Fun Ways to Exercise Over the years my body has taken a beating.  Yes, it has gone from hero to zero in about 10 years.  I blame it on my occupation as it requires me to sit for long periods of time.  Regardless of my woes, I have added on …

“Mimi don’t tell dad”, my son whispers loudly.  Moments later my daughter yells from the other room, “Dad, Carter said a bad word!” Wonderful, my children are swearing.  What is this horrible foul word my son has said? I make my way into the room where they both are sitting. …

The past few weeks have been a blast with my family and it really started with a Christian concert that took place in the area.  My family and I listen to a Christian radio station called Air1 and basically have the station on anytime we get in the car and …

In my last article I wrote about keeping promises. More importantly keeping promises to your children.  To be honest I can say that I let my kids down with some broken promises.  Though I knew it was important to me as a child to have my parents keep their promises, …

I managed to make a few promises to my kids recently.  They weren’t huge promises but they were meaningful.  I promised to be at my children’s soccer practices and games.  I promised this to them and to myself.  It means a lot for me and to my children to be at these …

To say I was shocked and confused when I read that a Sacramento couple had their 5 month old child taken from them by child protective services is an understatement.  Apparently local law enforcement forcibly took the child from his parents on the order of CPS. The parents Alex and …

On a windy, cold and rainy Saturday my kids had their first soccer game.  I was indifferent as to what would happen during the game.  In other words I really didn’t care whether my kids won or lost.  I was much more interested in how my kids dealt with the game, competition, …

I consider myself to be pretty observant.  It’s actually what a do for a living being a private investigator.  And before being a private investigator I worked in the loss prevention field, and before that I was in the Army.    I like to people watch and analyze the behavior of …

STFU I stumbled across an interview on ABC about a woman who created a blog that mocks parents for over sharing.  The website is supposed to serve as a guide for parents as to what not to share.  Basically people take screen shots of posts on social website that appear …

My about page shares the basics of what this blog is all about.  I want to share my experiences and thoughts on parenting topics.   I want to share my two cents on topics that relate to the fiber of family values and what I think is right or wrong. I …