While I'm traveling for work.....

So....I am in Florida on business this week. My wife is taking care of the kids. Good news though...tonight was "Kids Eat Free" night at Perkins.

Both my kids ate pancakes with sprinkles and whip cream. Although both had the same thing, there were two very different reactions.


First, Ashley:

Who apparently thought my wife was force feeding her liver and onions...not a plateful of sugar.

Then Katelyn:

Who apparently loved the plateful of sugar and was already feeling the effects.

On a different note, I realized tonight why I don't watch the news. In an effort to educate myself about what is going on in the world, I tuned into Larry King.


Tonight they were discussing whether or not the stimulus package is working to save the economy. Now, I would normally find this an intriguing topic. My issue is that is "expert panel of guests" included Tonya Acker, Stephanie Miller, Ben Stein, and Penn (of Penn and Teller).


I am not kidding...let me break that down for you: Someone I have never heard of. Another unknown, although apparently she hosts "The Stephanie Miller Show", a guy who is best known for saying "Bueller" repeatedly in a movie about Ferris' day off, and a magician.


This is why I don't tune in. The expert panel of guests next time will most likely be Fred, Shaggy, Velma and Daphne with special commentary by Scooby Doo.


Because they will learn of current events through conversations and schooling versus watching a TV host that looks like Skeletor....I love my girls.

Star in the making,,,,,

As many of you know...my wife owns a marketing agency. As many of you also know... I have no idea really what this means. She talks in a code that only other marketing professionals would understand with phrases like: "I talked to creative last week and they are running the blah blah blah..."

Creative is not a person. You cannot talk to "creative". Unless of course...you own a marketing agency.

I was excited though as a few weeks ago...my wife was "talking to creative" and they needed a small child to model for a photo shoot. Katelyn's new career was born.

You may think the fact that my daughter got to star in this photo shoot was because my wife's company was paying for it. I like to think that the start to her illustrious modeling career was due to her unsurpassed beauty that was unmistakeably given to her through her father's genes.

Either way, Katelyn got to participate in a photo shoot for Land O Lakes. Once she is granted the rights as the official spokesperson for Land O Lakes Cheese...I will retire and pursue my dream of living in a tricked out RV while touring the world for her other photo shoots.

Because both are beautiful...and at least one will soon be famous....I love my girls.

1944 - 2010

I know I have been away for sometime....and unfortunately it is a sad event that brings me back. My father-in-law passed away yesterday...and I don't know where else to write my thoughts of him...so my hope is that he will read my blog.

Denny Wold was my father-in-law. He has been battling Parkinson's for ten years. I met my wife about 8 years ago, and thus her family as well. Therefore, I have never known Denny without Parkinson's...and this is something I will always regret.

Denny was a man that all who met would speak highly of. With a quiet, introverted manner....Denny made friends where some would have enemies. He was an electrical engineer, with a passion for what he did. Beyond his intellectual capacity I knew a man who loved his family, and had a wit that would rival many professional comedians. I can only speak of the few conversations I had with him...but I enjoyed talking with him as he had knowledge of so many capacities including current events and especially sports.

He had a dry humor, one that you would have to listen closely to in order to understand the joke. But if you did that, if you gave that extra effort...you would find yourself chuckling days later about an off the cuff comment that he made during thanksgiving dinner.

He raised my wife....or had a hand in it...and therefore I can't help but love him. She is the kindest, hardest working, most dedicated person I have ever met. That does not happen without the love of a devoted father.

Denny Wold lived 65 years....but many could take note in that he LIVED those 65 years. He worked hard to give back to is family...he traveled, he showed his family a world that so many do not see. He gave his heart, and he gave his soul to raising his family.

As many of you know who have read my blog....my dad is my hero. But....if and when I pass on....to be remembered as Denny will be remembered would be an honor as well.

Because they told me today that "Grandpa Wold is living with Jesus"....I love my girls....