I love my kids, and want to spend lots of time with them. I would love to hear from them, when they are grown up, that they remember all of the fun things that we did together. I hope that by the time they are in their difficult teen-age years, we will be good enough friends that they will want to confide in me.

The challenge? We all have full schedules, and often have difficulty finding time to relax, and pursue hobbies that we really enjoy (aside from raising great kids, that is!).  So how to we fit quality time with our families, into sometimes busy schedules, and mix in a bit of personal achievement, and satisfaction at the same time?

I figured out the answer!!!

My wife and I, when presented with two seemingly conflicting values, appointments, desires, etc, have always tried to find a way to do both.  If we are creative enough, we can almost always find a way around the "one or the other" idea.  Now, don't get me wrong, I would not suggest that we need to go through life getting everything we want.  I am simply saying that we can creatively find ways to do two seemingly conflicting activities. 

So I have worked hard to find things that I REALLY enjoy, that the kids love, and that can get my mind off of work, and the goings on of life.

I will be posting plans, ideas, how-to's etc. of all the projects that I am working on with my kids. I hope you will enjoy them. Feel free to use these ideas, print them, email them, anything but for commercial gain (use of ideas by private schools is ok). I will keep posting new projects, and the status of existing projects all the time.