Children

Children. . . they make you lose the ability to think rationally about anything outside of parenting.

Time is Flying

Wow....it's been 10 days since my last post.  Time flies!  Lots of things have been going on:  went camping with the family at Land Between the Lakes, enjoyed 2 whole days at whole after that, went back to work, and now getting ready for ARNG annual training with the 129th Army Band.
We are heading out on a 2 week tour of Tennessee.  Our first performance will be in Dyersburg, then on to Memphis the next day.  After that we're continuing our way east playing shows in Dickson, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Cookeville, Crossville, Knoxville,  and finally ending up in Gatlinburg for a few days to play for July 4th festivities.  It should be an exhausting, yet fun time!
If I can tack down exact performance venues I will post them.

World at War

Man, I've been watching the series WWII in HD on History International tonight.  Although, every young man on the television screen would now be about the same age as my belated grandfathers.  I can't help but to still think "Wow...They are just Kids!" Amazing!

For your noggin: D-Day, Normandy, France June 6, 1944

On D-Day, June 6, 1944 the greatest amphibious assault in history occurred on the beaches of Normandy. Troops of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada invaded Nazi-held France. The liberation of Europe had begun. If you want an idea of what D-Day was like, watch the first 20 minutes of “Saving Private Ryan.”

Before the day ended, about 4414 Allied troops lay dead. About 2499 Americans died on those beaches that day. We lost 31 American troops in Iraq in the first five months of 2010. At this rate, it would take over 33 years to suffer as many deaths as we did on that one day. The cost was high, but back then we knew that freedom has a price. We knew that often we could pay the price in money or sweat, but sometimes we had to pay it in blood.

Every day I am allowed the privilege to render military honors to our fallen heroes on behalf of the people of the United States of America.  I am proud to follow in their footsteps as an American Soldier.

Here We Go

...or rather, "Here I Go" into the world of blogging.  I first must thank my wife Elise for starting her blog What Craziness Is Next? and inspiring me to finally start one of my own.

I don't suppose it would be right to start a blog centering around my life without sharing a nice picture of my family with you, so here's my family:

Me, Tyler, Elise and Abby

I love them.

Expect this blog to be a flow of random thoughts, images, and sounds that flow from or affect me.  Please check in often. 

Next post will probably be about life as a Soldier/Musician....stay tuned....