This past weekend, I had the opportunity to help with my niece’s wedding, which consisted of pretty much all of my time from Thursday through Sunday. It was an outdoor wedding so it was definitely warm, but everything came together so nicely that it ended up being a really beautiful...
I did this really long ride by myself on Saturday. It wasn’t a great big deal - I posted it on Facebook primarily to complain about dropping my brand new sunglasses and scratching them up, and at the end I forgot my helmet by the side of my jeep and...
I recently got back to playing music with my band from church. We’ve had a couple of practices in the past couple of weeks. I haven’t played with them since 2016, but things came back to me fairly quickly and it was awesome. The group had been playing together since...
Happy July! Wow – I can’t believe I’m saying that already. I don’t know about you all, but it seems like the summer is flying by already. It seems like the older I get, the faster time moves (and I’m really not even that old!). Currently, I am in a...
I got up yesterday morning after riding both Saturday and Sunday. The rides weren’t hard or long, but I was exhausted and thought “this is tough.” Then I thought, “I have to do this for 7 days straight and way longer every day in less than one month.” People have...
We had another horse show this weekend at Ellsworth for the Iowa Arabian Horse Association. It was a lot of fun, and Maleigha set some new goals for herself and did great. Jacob decided not to participate in this show as he is still gaining confidence with his horse and...
July? It can’t be July. Crazy. I woke up late this beautiful morning and thought “if ever I was going to sell my house - I should do it when the lawn and flowers look as great as they do today”. I’m not going to sell anytime soon, but it’s...
This meme, or versions of it, has been very popular on social media lately and has had a lot of parents feeling pressure with their children in the summer. Heck, it even came up at senior leadership as it had been shared with some as a reason for some staff...
I was in Chicago with 11 awesome people this week at a conference with Quint Studer. We drove, and on our way back we had really awesome conversations. I had Lori read a letter that I sent to Quint in 2011. It was right when Oprah was retiring from her...
One of my favorite sayings is “She believed she could, so she did”. I talk to my kids a lot about the power of positivity and the belief that they can do anything they put their minds too. I also balance that with a healthy dose of anything worth having...
