Our Year - 2010
Troy
When you have a
writer for a wife you would think that she would write your bio. No
dice. Don’t expect a Pulitzer Prize here and since I’m more of a
sarcastic realist, I won’t always give you the same daisies and roses
spin put on the rest of the family. Hopefully it’s entertaining though.
(Yes, for those of you playing the home game, I’ve used that intro 3
years in a row. It’s still
true.)
Photography:
Due to life being, well, life, I
didn’t spend as much time on this as I thought that I might. That isn’t
to say though that it wasn’t a growing and fruitful year. Far from it.
Last year I had
the distinct honor of being able to spend a day taking portraits for
13 families. This year when MOPS asked if I wanted to do that again,
I jumped at it without hesitation. This time it was over 5 weekends and
almost
30 families. I can’t wait to do it again next year!
Here are my
photography highlights from this past year.
Futbol:
As I looked at what I wrote last year about this subject I can almost say
“ditto” for this year.
While still my
greatest inner passion; this took a little bit of a back seat this year.
I still played a couple of times a week for most of the year, but it
stopped being fun again, mostly due to my crappy play. At the end of May I ended up taking almost
4 months off due to injury
(knee) and taking care of Jamie during her kidney recovery. What
bothered me during that time, and yet didn’t, is that I didn’t really miss it. I’ve
recently started practicing and playing again and the love for The Beautiful Game has
slowly returned. I did also enjoy catching all 64 World Cup games this
summer.
Drumming: Enjoying each
time behind the kit for my church Worship Team. One of the most
enjoyable drumming times this year was when I had the honor of playing
during the
Mile High Ministries annual Christmas Store, which helps inner city
poor families buy Christmas gifts.
Miscellany:
- Spent a great week in NY and DC with Tommy.
-
Went on a great
fishing trip to
MT Massive Lakes in June.
-
Enjoyed another
3-day guys
hiking/fishing trip (with Johnathan) in August.
