At the end of August, we completed our Sabbatical. During the month I turned 50. That day was relatively uneventful. I spent the day with Kyndal and Angie and enjoyed a day at the pool and ice cream after dinner. nn This month I spent a lot of time riding…

Positing a little late, but here is the one second video for July. Each day I took a video or a photos of what was going on that day and then saved it in the 1SE App on my phone. I love this app as it is a quick look…

Kyndal loves to fish. Her Papaw provides all the gear, stocks the pond and even puts the worm on the hook for her. When she catches something…. and she always does…. somebody (me, Braden, or Papaw) pull the fish off the line, re-bait the hook and Kyndal is back fishing…

Dirt, dust and more dirt. Just outside our back patio was this space where no grass would grow. Marley loved this place because every time I would leave her outside alone, she would role around in the dirt… which would inevitably lead to her getting a bath. The slightest breeze…

Several years ago, I downloaded an app that helps you capture video clips one second in length and combine them together for a video summary. The clips move fast and won’t mean much to anyone else but they serve a visual reminder to me. Here is my One Second Video…

We wrapped up our Utah/Colorado trip with a quick tour of Antelope Canyon as we drove through Page, AZ. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n

We hit 6 National parks in 6 days. We changed our route at the last minute because of a fire north east of Flagstaff which sent us right by the Grand Canyon. n n Day 1 – Grand Canyon n We reached Mather Campground, got the camper setup and were…

Ten years ago our family borrowed a popup camper and took a camping trip from Texas through New Mexico and into Colorado. We made a Timelapse video of our camper setup. We thought repeating the Timelapse again this year would be appropriate. Thank you Kyndal and Angie for participating. I…

Anticipating feelings of isolation during Sabbatical, I bought Shelly Trebesch’s book Isolation: A Place of Transformation in the Life of A Leader. Im only halfway through the book but I just had to share an insight I found. n n She examines periods of isolation in Joseph, Moses, Elijah, Jesus…

In the Fall of 2021, Angie and I began thinking about taking a Sabbatical. To be honest, the concept always frightened me. There were three main reasons why: nn What would people think? I hate to admit this, but this was a biggie. For most of my life, I have…