NC Zoo with SW Freshmen

Posted on May 31, 2018July 10, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

I recently was blessed with the opportunity to chaperone a group of Freshmen from Caitlin’s high school to the NC Zoo. At the time I signed up for this, I thought it would be great and a fun time. But as we approached that day, it became more and more clear that the skies would […]... Read More

MightyText

Posted on May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

A co-worker recently enlightened me to a fantastic app that lets you receive and send TXT messages from you PC or Android tablet using your existing mobile phone number. WOW… is this great and clearly my life has gotten busy and hectic, preventing me from keeping up with cool tech and apps like this. MightyText […]... Read More

Steven Curtis Chapman – Solo Concert

Posted on April 17, 2018April 18, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

The other weekend I took the family to see Steven Curtis Chapman in a solo concert at Triad Baptist Church. This was a small venue to see SCC and unique because it was a solo concert… just him, no band… just him with a guitar (or keyboard) and a mike. The concert was nearly 3 […]... Read More

Spring Break weekend 2018

Posted on April 2, 2018July 10, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

Spring Break has been different recently with Collin’s college class schedule not having break at the same time as Austin and Caitlin’s high school schedule and this year was no exception. But we squeezed in a weekend trip to Myrtle Beach. Besides relaxing and chilling with the family (with some cool breezy beach time) the […]... Read More

Fun with Bitmoji

Posted on March 9, 2018April 17, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

Emoji icons have been around for quite some time now. We have all used them in messages, emails, Facebook, etc. You know, the smile face, wink face, frown face, red angry face and a slew of others. As the saying goes, THAT is so yesterday. Back in February, my sister (and my daughter) introduced me […]... Read More

Amber and Peanut Butter – Lip Smackin Good

Posted on November 6, 2017February 19, 2018 by AOXEN Leave a comment

Amber has needed to take some medicine in the past few weeks, but she got good at avoiding the medicine pill in her food, eating her food and leaving the medicine. The doctor suggested we coat the medicine pill in peanut butter and give it a try. The first few times she still managed to spit out […]... Read More

Pool Closing and Black Snake

Posted on November 1, 2017February 19, 2018 by AOXEN Leave a comment

This weekend with help from Collin I closed up the pool for the winter. We found a surprise while pulling the cover out across the pool. A nearly 5ft Black Snake. ... Read More

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