My blog is getting better, so it's time to make another post. Over the months ahead, my goal is to give you all an update on things going on in my life as well as the families. With a fairly new baby in the house 2009 is going to be exciting. On May 9, 2008 Jenni and I had our first child, a boy named Caleb. The experience of being a Dad has been great. Today, Caleb is actually 8 months old and he is changing by the week. At this point, he is crawling all over the house and can even climb the stairs by himself. I give it another couple of weeks and he will be walking...

My other part time job is training and competing in triathlons. I have been racing and training since 1997. For the 2009 season, it's going to be a similar schedule as last year. This means I will be doing some of the shorter regional races and key on a couple of bigger races. The season will kick off April 5th at the 70.3 New Orleans Half Ironman. The 2008 was a big success and it was attributed to a new coach, Brian Stover. With his guidance and knowledge I ended the year 3rd overall in the Southeast and USAT All American. The highlight of the year was going 4:22 at the Amelia Island Half Ironman. I hope to take his philosophy and plan to higher levels in 2009.

OK... That's good for tonight... More to come...