Category: Journal

Last weekend we spent time up in Petoskey with Sarah’s sister and her husband, Brad and Betsy. I really enjoyed going up to their place because they are always so kind and inviting. We spent Friday evening talking about faith and church and culture and expectations, which was really good for me to listen to…

Jackson came out and played some pickleball with me tonight. We did a few dinking and serving drills then played 1:1. I won two games and he won one. I had a lot of fun playing with him. We lovingly trash talked a little. It was something I haven’t done with him before. I liked…

Yesterday after lunch Parker made brownies. When they were done and we went to get them, Sarah sat in Parker’s kitchen table seat and said she wanted to see what it was like to be Parker. We then all sat in someone else’s seat and pretended like we were them. I was Jackson and I…

Today I played chess and checkers with Parker. I know he likes playing games and sometimes I wonder if he’s super bored on Sundays so I asked him if he wanted to play when he was walking around. He said yes. It was fun. I’m glad I asked him and we played together.

Today we went to a blacksmith shop in Pigeon Forge and made knives out of horse shoes. This was something that I really wanted to do because of watching “Forged in Fire” so much. When Sarah saw that there was a place to do this in Pigeon Forge, she immediately showed me and said we…

Today we visited Gatlinburg TN and walked on the SkyBridge, which is the longest pedestrian bridge in North America. It has a part of it the bridge that you walk on that is glass, so you can see through it, but you have to walk on it. I was really nervous and scared. My stomach…