Hi! My name is Luke and this is a blog about my family and I: parenting, friends, weekend trips, and some challenging things we navigate as well.
This blog is an archive for my own memories: “These are the good years” I often say. Some day things will change, but for now, things are pretty good, and I keep this blog as a memory of that.
Marriage is great, and being a dad is funny and hard, that’s why the tag for this blog is “proud supporters of fun and failures”, because if you can’t laugh at yourself, what’s the point?
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A typical week
No one has asked me, “what is your typical week like?” so I figured I would share. This schedule is from the past week, and even though Rosie didnt have dance, I added what that part of the schedule will include. Dance starts this coming week, so I am trying to get myself mentally prepared.…
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Surprise!
The new house- we will call it that until there is no more old house and the old house is sold- has come with lots of surprises. It has marble counters! Thats fancy, maybe a little too fancy- because even though it has marble, it doesnt mean it is new, or even great. It means…
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Taylor’s gone. Now what?
Taylor is out of town for a few days. This is what happens in our life.
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The Dog Days
beach, swim, and work! Each year on the 4th, it’s time for the Register Family Vacation. Last year didn’t get a post on the blog, but 2024 did right here. The kids are older this year- Mercy and Rosie both great swimmers. Mercy needs a bit of attention on the water, but she does pretty…
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“are you all settled?”
This is a question I have heard a bit with friends at the pool, friends at church, and everywhere else. No. The answer to that question is No. But we are making great progress! Here are a few things I want to share from the past little bit that are worth mentioning about it: Taylor…
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5th grade graduation, and buying a house.
We thought we wanted to just remodel our kitchen. Then we went to go look at a house “just to see”, and 45 days later, we closed on it. The past week was just downright wild. Rosie finished 5th grade. Mercy finished Pre-K. 5th grade had a graduation pool party. Taylor started to get all…
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Swim, dance, and yard sale.
Oh yeah, and this happened: Mercy finished preschool this week. Its a cute little ceremony they do at her school 6 minutes down the road. She a fun kid at this age, and led some of the songs with her friends: This has been a great school, and we are really going to miss it.…
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Moving
After years and years of talking about renovating, the smarter solution isnt to renovate. We “looked” at a few houses. In fact, only two houses- and Taylor really liked the second- it had what she had been describing a renovation to be- an open kitchen, extra bedroom, and more. It came upon us quickly- we…
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New Orleans and Jazzfest
Taylor travels for work several times a year, and since we didn’t have a “Luke and Taylor” type of trip planned for the year, adding a few days to her work trip and using the time to see Jazzfest seemed like the best move. Getting there wasnt great. After departing Charlotte, a storm was approaching…
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An Open (and joyful) Letter to T-Pain
T-Pain, My name is Luke, and I wanted to tell a story about “Low”. It came out in 2007 when you and I were 22 years old. That year, I was in college, and “Low” came in hot. When we went out as college kids, that song was played all the time. Here is a…
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Protected: Stay or go?
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Cancun 2026
Costco sells vacations too- so we got one for Spring Break this year. Taylor has co workers that have travelled a bit to Mexico and even though I am a bit of a wuss, Taylor convinced me it is worth it (it does have the best deals on all-inclusive types of resorts). We did all…