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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What a structure! And, the last bowl.
Have you ever heard of “the ring” workout? “The Ring” doesnt refer to the Japanese horror novel turned into a film; “The Ring” is what they do in men’s gymnastics at the Olympics. There are a lot of different workouts and exercises that can be done with this simple setup, and it works your stabilizer…
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Disney: Tunnels, tips and tricks, and tech
Tips and tricks are an easy one to understand, but TUNNELS? Disney offers a few special experiences besides just tickets to the parks, some of them include: A full list of all tours and experiences can be found here. Among all the dozens of offerings, there is one that stands out: the Keys to the…
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Disney: What did you do?
Disney Redemption We went to Disney in 2019 for 2 days and got to visit Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. Rosie was about to turn 5 at the time, and Taylor’s dad had a work trip at one of the Disney resorts. It was a very short notice, and we were on a tight budget…
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That time we threw an Olympics Party
Tay loves to throw a good party- especially a party with a theme. We missed the chance to throw a few parties this year, but for a while, Taylor has been stewing on this idea. And it came together better than we could have expected. Rosie was all on board with it too. She is…
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Boat day, movie-theater, growing grass
My good friend Houston got a boat earlier this year. Who is Houston? He is on the blog a few places on here, but we go way back. Though it would be a great blog post, this isn’t the time to go into the details of Houston and I’d friendship. Coordinating a date to get…
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Madagascar, minor leagues, summer camp.
At 9 years old, a kid tries everything. There is no expertise. There is no rationale. A kid just tries whatever new hobby/craft/sport seems interesting. If a kid does field hockey? Sure, why not? Soccer? Yes, please! Theater camp? Sounds great. Art lessons? Absolutely (thanks Cici!). Swim team? Sign me up. For Rosie, this means…
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Family Beach Week, 2024
Time to take the 3.5 hour trek to Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. This is an optimistic estimate- one that can be done for all of you readers who make “normal” times without children. Where is Ocean Isle Beach? Ok ok, I am a nerd and like to talk FACTS and history and stuff. But,…
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Father’s Day, summertime, scrub the deck
A friend recently asked about the blog saying that he enjoyed reading it, and I thought how I enjoy writing blog posts, so I will keep writing from time to time. For Father’s Day, Taylor planned a daytime adventure for the family and I off to Saxapahaw, North Carolina. If you haven’t heard of it…
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I went to India
What to say about traveling to India for the first time? If you don’t have time to read through it all, the short of it is this: the trip was amazing. What stood out? Best to break it down: The travel It took a lot to get ready. Our office has a google doc of…
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Goodbye, for now
This is the last post for a while. Here is why.
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Work from home life, work life balance
Taylor and I both work from home. Taylor is in sales, and spends a large amount of time on work calls during the day; I am a software engineer, and spend a large amount of time doing deep work (mostly pretty quiet). It has been this way since the pandemic- Taylor’s company from Greensboro allowed…
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Dinner Party, and something new
Before jumping into the fun stuff about the dinner party, I didn’t do a post last week. Or the week before. The reason I didn’t write was because I didn’t know what to write- or how to write about it. My older brother Jake had a birthday. I haven’t spoken to him in 2 years.…