Healing together

Continued from a previous post. Today was a phenomenal day for Max! We saw a true change in his spirit, motivation, and overall attitude toward his situation. Knowing that both Laurie and I are around, family and friends have been and will continue to visit, reading...

Tragedy, family, friends and neighbors

It wasn’t but 8 days ago when I posted a photo of Max playing soccer on a warm summer day in Bend. Today I find myself looking after him with Laurie at the Oregon Burn Center in Portland. The amount of support we have received has been overwhelming and Laurie and I...

Good Times at the Tulelake Fair

While in Kalifornia this past weekend we cruised on over to the Tulelake Fair. Goats, cows, racing pigs, people, rides, shows, and fair food – real fair food – nothing organic or low fat, I’m pretty sure the corndogs were cooked in partially hydrogenated...

Three Sisters Wilderness Hike

We cruised out w/ our friends a couple of Saturdays ago into the Three Sisters Wilderness. It was a pretty chill hike so the kids enjoyed it. As we were hiking we noticed how diverse that particular area was – open meadows, groves, lava flows, lakes, and at...

Schools In!

1st day of school and the kids are actually excited! This will be the 1st and only year they ride the bus together as kids since they are going into 1st and 5th grades. These guys were ready to go with time to spare this morning, so I took some quick pix of them on...