Grand Canyon, Sort Of

While driving from Oklahoma to Las Vegas, Sarah and I decided to stop by the Grand Canyon since neither of us had ever been there before.  The only problem we ran into was that the National Park was closed because of snow at five the night before we got there and they weren't sure it was going...

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Chickasha Festival of Light

On Sunday, Sarah and I went with our friends, the Barbers, to see the Festival of Light in Chickasha, Oklahoma (population: 16,036).  How big is the Festival of Light in Chickasha, Oklahoma, you ask?  Big enough that there are permanent road signs (up all year) to guide you to the park where...

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TMQ Fame

I'm pretty sure that none of you read the TMQ column on ESPN.com.  If you do, you must have missed the December 11th column.  I know this because the only person who has asked me about this was my brother Ben, after a young man he works with in scouts asked him if he had a brother in Norman,...

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Christmas Card Photo Shoot

I'm convinced that the only people who look at our blog are those who received our Christmas card this year (and probably only a portion of them actually checked it out when they got the card).  But in the unlikely instance that there is someone who hasn't seen this picture yet, here is our Christmas...

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Thanksgiving in St. Louis

With our closest family members a mere 8-hour drive away, we decided to go to St. Louis for Thanksgiving where we stayed with Sarah's cousins, the Slezaks.  It was a rather exciting weekend, and I'll try to cover as many of our adventures as I can. On Wednesday, we took a trip to the St. Louis...

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