Ava Got Her Ears Pierced!

Very exciting…especially for a 4-year old! And they were Cinderella earrings! So BONUS!

Veeery pretty!

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The Last Burst

I don’t know about you, but I have 2 kids who HATE going to bed. Around 7:30 every night, if my wife’s not home, I try to start getting the kids set for bed, and it’s amazing the amount of sideways talk and “himming and hawing” I have to go through to get these 2 into their pajamas [...]

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Fancy Nancy & The Birthday Party

If you have a little girl (or are a little girl at heart), maybe you’ve heard of Fancy Nancy. She’s a dazzling little girl with a penchant for long words and a hunger for anything French. She is my daughter’s favorite character right now so this year Ava was bombarded with everything Fancy for her birthday…from [...]

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I’m Done With It (Smoking Kills)

Okay…okay…I’ve had enough. So my brother and I have had this ongoing rift because he’s a smoker. He smokes “reds” or “blacks” or whatever. I call them cigarettes. They are these little rolled up packages of cancer that can and will eventually kill anyone who uses them. The argument is that everyone dies sooner or [...]

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A Walk At The Landing

Zanesville, Ohio probably isn’t considered to be the hotbed of healthy living, considering it has an entire strip of restaurants and fast food joints. But if you look hard enough, you can always find a bike trail just about anywhere you go! And in Zanesville (home of the Y-Bridge!), there is a trail right next to [...]

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“Well…If You And I Were Married…”

Have you ever had that conversation with someone who might be a close friend or the spouse of one of your friends or the spouse of one of your wife’s friends or whatever? I have. I’ve had it many times through the years. I have never stopped to ponder the idea of it really. Usually [...]

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“Watch Out For Tomatoes!”

I’ll get you and your little tomatoes too!
Bad storms here in Cincinnati yesterday. Heavy winds blew over trees. Lots of lightning in the sky. A tornado warning was issued. So, being the good father that I am, I asked my family to join me for a little rest and relaxation in the basement of our [...]

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She Woke Up At Cwazy

Over this past weekend, my kids (ages 6 & 3) didn’t quite make it to bed at their normal bedtime. Usually, they are in bed and ready for sleep by 8:30. This past weekend, because our friends were in town, they were in bed at 11pm on Friday and then a little after midnight on Saturday. [...]

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A Trip To Kings Island

So my wife’s high school friends came to town for a weekend of fun and excitement here in Cincinnati. On Friday morning we all packed up our bags and headed to Kings Island for a day. It was a hot day and our thought that “maybe because we were going on a weekday so the crowds [...]

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The word “Love”

Being an adult male, you would think that I would have grown out of my insecurities of using the word “love”. I’m married, have kids and a family that I love very much. However, for some reason, I feel strange telling my in-laws that I love them and I don’t know why.
Every time I talk [...]

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