2013 Road Trip Adventure – Part 2

We packed up the car Tuesday and hit the road again. Destination: Cedar Point. Along the drive from Chicago to Ohio, we stopped at the Indiana Dunes. I’ve always heard they were great, but never been. We always hit up the ones in Michigan. But these were just off the highway, so we thought we’d…

2013 Road Trip Adventure – Part 1

Epic road trip 2013 is under way – so much to talk about but no time to write about it! Some notes and pictures from the road so far. Hit a big storm on turnpike as we were leaving Florida. Thanks Florida. It would be nice to visit Gainesville sometimes. But I want to go…

Brendan’s Top 10 Life Events

My little baby boy is 10 years old today.  It’s pretty emotional for me. Ten is a big deal.  Double-digits.  Two hands. We’ve always used “ten” as the thing in our house.  As in…”you can get a cell phone when you’re ten…”  “you can stay home alone when you’re ten”…”you can play Call of Duty…

Minecraft Creeper cake pops.

Minecraft Crafting

I have a love/hate relationship with birthday parties.  I get really excited and pin 800 different ideas on my Pinterest boards.  And then I have anxiety for weeks before the event trying to make all the things.  It’s awesome, scary and exhausting. We have having a small party for my son’s 10th birthday.  In exchange…

Tour de France – Spin Style

I’m sitting here watching the final stage of the Tour de France wondering to myself why it’s not on a network tv channel.  It’s been on NBC Sports this year, which is great…but still.  More people need to watch this amazing event.  I know the Tour took a lot of heat for all the doping…