spreading the fame

What is a few bucks spent on gas, when you have a lifetime of memories from one road trip? Over the weekend I traveled down to wild and wonderful West Virginia. I packed about 2 weeks worth into 5 days. I had many refreshing conversations with longtime friends while marinating on Gods rustic mountains. A […]

I just got a new Christmas tree over the weekend. It is big compared to the little Charlie Brown tree that I had. The tree came fully decorated. It is unbelievable. It almost looks too good. The Davis’ were over and helped me put it up, which was a lot of fun. We had the […]

That’s right I did the O.C. (or more like, Brock did the O.C.) Episode… 1. The airport 2. The Mustang Convertable 3. The clogged toilet 4. Breakfast 5. Hitting the waves & riding into shore 6. The In & Out Burger 7. Go-karting (nothing like getting lapped) 8. The pool party 9. The (translated) Focus […]

In Memory of Grandma.   As a few of you know my late grandma, Joan Rothe, was a dancer. She could twirl a baton, do the polka, and wax any wedding reception with her grooves. And of course, who can forget grandma’s sweet skills in belly dancing or as she would tell us grandkids, “middle eastern […]

I REALLY DO HATE THESE QUIZZES, BUT THIS ONE I THOUGHT HAD SOME SUBSTANCE TO IT…  1. If you didn’t have to worry about making a living what would you most like to do for the rest of your life? TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST. 2. What is your […]

I love my new home too…Indiana. Here is a few random things I love about INdiana: fresh corn on the cob, BGBC, bruno’s pizza, flatness, being a Hoosier (what is a Hoosier anyways?), indiana beach, the dunes, camp shakamak, FUEL, fiddlers gathering, Lafayette…the stop-light capital of the world, Tippecannoe, Gen. Harrison, Wild Cat Creek, elephant […]

Things I miss about WISCONSIN…cheese curds, frozen custard, frozen tundra, green bay packers, badgers, hunting in presque isle, swimming and fishing on lake alma, my mom and dad, the lil’ squirts (aka…the sibs), deep snow, sledding down military road hill, skiing down rib mountain, noah’s ark water park, mosinee–the armpit of WI, schmidts sporting goods, […]

I remember working at a camp a few summers back. They had this slogan, “Remember KEITH”. I always thought it was silly until I heard the story behind it. Keith was your normal bouncing off the wall kid that you wanted to hang by his undies from the flag pole. Even though you never could […]