Kids in the City! Pajama Brunch at Second Home – Enter to WIN!
March 17, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

This is one heck of a clever idea for kids in the city on a Sunday morning, especially if you have early risers. The Pajama Brunch at Second Home located inside the JW Marriott Denver …

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The Problem with Perpetuating the Myth
May 22, 2008 – 12:07 am | 4 Comments

In the morning, in the bathroom, while I am doing Mini Me’s hair is when we have our deepest conversations. Here is our conversation last Sunday before church:
Mini Me: I can’t wait for …

When it comes to volunteering, you gotta put up or shut up
April 22, 2008 – 12:48 am | 10 Comments

I swore last year that we would never go to Cub Scout Day Camp again. After three days of loosely planned activities, other people’s ill-behaved boys, wind-whipped hair and a sunburn (my mom told …

I don’t globe-trot, I globe-trip
April 9, 2008 – 12:07 am | 16 Comments

As much as I love to travel, I’m not very good at it. Motion sickness, homesickness, and a weak stomach make me a far from ideal travel companion. Despite that, over the years my …

Easter: International Holiday of Mystery
March 20, 2008 – 12:42 am | 17 Comments

Christmas is the most anticipated holiday, Halloween is the spookiest, but Easter is the most mysterious. Easter is shrouded in questions. Some of them have answers, some of them do not.
One …

The day a joke went too far
March 6, 2008 – 12:15 am | 20 Comments

I heard someone on Oprah say that as parents, we write on the slate of our children’s lives. If that’s the case, someone hand me an eraser. If I’m not more careful with my …

The love story of a reformed, annoying serial dater
February 14, 2008 – 1:00 am | 12 Comments

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To say I was boy crazy growing up would be an understatement. Each …

The Inconvenient Hamster Truth – Part II
February 1, 2008 – 12:14 am | 23 Comments

If you read my blog posts with any loyalty at all, you’ll know what this is about. If not, I’ll try to catch you up. This event is still fresh in my mind. …