I sorta walked away from YouTube years ago and recently decided to look into putting more of my content on that site.
Here is the first ChrisCast that I posted to YouTube
Playing around with the tagging and various other aspects to posting on YouTube.
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On one of our bike trips we discovered Jacob’s Well Nature Area… now we delve further into the woods.
Mackenzie (the one with the big grin and top hat) and her friends from the Katherine Anne Porter School (KAPS) put on a Valentine’s Day dance the other day that not only delivered good music, good food and lots of fun for the kids, but collected much-needed food for the Hays County Food Bank. This dance kicked off their annual campaign to raise food for HCFB. I went along to take some photos at the dance and snapped this one for the press release going out the next day.
I just noticed that one of the local online papers ran their photo along with the press release explaining their good deed. They may not look like Fortune 500 or Captains of Industry, but they had a fun evening and did some good at the same time. Way to go!
Okay, this blog was created back in 2001 as “Chris Doelle’s Reading Room”, in January of 2005, I renamed it after getting feedback from the readers/listeners to “Riding with the window down…” Once again, it is time to change the name.
I want to to reflect where I am in life. No longer am I the bachelor tooling down the highway in a convertible - I am a full on parent, taking kids to school, getting groceries, saying nighttime prayers - you name it.
I want it to reflect my role as a dad, husband, and generally fun-loving guy. So give me some suggestions!!!
A break during a business trip to Houston gives me a chance to record a quick video.
Mom knows best
This is a new section similar to my Chris-isms, but NOT necessarily said or created by me. It could be stuff I heard someone say in passing, or maybe just something said by someone close to me whose identity I want to protect. (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)
“I don’t WANT all I want!”
The family and I took a trip North of Fredericksburg Saturday to climb Enchanted Rock. This makes my fourth trip up the huge slab of granite and it was an absolute blast. First, it looked like bad weather was going to blow in and ruin the day, but I held firm to my belief that the sun would come out and it would turn out fun. It did!
Every other time I’ve climbed the rock, it was sweltering heat and this time was a welcome change from that. It was super windy and quit chilly at the start, but by the time we were halfway up, the sweat took over.
Here the kids pose for a family picture.
We then headed to the Auslander restaurant because we heard it was decent German food. I have to say that for $70 (without drinks,) it was NOT worth the value. Oma’s Haus in New Braunfels is MUCH more authentic and MUCH tastier.
Dallin and I took a timeout to record a quick video:
As the chill rolled into the town, the kids found the fireplace at the Auslander a welcome discovery. As it turns out, it is much closer to home than I realized and it looks like we may be going back to the area more often. Fun stuff!
The new go-kart is getting LOTS of usage and it is non-stop fun for all involved!
Yes, Dawn and I are planning to complete a marathon. Crazy huh?
Maddi, Dawn and I climbed Old Badly this afternoon after a quick meal at Mima’s. It was a lot of fun and the weather combined with the view from the top made it well worth the climb.
