Something new

Okay I know this has not been updated in a long time and I have been using Facebook to document most of the happenings since my last post but I thought I would blow the dust off this site.

Deanna has been wanting to play soccer for a long time.  I was able to get her into that the first year of the divorce but that was a nightmare where she was only able to attend half the practices and half the game.  The following year I missed the deadline and she was having problems in school so she didn't play.  This year I vowed to make sure it happened and it did!  She was even able to attend ALL of the games and only missed the first and last practice sot that was super cool.

This year she played on the Cherry Bombz and she had a great time.  This photo is from their last game (the only night game) and she was playing goalie.  It was a really great season and I was really happy that she got to do it!

Long Time Away…

The last year has been incredibly difficult.  My 21 year marriage with Denise fell apart and I filed for a legal separation.  After a couple of months and in the inclusion of attorneys and the vitriol that seems to be the norm with separations I had no other recourse but to modify the filing to a divorce.  10 months and many thousands upon thousands of dollars later we are now divorced.

Life is slowing taking on a new "normal" and I feel that my relationship with our children is better than it has been in a long time.  

I intend to start blogging again about everything that is going on to include posting photographs of our adventures.  

Divorce is final...

This post is actually made almost a year after this date but I thought it was important to highly the date that our divorce was final...

Legal Separation...

On August 24th 2011 I filed for a legal separation from Denise.  

Calico for Memorial Day Weekend

We decided a few weeks ago that we would spend Memorial Day weekend camping up at Calico Ghost Town. That is kind of our default camping site when we want to go someplace close that is also fun for the kids!

On this trip Desirae asked if her friend Trinity could camp with us so we had an extra for this trip! All of the girls ran and climbed all over the place and it was really cool to see them playing so hard. The only bad thing about the trip was the severe weather warning of high winds for almost the entire time we were there. That didn’t stop the girls from constantly climbing the different “mountains” around the camp ground.

The Ghost Town was pretty cool too. They seemed to have more stores open since the last time we were there. The only thing missing was the re-enactments but Denise asked and found out it was an employee problem and they just decided to stop them. Besides I imagine with “shows” going on throughout the place it distracts people from BUYING stuff!

We did have a lot of fun though and ended up doing the “gold panning”, Maggie’s Mine, the train (Calico Express) and the House of Mysteries. Well, the girls did the house of mysteries - Devin and I passed on that. The last time I “tried” to do it I had to walk out.

For the last night the wind FINALLY let up and we were able to make a camp fire and cook burgers (I tried brats but ruined all of them) on it. Afterward we just hung out by the fire and just relaxed and had a good time.

All in all it was a great trip and I’m glad that we went. It was nice to get back out on the road and just relax as a family again.