TheOneCubed

Thanks Brian for this fun little piece of trivia

Friday afternoon Karoline and I headed to Denver to see my dad for Father’s day. This was Karoline’s first trip to Denver with me and while she’s already met the family it was a good chance for her to see my old stompin’ grounds. I was able to show her where I went to school and all the different spots around the area that are important parts of my heritage.

We made it into town in time to have dinner with my parents on Friday evening and then enjoy a relaxing remainder of the evening on the couch. My brother and sister-in-law (really weird to type that) came home on Saturday afternoon and my brother and I shot air rifles with the girls. I really wish I would’ve snagged a photo of Karoline shooting my Red Rider BB Gun! I did get Lindsy to snap a really good photo of Karoline and me that afternoon.

Saturday evening some of the extended family came into town. Here’s a good shot of the family hanging out on the back porch while my dad opened up his present from my brother and me. We got him a nice set of speakers for their computer. He was listening to speakers that came with our original Packard Bell computer in 1995. Needless to say he now loves the bass produced by the sub woofer.

In addition to his present from us, my mom surprised him with his Father’s Day & Birthday present on Saturday.

He’s been saying that while she goes and walks, he could ride a bike if he had one. Well, she fixed that problem! She got my dad a really cool and rugged bike. I’m waiting for him to take it off some sweet jumps!

Karoline and I had to drive back on Saturday night because I had to be at church at 6:15am on Sunday morning in order to run sound. It was a good time with the family and I’m already looking forward to the next time I get to see them!

It is the summer and well during the summer things get all out of the ordinary routine. This reeks havoc for someone who is very much a planner. Karoline keeps telling me I need to be less of a planner and more of a “fly by the seat of your pants” kind of guy but I’ll be honest - that just isn’t my style! As much as I want to be laid back and happy go lucky, I’m a planner through and through. I have my mom to thank for this endearing quality :-P. But it isn’t all bad . . . at least when big events come along my God given talents get to shine through as I think through detail after detail.

In other news, I found out this week that my good ‘ole buddy Shem will be returning to the USA on July 18th. I can’t wait to have my other roommate and good friend back on local soil. It is hard to talk to a good friend only online or via sparse phone calls. Here’s looking forward to a safe return for Shem.

I know, a very random post but well I’m just trying to get the writing juices flowing again :-). I’m out to Denver for the night and tomorrow to see dad for father’s day. I’m excited to get to see my family but also excited that Karoline is headed home with me. This will be her first trip to the “Dirty D” so she’ll get to see where I grew up and why I am who I am (for better or for worse) :-P.