09.29.2015 - 60 of 365

09.29.2015 - 60 of 365

2.1 mile run - Lake Serene

72 degrees 95% humidity

The weather today sucked, but cooler temperatures are in the forecast. Still like running in this humidity better than running on the treadmill any day! On the brighter side of things here is a little montage of photos that Jenny sent me last week. Sometimes this is what makes my day better. I love these little moments that I get a photo of her and I know how her day is going. It's an awesome feeling to know that someone can be thinking about you so much during a day. Her light makes me smile. There is not a day that goes by these days that I am not thankful for what we have. She is my rock and I am so honored to be spending my life with her. 

This is something awesome that we did last week as well. We sometimes write a little note to each other on our mirror in the morning just to say, "have a great day" or "I love you." It has become our note wall. So sweet. 

09.28.2015 - 59 of 365

09.28.2014 - 59 of 365

1 mile - Treadmill

Another treadmill day. I haven't been feeling too great the last few days. My sinuses have been acting up and I think that just makes me not want to do anything. I'm still glad that I have the opportunity and ability to run. Always trying to look for the positive aspects of the day whether it's a good run, something good that happened at work or simply the fact that I'm alive and get to spend some quality time with my family. I'm blessed to have them in my life, and I thank God every morning for giving me another day with them.

See how lucky I am...

09.27.2015 - 58 of 365

09.27.2015 - 58 of 365

1 mile - Treadmill

What a great day! Started with my quick run then off to start cutting up the VW Bus! 

Pretty cool to watch it all come together. I know right now it doesn't look good, but she will look amazing soon enough. Ripping up an old Dodge truck to revitalize the VW. 

Some of today's progress. The top picture is before on the bottom right side of the back of the bus there was a lot of rusted through sections. We had to cut out that whole section. 

Another few views of the cut out. 

Finished my evening with this. Jenny and I sat outside with a good drink. Was hoping to see the lunar eclipse, but it was too cloudy outside to see it. Oh well, we will have to stick around until 2033 to watch the next one. 

09.26.2015 - 57 of 365

09.26.2015 - 57 of 365

1 mile - Treadmill

Did a quick recovery run on the treadmill today. Worked on getting just about all of the windows and hardware out of the bus today. There is a lot of prep work that goes into getting this thing ready to paint. But it will be worth it in the end. 

09.25.2015 - 56 of 365

09.25.2015 - 56 of 365

6.2 mile run - Longleaf Trace

Back in July I signed up for a virtual race on the website Run for Life. I did it with my brother Russ and his friend Buck. It was called 4 of the 4th. We were all planning to be at Disney's Ft. Wilderness campgrounds for the 4th of July, so it seemed fitting to sign up for it. Basically these races give you 4 days to figure out when you can run it. You do it on your own terms at your own place. They send you a real medal and other swag to go with it. It was a lot of fun to do it with my brother and Buck at Disney. When I got home I signed up for another one. It kept me training and when I finished that one I saw this Run now, Beer later one come up online. I had to do it! I am the type of person that needs to sign up for something so that I will keep training. These races have been great for me and my training. I can't wait to see what they will have in store for October. I'm guessing something alone the lines of Halloween maybe? Lol. Oh, and yes I did have a beer at 8:00am immediately after finishing my 6.2 mile run.

09.24.2015 - 55 of 365

09.24.2015 - 55 of 365

1 mile run - Treadmill

Quick run this morning. A long, BUSY day at work today and then I get to be with this princess. She has insisted on wearing this shirt lately. I love that she wants to wear this one since that is the race that I am training for right now. For some reason she wants to sleep in my shirt. It is very sweet to me. This girl has me wrapped around her little finger. 

09.23.2015 - 54 of 365

09.23.2015 - 54 of 365

12 mile bike - Longleaf Trace

1 mile run - Treadmill

Had a great bike this morning! Went to a work meeting until about 3:00pm and got home early to do my run. Heard the news that one of my idols growing up as a baseball fanatic passed away. About 23ish years ago my dad (a major Yankees fan) took me to a Yogi Berra signing. That baseball became one of my prized possessions and always will be hanging on a wall in my house. RIP Yogi, I'm honored to have crossed your path in my lifetime. "When you come to a fork in the road, TAKE IT!" - Yogi Berra

On a side note, my parents never had a lot of money. They worked their asses off to provide for me and my brothers. My dad always went out of his way to make sure that I got to meet people like Yogi Berra, Pete Rose, Don Larson, Harmon Killebrew and many more professional baseball players from the "old" days. Those guys were idols to me when I was growing up. The one thing that I may have never told my dad was thank you, I know that he say it in my eyes every time that I got to meet one of those so called "idols" but I don't know if I actually ever really said it to him. So thank you dad. You know what you mean to me, you are the one that taught me the most important thing that I have ever learned in my life time....How to be an amazing father. Those guys that I met and idolized were not who I really looked up to, that was always you. I want you to know this before it's too late for me to say it to you. You are and always have been who I looked up to and wanted to be like. You are my best friend, you know pretty much everything about me and honest to god you are the only person that I have truly idolized all of my life. I love you.  

09.22.2015 - 53 of 365

09.22.2015 - 53 of 365

3 mile run - Lake Serene

62 degrees 89% humidity

Totally got this beauty ready for school while she was sleeping this morning. She's so stinking beautiful that I just can't stand it! Great run this morning with beautiful weather!

09.21.2015 - 52 of 365

09.21.2015 - 52 of 365

1 mile run - Treadmill

So tired this morning that I didn't want to run. I knew that if I was going to run today I would want to do it before work! I have an old student named McKinley Howell coming over after work to start on the exterior of Virginia Whiskey.

One window officially out. Six more to go! This is where I start getting a little bit nervous.

09.20.2015 - 51 of 365

09.20.2015 - 51 of 365

1 mile run - Treadmill

Feeling a little rough today, not going to lie. The Ole Miss vs Alabama game kept me up until about one in the morning, but it was worth watching to see Alabama get beat! Nothing like a little hair of the dog to get you going the next day. Finished a very slow 1 mile treadmill run and decided to make a Bloody Mary to sit and watch this Bucs vs Saints game. 

Go Bucs! It's the 3rd quarter right now and the Bucs are winning 17-7. Keep up the good work guys!

Got to hang out with this little goof ball this morning while Jenny went to church. I love spending this quality time with her. It's beautiful to me to just watch her play and learn. She is so stinking fun and funny. 

09.19.2015 - 50 of 365

09.19.2015 - 50 of 365

4.5 mile run - Lake Serene

66 degrees at the start of the run, 74 when finished. 

Well today's run was tougher than I wanted it to be. I started it at about 8:00am and it was 66 degrees outside. I ran my 4.5 mile loop around Lake Serene thinking it would be easy. I haven't ran this loop since last year when I was training for the Dopey Challenge. I forgot how hard it was! I guess I got use to it during that training. Anyway, I took my time and it heated up quickly  to over 74 degrees by the time I finished my run. I had to stop at the Lake Serene club house to get water a mile and a half from the house. It was sooooooo hot. No wind and just running in the sun hurt me a little, but I made it. Now on to the rest of my day! This top pic just makes me happy. My SMTTT family supporting our Golden Eagles! 

So yes it's football season! This is how we do it for a day of college football around here. Don't be jealous!

SOUTHERN MISS TO THE TOP! I'm so in love with these two girls. I have alway said the my wife was my best friend. I was so wrong. I never knew that I could have two best friends that I love more than anything in life. I'm such a lucky guy. 

09.18.2015 - 49 of 365

09.18.2015 - 49 of 365

1 mile run - Treadmill

Just getting it don't these past few days. I've been really tired and not feeling well pretty much all week. Woke up this morning, worked on photoshopping pictures and then decided to do a little photo shoot of my own. Hopefully I feel a little better next week. This has been a long week. 

It's always fun for me to get out from behind the computer and from behind the camera for a bit and experiment with some new lighting. I badly need a studio for my music and photography stuff!

09.17.2015 - 48 of 365

09.17.2015 - 48 of 365

1 mile run - Treadmill

I decided not to run early this morning so that I could spend a little free time with Jenny before we went to work. Today was my long day at work, so I knew that this would be a tough run to get in when I got home. 

Ruby is spending the night at Jenny's parents tonight. I am glad that they get to spend time with her, she loves to go out to the country and spend that time with them. It is also a nice change for us to spend an evening not having to worry about getting her ready for bed, but we miss her when she's not here. I mean what did we do before she was around? Life is so much better with her in it. 

09.16.2015 - 47 of 365

09.16.2015 - 47 of 365

3.5 mile run - Lake Serene

65 degrees 91% humidity

Getting warmer, but anything in the 60's I can take for sure!!! Good 3.5 mile run this morning. Love this picture of Ruby acting like a kitty cat. So sweet and innocent. This girl amazes me more and more every day. 

My new TOMS that I have wanted for a year or so now! I love them. 

Killing the bun today! My hair has grown so much! 

09.11.2015 - 42 of 365

09.11.2015 - 42 of 365

3 mile run - Longleaf Trace

10 mile bike - Longleaf Trace

72 degrees 92% humidity

Great brick this morning! Did a 3 mile run first, then got on the bike and did 10 miles. 

I can't believe it's been 14 days since the horrific day. I'll never forget everything about that day. 

Went out to Eric's hunting land for a bit to get out of the house for awhile. 

Then had dinner with these two beauties! Great day!

09.14.2015 - 45 of 365

09.14.2015 - 45 of 365

3 mile run - Lake Serene

49 degrees this morning!

Amazing morning for a run this morning! 49 degrees and an amazing morning! Back to work I go today. I'll have to say, this picture is from last night. Jenny came home with "skinny" jeans. I've said forever that I wanted nothing to do with them. I decide to try them on and I have to admit, I like them a lot! Straight rock star status with this outfit. I don't know when and where I'll ever wear this out in public, but I'll keep them. 

Morning selfie for the wife. 

Also, had to give her a shout out today. She has worked so hard to lose weight. 5 months ago she started this journey. She is now 4 pound away from her goal of 40 pounds lost. I'm so proud of her hard work. I love this woman so much. 

09.15.2015 - 46 of 365

09.15.2015 - 46 of 365

1 mile run - Lake Serene

57 degrees 85% humidity

Well it's still cool outside, but unfortunately it's warming back up pretty rapidly. I did my mile this morning, but 57 degrees is much warmer than the 49 degrees that we had yesterday. Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather run in 57 degrees over our normally 70+ degree weather that we typically have this time of the year. On a brighter note, LOOK AT THIS CUTE HIPPIE GIRL! Perfect outfit for the VW Bus. 

Someone wanted to play hide and seek this evening. Well really she said, "Daddy, shut the light off, I go to sleep." Love the things this child will do and say.

09.13.2015 - 44 of 365

09.13.2015 - 44 of 365

1 mile run - Lake Serene

10.22 mile bike - Lake Serene

75 degrees 29% humidity 

I had to shoot a baby christening this morning so I got a really late start on the training. Fortunately it was 52 degrees when I got up this morning and 75 degrees when I got home and started my brick at 1pm! Great day to train! Loving this weather!!

09.12.2015 - 43 of 365

09.12.2015 - 43 of 365

1 mile run - Lake Serene

71 degrees 85% humidity

Great day to be alive! Got to hang out with my wonderful family. Today was Ben's 27th birthday. Watched a lot of really great football today! I love this time of year. 

09.10.2015 - 41 of 365

09.10.2015 - 41 of 365

1.1 mile run - Lake Serene

73 degrees 91% humidity

Got to drive the school car today to do a photoshoot on the main campus. Today was a long, but fast day. Here are a few pics from today's shoot. 

We did these pics for a brochure for our PRCC adult education programs. 

09.09.2015 - 40 of 365

09.09.2015 - 40 of 365

3 mile run - Lake Serene

71 degrees 40% humidity 

400 yard swim - Wesley Medical Center

So, the run and the swim were great today, but let's get to the important parts of life. Jenny and I have made a point to send each other pictures and sweet messages over the past few months. This was ours this morning. God I love this woman so much. I hope she can really understand how much she means to me. 

This just makes my heart happy so much that I can't even stand it!

And finally back to training! This will be the medal for Rocket Man FL. this November! Hate that it is the last year that it will take place, but I'm excited to start back training for the last triathlon to ever be held at Kennedy Space Center! 

09.08.2015 - 39 of 365

09.08.2015 - 39 of 365

1 mile - Treadmill

I do not do many family/baby pictures anymore due to being so busy with weddings and senior portraits. But when my friends asked me to do some pictures of their new born, I had to jump on it. The father and I had this idea to do some with his uniform on. I am so glad that we did this!!! The recent things that have been going on in our society against cops have really got to me because I have friends like this that leave their families every day to protect mine. I pray for these men and women in uniform every day of my life. I'm honored to do pictures like this for them. The lyrics that I am about to post are from one of my favorite bands, and are very fitting for those who have recently lost their lives protecting our families.

"If I get murdered in the city, go read the letter in my desk. Don't worry with all of my belongings, but pay attention to the list. Make sure my daughter that I loved her. Make sure her mother knows the same. Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name." - The Avett Brothers.

09.07.2015 - 38 of 365

09.07.2015 - 38 of 365

1 mile - Treadmill

Got a quick one mile in today then enjoyed some family time. Finished the day the best way possibly, with my best friend. 

This is how she falls asleep these days. There was a time that we didn't do this anymore. I'm so glad that I/we are "checked in" to our relationship again. 

09.06.2015 - 37 of 365

09.06.2015 - 37 of 365

1 mile - Treadmill

Tough run after a night of shooting the game, but took Virginia Whiskey out today for a spin. Can't wait to get her outside looking good. 

Love this place.

09.05.2015 - 36 of 365

09.05.2015 - 36 of 365

3 miles - Lake Serene

77 degrees 85% humidity

Great run this morning. Even better night. After 26 years USM and MSU face each other at The Rock. We didn't win, but we played an amazing game. And I got to shoot it with my friend Mark! 

Here are a few of my shots..

Southern Miss, TO THE TOP!