Living in Portland we have easy access to amazing parks and nature preservers but we are also minutes away from streams, rivers, and forests for the boys to explore and engage. Not all kids are lucky enough to have that space to interact with nature and find adventure at the ...

Spring is gone and all the spring cleaning projects we meant to do are probably still not done. Those that were finished already need redoing, like my garage of perpetual chaos. No matter how often I organize, clean, and clear stuff it quickly reverts to the black hole it once was. ...

For the past couple of weeks I have been fully swept up in a Portland Timbers wonder land. I’ve written a bit about it but being at the games, singing and clapping and chanting has been so much fun. This past weekend we said good bye to long time supporter ...

It has rained a lot in the North West this year. Cold and wet starting early in the Fall and going strong into Spring and while the La Nina weather pattern has been on the milder side it has still felt like a long Winter. So after reading about the ...

Last weekend Beautiful and I left the kids with their grandparents and got all gussied up to raise money for Primo’s pre-school. There was a silent auction with six or seven tables of donated swag and a table of wine in a paper bags that you could gamble on. The ...

The wait for the first home game in the MLS era here in Portland is over and I get my first chance to sing along with the Army in the House of Pane. I’ve been a little single minded lately, consuming Podcasts, articles, videos, and twitter feeds and bringing every ...

Here in Portland like many other places there are rec. leagues for all manner of sports. Of course Softball, Basketball, and bowling are well represented but so too are Kick ball, Dodge ball, and my new pursuit Wiffle ball. My wonderful friend responsible for Pedalmation invited me to join his expansion Astros ...

Today is the day. The first home game for the MLS version of the Portland Timbers and Jesse and I have our tickets to go stand in the rain and sing along as the boys take on Chivas USA for the right to play in the US Open Cup. It’s ...

It’s still another month off, the first home game of the season, but I can’t help but get excited each time I pass one of the many billboards around the city. The litany of Paul Bunyans on white back grounds trumpeting Major League soccer in Portland. On the way downtown ...

Last year I wrote about getting the kids ready for the Final Four by teaching them the fine art of filling out a bracket. Primo ended up winning with his picking the funniest name strategy. We will be getting our brakets in this year and I can’t wait to see ...