It isn’t often Rose and I are able to get away for a day. Most days we work opposite schedules where we see each other in the morning and evening for about an hour total. A couple weeks ago, while her family was in town, we decided to head to our favorite place: Silver Creek [...]

Earlier this week the USA Today ran an article on the unique relationship that has been formed between Portland churches, the Luis Palau Organization, and the City of Portland. It is something all of us in Portland have seen play out in the last decade into what is now an extremely rare relationship; it is [...]

On Saturday my sister and her good friend were up from San Diego and Long Beach. I had promised a tour of Portland to all the best places. We had 5 hours to get the whole “tour of Portland” in, so I was definitely crunched for time. Here was our agenda.
Rose and I live in [...]

Growing up in Minnesota, I was pretty used to snow being on the ground for the better part of 4 or 5 months.
Within 200 feet from our house was a sweet park with a pond and a great hill. I would head over there almost every time it snowed to go sledding.
With about 10 inches [...]

Anyone who has watched March Madness on CBS is really sick of all the Sonic commercials. They aren’t totally nationwide either, so it is really overblown. I am pretty sure there is only one in Oregon…and Rose and I went to that one this morning. After seeing the Cinnasnack commercials, I had to try them. [...]

In Oregon it doesn’t take much for school to be late or closed. Some of my siblings and mom are busy celebrating a day off in Salem and up in my neck of the woods, school is either 2 hours late or closed. The funny thing is….that picture is how much snow we got. Basically [...]