So here’s the story: This morning at my daughter’s school a mother told me that she had a conversation about God with her daughter, age 5. The mother said that if God took human shape, she imagined He’d be really big; just imagine the size of his hand! “Oh,” said her daughter, “like Simmons would [...]

A handful of photos of the girls for the grandparents, since it’s been a while. These are photos from the last week: our older’s viola recital and 5th grade graduation. Yikes, I can’t believe she’ll be in middle school next school year (which for us starts in mid-July)! Our younger daughter, waiting for the recital [...]

The Civano Community School—which my daughters attend—won the “Go Green with All” greenest grade school in American contest, announced today on The Ellen Show. Very cool! Details at http://gogreenwithall.com/home/ and a local news clip here. In addition to a $50,000 grand prize for the school, each student receives an iPod shuffle with a solar charger, [...]

A few quick updates before classes begin again this Thursday: My wife Billie has been nominated for Vail School District’s “Teacher of the Year Award.” Woo hoo, Billie! I know she’s not seen much on this blog, and that’s because she’s usually working while I get to scramble around with the girls. Fingers crossed, babe! [...]