The Life and Times of Zach, Katie, Claire, and Nora

Time is flying and Nora is already 6!  We had a nice family dinner with Bonnie on the big day and a kids party at the Wings Gymnastics Cente...

We decided to spend Christmas 2019 with our family in Vancouver.  We opted for a road trip and left Boise on the afternoon of the 20th.  The...

Since I started my current job in 2016, we have worked with a team located in Belarus (mostly in Minsk).  Over time, we have developed a de...

Time really seems to be flying - in September, Claire turned 8!  She had a great day painting pottery with her friends at Ceramica and enjo...

It has been way too long since our whole family visited Nana, Papa, and Great Grandma in Florida.  With the kids in school these days we cho...

For a long time, North King Mountain , or "The King's Crown" has been on my list of peaks to climb.  It is accessed from a hig...

In mid-July, we embarked on another camping trip, this one to Herald Provincial Park , near a town called Salmon Arm, BC.  We left Boise on ...

For the 10th time, we met our friends the Pilons for a summer camping trip.  This time we chose Prineville Reservoir just outside of Prinev...

Back on June 18th, I celebrated yet another birthday! I was lucky to wake up to a beautiful sunny day, and I got to spend the morning watchi...

I don't know why, but learning to ride a bike without training wheels feels like a major life milestone.  Nora has been riding a bike fo...

As part of getting old, I decided it would be good to run my hometown running race, the Gate River Run 15K, before I fall apart.  I arrange...

We didn't blog in 2015 but here are some photos and videos to help remember this awesome year! The Year That Was: 2015 Photos and Vide...

This year I had a "major birthday".  I pondered arranging some kind of humdinger of a celebration.  But with a winter birthday and...

It's hard to believe, but on Thursday February 7th, Nora turned 5 years old! We have no idea where the past 5 years have gone, but sudde...

I just climbed Cervidae Peak for the 27th time.  In late 2017 I decided to climb this peak once per month as part of a goal to get outside ...