Pickleball tourney

I played in my first pickleball tournament, but it was just for funsies. It was held at the Viet Culture Fest; not at a proper pickleball venue. We played on the concrete floor with taped yellow lines. There were multiple activities going on simultaneously, which were loud and distracting, e.g. banging drums and cymbals. It was not ideal but everyone had to deal with it too. 

Beach birthday (Port Aransas, TX)

Look at the blue water at the horizon.

Pickleball is a brutal sport

KPop Demon Hunters (and more)

KPop Demon Hunters was the movie of the year.

Summer family vacation (Florida)

Sunset at Indian Rocks Beach.

Fourth of July

July 4, 2025

Random weekend pics

Tyson played in his first tennis tournament (outside of school) all day Saturday. That's him on the left, serving.

Father's Day

Father's Day at Chicken N Pickle.

Easter weekend

Trip to Austin on Good Friday (with a pit stop at Buc-ee's).

Random pics of the week

Celebrating Lynn's birthday.

Pickleball league

Sitting out for one match, which was desperately needed to rest my gimp ankle.

Pickleballin'

Outdoor pickleball has the best playing surface... but the drawback is the Texas heat.

Summer vacation (Silverthorne, CO)

Family floating down a creek.

I just can't get enough of Colorful Colorado. This was our 12th road trip to Colorado, which found us back in Silverthorne. We went rafting for the first time and did the usual outdoorsy stuff.

Thanksgiving 2023

Last minute change in "venue" since our original host got sick. Sounds like us last year.

Tennis, pickleball, and glamping

Another busy weekend. Friday night, Andrew and I met up with Anh Vien's family to play pickleball (and to celebrate his birthday). It's such a fun and easy game to play. I can see why it's growing in popularity.

On Saturday, Tyson's first tennis season came to an end at the district tournament. He won his first match 6-2 to advance to the next round. On his second match, it was tied 5-5 and Tyson had triple match point (first player to win 6 games). Subsequently, he lost five points in a row to lose the game and match. What a heartbreaker. For the third place match, he beat the kid 6-0? or 6-1? Basically, it wasn't close and he medaled for the team.

Sunday, we were back at Anh Vien's place but this time with the whole family. I did a little bit of BJJ with the cousins while the kids swam. Afterwards, it was more pickleball action.

Later in the evening, I took Lynn and Elliot on a Getaway, i.e. glamping trip. We got to do all the fun stuff associated with camping (sitting by the fire, making smores) without the misery (sleeping outside on the hard ground).

Dad of four kids

That's me. And I'm not talking about my Fortnite profile. While Lynn was gone for a few days on a girls trip, I played the role of the single parent. It wasn't anything I couldn't handle but it just meant that the kids had to "step it up". For example, the big boys had to pack their own school lunch. I resorted to Chef Boyardee for the little ones' lunch. Tyson made it even easier by bringing the whole can and eating straight from it. Haha. And with my work from home situation, it was no problem to take and pick up the kids from school. Everything was doable but just more busy.

Random weekend pics (and more)

Just chillin' at Levy Park.