by Jon Parks | Nov 21, 2014 | Blog, Family
About three weeks ago, our family grew in size by five. No, we didn’t have any more children. We officially became chicken farmers! This is something that we’ve wanted to do for quite some time. We’ve purchased eggs from another family in our church...
by Jon Parks | Oct 5, 2014 | Blog, Family
Yesterday, Melinda, the kids and I headed into town to take part in the 2014 Wendell Harvest Festival. This was the 87th annual harvest festival in Wendell. We really didn’t have too much of an idea of what to expect. Ever since we moved to Wendell (ok, just...
by Jon Parks | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Family
I’m going to come clean. I did not like baseball. I did not play baseball when I was young. I did not watch baseball on TV. I did not talk about baseball with friends. To me, baseball was a very slow and incredibly boring game. It simply couldn’t match the...
by Jon Parks | Jul 19, 2012 | Blog, Family
This past Tuesday evening, I took my oldest son, Ryan, to his very first baseball game. We went to see the Durham Bulls, a AAA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Ryan just turned four and has shown a lot of interest in baseball as of late. As a result, I wanted to...