I took my two youngest for a little hike over the weekend in Percy Warner Park. Along the way I tried to point out amazing colors and unique landscapes. I love taking them out in nature. I feel like I get the opportunity to fulfill one of my jobs as a parent which is teaching [...]

God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars. ~Martin Luther Thank you God for a couple of days to just breathe in your incredible creation. I feel refreshed, renewed and re-calibrated. I love it in the mountains. If you remember last time we were up [...]

It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who said… Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience While we camp with the family throughout the summer, Brandi and I have always tried to take a fall camping trip by ourselves. We’re spending a few days camping in the Smoky Mountains right now. Today was wet and [...]

Our hike up Mt. Leconte was amazing. This is a hike that Brandi and I have wanted to do for a while. It was even sweeter getting to enjoy this accomplishment with our good friends Nate and Holly VanZeeland. We met Nate and Holly almost 5 years ago when they moved to Nashville and became [...]

I’ll post more later, but for those of you that have been waiting with great anticipation, we have safely completed our journey. And here is the proof…

This will be one of my last posts for a couple of days. I’m in Townsend, TN, just outside the Smoky Mountain National Park. Brandi and I will be leaving early in the morning with another couple from our church to begin our hiking/camping trip up Mt. Leconte ,one of the highest mountains in the [...]