Rockstars Change Diapers Too
At a shower the downhere family threw for us before Liam was born, they took a bunch of diapers and wrote messages on them for our future entertainment when we changed Liam. This one showed up the...
View ArticleA New Business Model for the Music Industry
If you're in the music industry, take 15 minutes and watch this video presentation on Trent Reznor and how he make $1.6 million in the first week of sales on a record that he was giving away for free....
View ArticleObama, Leno, and the Special Olympics
Four months ago I don't know that I would have given this story a second thought. Today, as the proud new father of a son with Down syndrome, I am unable to overlook last night's "offhand comment"...
View ArticleDaniel Hannan Offers Up a Civilized Tongue-Lashing
I heard the audio of this clip the other day on the radio and thought it would be worth sharing. Daniel Hannan is a writer and journalist, and has been Conservative MEP for South East England since...
View ArticleLiam's Easter Pictures
I'm constantly learning how to be a dad and all that comes along with that. One of the things that is important in my wife's family is pictures - we take pictures at every opportunity and even more so...
View Articledownhere Wins 3rd JUNO Award
If you missed all the Twitters from the JUNO Awards a couple of weeks ago, here's the official announcement: we won our third JUNO Award, this time for "Ending is Beginning". (For the uninitiated, the...
View ArticleMrs. Normal Rockstar Blogs
My wife started blogging a year or two ago, but without a reliable computer to call her own and a travel schedule that didn't allow much time for "extras", blogging was not a priority. Now things have...
View ArticleLiam Shows Signs of Future Drumming Chops at 4 Months
Here is a video Erin captured a couple of weeks ago of Liam playing with his shaker. Look at that rhythm - he's got a gift! (Notice his bib...)
View ArticleWine & Chocolate Tasting to Benefit Liam
Erin and I continue to be honored and blessed by the generosity of those around us. The guys in my mentoring group - Randy Elrod, Brock Gill, Randy Williams, and Chad Jarnagin in particular - have...
View ArticleFirst Triathlon in the Books
Yesterday I entered and completed hopefully the first of many triathlons. Team Magic runs a fantastic event on Memorial Day called the GJCC Memorial Day Triathlon. This is what's called a sprint...
View ArticleBig Sunday: Child Dedication, Wine & Chocolate...
(Click the picture for a slideshow of Liam at 5 mo)This upcoming Sunday is going to be a busy one for us. First, we will be celebrating Liam's baby dedication with our home church - Rolling Hills...
View ArticleLiam's Dedication Ceremony
Thanks to Harry and the crack media team at Rolling Hills Community Church, we already have video of Liam's baby dedication ceremony today. Enjoy!
View ArticleNew pictures of Liam up!
This is my first blog post since the beginning of June - that's rather embarrassing, honestly. But hey - life has been moving at a rather speedy pace and I've been doing all I can to hang on. SOME...
View Article9 Month Photos of Liam
My wife is putting me to shame as far as blog posting goes. She has generously allowed me the privilege of putting up this link to Liam's most recent photoshoot with Sara Harper - again, some...
View Article"How Many Kings: Songs for Christmas" Releases Today
Today is a big day for downhere. Our very first full-length Christmas album releases in stores, and we're excited for you to hear it! "How Many Kings: Songs for Christmas" was a really fun album to do....
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