Family Trips

  • Colorado Trip: Episode Five

    Colorado Trip: Episode Five

    We finally arrive at MTI but not before visiting some cliff dwellings and driving up a mountain pass while my children give me driving advice.

  • Colorado Trip: Episode Four

    Colorado Trip: Episode Four

    We arrive in Colorado, explore the Garden of the Gods, and leave in a hurry because Elliot thinks he has to go potty.

  • Colorado Trip: Episode Three

    Colorado Trip: Episode Three

    Featuring the world’s largest ball of twine.

  • Colorado Trip: Episode Two

    Colorado Trip: Episode Two

    Featuring the St. Louis Arch and not much else.

  • Colorado Trip: Episode One

    Colorado Trip: Episode One

    Featuring the world’s largest rocking chair.

  • Fishing and Other Bad Behaviors

    Fishing and Other Bad Behaviors

    Immediately bait buckets, lead weights, and sharp hooks fly through the air while full grown men throw themselves on something that’s slicker than a greased pig.

  • Zambia & More | July 2021 Newsletter

    Zambia & More | July 2021 Newsletter

    A one hour and forty minute flight saves them over twelve hours of traveling (on a good day) and avoids a lot of dangerous hazards along the way.

  • February 2021 Newsletter

    February 2021 Newsletter

    I believe we shouldn’t sit on the couch all day and wait for God to change the world, but neither should we strive to change the world by our own…

  • Over the River and Through the Woods…

    Over the River and Through the Woods…

    It’s funny but when you move away from home it feels like everything should stay the same until you come back. It doesn’t.

  • Mr. and Mrs. Hippenhammer

    Mr. and Mrs. Hippenhammer

    We just got back from ANOTHER trip to Pennsylvania and it’s good to be home even though being at home means sitting on a crooked toilet.

  • Flying with Toddlers & the Depravity of Mankind

    Flying with Toddlers & the Depravity of Mankind

    Flying with a toddler is like pulling the pin on an old military surplus Russian grenade, gingerly placing it into a refrigerator, then climbing in and closing the door behind…

  • Visiting the Potawatomi Zoo (& a few innovative zoo ideas of my own)

    Visiting the Potawatomi Zoo (& a few innovative zoo ideas of my own)

    An expert zoo visiting tip: Bring a Brazilian blow gun with you so you can subtly provoke the animals to swing around their cages exhibiting maximum fierceness

  • Nocturnal Zombie Drivers

    Nocturnal Zombie Drivers

    My wife lost her sanity. She’ll find it again, at least I hope so. She usually does, no thanks to me. I’m terrible at finding things.