Today is the day I turn another year. It is the day I face squarely and say, “I’m ready.” Or, it’s the day I fall to the floor and curl up in a little ball and start sucking my thumb. On the backside to 50 now. It’s actually a great place to be in life.… Read more

Five generations are alive in my family right now and it’s pretty special. My grandmother, Worldia Yarnell. My mother, Ruth Thompson. My sister, Mary Gaull. My niece, Amanda Spear. My great-niece, Caitlyn. What a joy! Read more

Over the past week I’ve been on the road to Alabama, in Alabama, and coming back from Alabama as we celebrated our oldest son’s wedding. On the road down I had my two other sons (Terri had already flown to Alabama) and I picked up my parents in Kansas. We then drove two days to… Read more

These are just some shots we snapped. The professional ones will come later! Read more

Tomorrow I have the privilege of performing the wedding for my oldest son. I will attempt to do so without crying all the way through the ceremony. It was last week, I’m sure, that my wife and I looked down at this new infant laying between us and thought, “How could we have so much… Read more

The past couple of weeks have been horrendously busy. The next week takes it to a whole new level, but it’s worth it. My oldest son, Joshua, is getting married on October 9. He met his fiance, Lisa, at school in Alabama. Joshua has always been in a hurry, so it’s not much of a… Read more