Outdoor Discovery Center Class Trip With Marissa

ByTim Nolte May 11, 2017

I had a great day hanging out with my daughter on her class trip to the Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland. This is the first class trip, and first activity I’ve done with my daughter since she’s started school. I’m so thankful that I took the PTO to make it happen. I’ve only done 1 other thing, reading to my son Jacob’s class. I’m trying to do better at being more involved like this.

Tim Nolte

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Family / Featured / Food

Getting Some Christmas Baking Done

ByTim Nolte December 15, 2018

Caramel corn, Oreo balls, peanut butter bars, hugs pretzels.

Family / Married Life / Parenting

Already Missing My Wife

ByTim Nolte April 29, 2017April 29, 2017

Glad I got the lawn mowed this afternoon before the rain rolled in. Going to try and keep on top of everything while Vanessa is gone to Africa this week. As we were praying before supper tonight reality hit me that she is gone. I’ll be honest, I almost lost it as we were praying for her and the trip. I know that this was God’s plan, and He’s in control of it all. I have no doubt of His protection over, and plan for, the team.

Daily Thoughts / Kids

How Do My Kids See Me Living?

ByTim Nolte May 21, 2017

Your sons learn more from you by observation than by lecture. I’m constantly challenged by how I’m training and teaching my kids. It’s not a easy task and we hope that we do a good job more that we screw up. Thank goodness that our kids have a loving God that has the power to undo our mess ups. Check it out here:

Family / Work

Working Nights & Weekends

ByTim Nolte January 20, 2017January 20, 2017

Resisting the urge to work nights or weekends has been a challenge since starting my new job with Sprint back in September. Having a big high visibility project, that is all new, hasn’t helped matters. This article from DZone says a lot to why I need to put my boundaries back in place. I know things aren’t at a good place when my wife says “you’ve been working a lot lately, when will things get back to normal”. Major red flag indeed. So looking forward to the next few months as we’ll be moving into a new house, and my wife plans a trip to Africa, I’ll need to think long and hard before I pickup the work computer during my nights and weekends.

Culture / Kids / Movies

Introducing The Classics

ByTim Nolte November 19, 2017

I love it when I get a chance to introduce my kids to some of the movie classics I grew up watching, like Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. I constantly feel like they just don’t make movies like they used to. These days everything is special effects and action, whereas the technologic limitations forced a lot of focus and energy on the story. I love to see my kids actually engaged in the movie stories that I watched as a kid. I can’t tell you how many times my kids wanted to watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang before they were ready to move on.

Family / Kids

Family Day at the Critter Barn

ByTim Nolte May 20, 2017May 20, 2017

Even though it was a rainy afternoon we still enjoyed hanging out at the Critter Barn with the kids.