My favorite time of the year! NCAA Tournament time! Men and Women's Basketball games all day long! Buzzer beaters, upsets, Cinderella teams! I love it all! While I hope my team wins #6, I just hope for a great tourney! Another season of coaching youth basketball has ended, and I now have three nights a... Continue Reading →
Holiday Season
Happy Holidays y'all! I know it's some of y'all's favorite time of the year. The lights. The tree. The smells (shameless plug: Shop at bumblebswc.com for your favorite holiday scents). The presents (shameless plug: shop at kontempokloset.com for new pieces to add to your wardrobe). All the things that come with the season. I remember growing up, my parents would... Continue Reading →
I got F’s in My Marriage
Recently, we (when I say we, I mean my wife and I) just celebrated 13 years of being happily married. We focus on the "happily" part. We work hard at our marriage to keep it interesting, keep it fun, and keep true to us. We take care of each other and we genuinely do what we... Continue Reading →
A letter to my 4th grader…
Dear mini me, As you prepare to start another school year, we're excited for the new chapter in your life. We know you'll be nervous around your new teacher and classmates, but we know you're a social butterfly and you'll do just fine. So before you start this school year, here are a few things... Continue Reading →
Who Doesn’t Love a Daddy Daughter Day?
Recently, mini me and I were able to head up to Raleigh for a day and hit a few golf balls at Drive Shack. We've been trying to get back there for a while, but with life's curveballs, we've had to constantly push it back. But finally, a weekend freed up for us, so we... Continue Reading →
My heart hurts…
19 babies... 2 teachers... taken from this world entirely too soon. My heart hurts. Mini me is the same age as the babies hurt and murdered. I can't imagine what these families are going through. I pray these families find some type of peace in the madness. I pray these families find some type of... Continue Reading →
Field Day!
Yall remember Field Day in the 80s/90s? You would train the 2nd half of the school year for the 3 legged race, running relays, tuggawar (Tug Of War for those not in the South), balloon toss and all them other relay games. You would compete against other classes, race by race and then end the... Continue Reading →
Let’s Talk about Willard Carroll Smith II
We all heard about the slap across the world. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the Oscars. Was it staged? Could have been since the Oscars have been losing ratings for years. Was it real? Seemed like it; as Will (I can call him by his first name, we cool like that) was pretty heated... Continue Reading →
The Competitive Parent
Random Thought: Ya'll ever had food poisoning? I've had it 3 times in my life and last week was the most recent. You know how you go against your gut (see what I did there) feeling and it turns out to bad? Yea... that was me last week. We ate at a place called NIko's and... Continue Reading →