Eventually My People will be the place to come for photos, updates, and tidbits about the whole family as I see fit. Right now, I think a quick introduction is in order…

Once upon a time I met a wonderful young woman named Jenni. My dad had a dream and told me I would marry her. Turns out he was right. No matter how many stupid things I did, she still decided I was worth the risk. Good thing for me. She gets better looking every day, runs our household, and even brings home a few dollars a week. It’s a dream come true. I bet you wish your dad had a metal plate in his head like mine!

In 2001 the Arizona Diamondbacks won the World Series, terrorists attacked our country, I was actually a valedictorian, and Jace Tyler graced us with his presence. Jace is an amazing young man. He is smart, logical, caring, handsome, and LOVES sports. He also excels at negotiation and tells it like it is. He won’t pretend he likes you if he doesn’t, but he’ll go out of his way to show you he cares if he does. I know I’m a biased parent, but Jace gives you the idea that he can and will be great at something. Hopefully he’ll find that purpose some day and prove me right.

Maximus Owen was born only a few short months ago in November of 2009. He knows when I’m in the room now and smiles when he hears my voice. It’ll take some time for us to get a fix on his personality, but he is already uniquely qualified to teach the true meaning of love.

Julius is the orange cat who rules our home. He yells when he’s hungry and he sleeps when he’s not. Occasionally he does this great trick where he puts his head in the dog’s mouth.

Mocha Joe is the chocolate lab who ruins our home. He has destroyed every toy he’s ever played with except for Julius. He likes to talk back when he’s in trouble. He likes to run. He likes to play keep away… from us… with anything we might want.

The unnamed red fish resides in a bowl in Jace’s room. I won the bowl in a white elephant gift exchange. A white elephant wouldn’t fit in the bowl so we settled on a red fish. To be perfectly honest we’re all just happy the red fish is still living after three months.