Watched Kaden pitch and help his team eliminate Navy in the first round of the playoffs, ate some excellent pizza, and doted over little Kenwood.

Hemingway was having so much fun in the mountains that we forgot to post his birthday pic on the 2nd.

#74: Spend a weekend in the mountains. Less than two hours from LA. Not sure why we don’t go more often.

#4: Stay in a cabin. On a last-minute getaway to the mountains. Lake Arrowhead.

Enjoyed.

#1: Read 25 Books. Enjoyed

#95: New Truck

The one day a year I feel like a kid again.

#1: Read 25 Books. He took one last road trip in 62′ before he died. He spent a good deal of his journey lost, and it becomes evident at the end of the story that being lost is a metaphor for how much America has changed in Steinbeck’s eyes. He said, “America, it seems, is in a sense directionless and is therefore endangered as it moves into an uncertain future marked by huge population shifts, racial tensions, technological and industrial change, and unprecedented environmental destruction.”

Luckily, we figured things out.

The first Kenwood in 1910

The fourth Kenwood 2025

#25: 3 CONCERTS. Enjoyed some DJs I didn’t know with my girls.

Three strikeouts in an inning and a third in his first start before a bicep strain forced his exit.

#1: Read 25 Books. Enjoyed.

#1: Read 25 Books. Enjoyed.

Sonia finally met her nephew and the kids met their cousin.

This is how Kaden’s team travels to Colorado to play Air Force.

A six-pitch, no-hit inning!

#91: Meet my Nephew. Kenwood Rhodes Youmans. Perfection.

#1: Read 25 Books. Not so much.

#25: 3 Concerts. Jazz star, Steve Tyrell at the Catalina Jazz Club.

Cheers to a successful show in Vegas.

Liked the outcome, but what a bad game.

#1 in Progress. Enjoyed.

#1:Read 25 Books. Good enough.

In a show of solidarity to his Aunt Michelle, Hemingway is returning to the ring to defend his life against cancer for the fifth time. As always, fuck cancer.

#1: Read 25 Books. Meh

A special pre-Vet visit breakfast.

#1 Read 25 Books. Enjoyed.

Somehow we still have power.

#16: Go to a game with Dad. Michigan Won!

#68: Have a catch. Something I didn’t even complete last year. Happy to knock this one off the list with my nephew, Kaden.

#3. Go to an Oregon game. The wrong team won, but the loss couldn’t dampen a beautiful day in the sun with family and friends.

Although my completion rate of 33% is the worst to date, 2024 was always about one goal: walking my daughter down the aisle. With that monumental accomplishment in the rearview mirror, we can focus a little bit more on ourselves in 2025. Happy New Year.

Spent New Year’s Eve watching one of my oldest friend’s son play and win in the second round of the college football playoffs in Glendale, Arizona.

#11: Visit an American City we haven’t been to. Although we’ve been to the airport plenty, this is our first stay in Phoenix, Arizona.