at this image and realize that I have lived a truly blessed life and had the honor of helping my incredible wife raise two absolutely beautiful girls.  It is moments like this where I honestly couldn't be more proud to be their dad...

raising a daughter...

Having raised two daughters, this is a moment that I can relate to... 

Tyler and Pyper winding down watching some television in the hotel room after a long day of driving to be able to celebrate a friend's birthday in Big Spring, Texas.

There will never be enough of these moments...

coffee thoughts...

Earlier today, I spent a short time on the patio in the back yard enjoying the cool morning and having a cup of coffee. This is absolutely one of my favorite coffee cups. Sadi got it for me for Christmas many years ago (from a school store where they could spend their reading points). Funny how the corniest thing can become so valuable and sentimental. Seems that years ago, my girls truly thought that "my dad can fix anything". There was never a doubt in their minds!  As the years have passed and both of my girls have "grown up", this has become more of a joke than a truth. They now realize that there are certain things in life that even Dad can't fix.  Just know that I still hold out hope that I can somehow work to remove these doubts, hold up the cup, and announce that I have again fixed something that was broken...

What a humbling cup of coffee...