Return from Seattle & Tacoma

I returned yesterday from the Seattle/Tacoma trip.  Here are a few of the highlights: Mars Hill Reunion  I spent Saturday night with Jamie Munson an elder and Lead Pastor (Mark Driscoll is preaching pastor) at Mars Hill in Seattle.  Mars Hill has gone through a bit of transition and Jamie...

Merry Christmas 2007 - San Diego

Merry Christmas everyone!  It's always a little strange to celebrate Christmas in San Diego, it's 70+ degrees and sunny.  On Christmas Eve we took the boys to an ice-skating rink next to the Pacific ocean.  Today we rode our beach cruisers around the town.  It's been a...

My Cat Blog Post

It's been a while since I've posted some pictures.  Here are  a few shots from the last few months that are mainly family pictures.    I typically don't do many 'personal' posts since I'm not wanting to have a 'cat blog'. Cat Blogs are blogs...

Disneyland Trip w/ Fairchild’s

During the busy seasons, it's often nice to get away for a break.  We had a chance to head up to Disneyland yesterday.  I've uploaded some pictures of our Disney trip . Pictures include: Gideon's fight with the dark side The Cars characters Fairchild's & Goodmanson's

Goodmanson.com - 500th Post

Welcome to Goodmanson.com .  If you are new(er) here, I began this blog in July of 2004 and today I've posted for the 500th time.  I got out my calculator and discovered that over these 825 days, I've made a post every 1.65 days.  Over the years I've posted a lot on church...

Roman Zen Moment

Oh the places we’ve gone…

It’s been a great season of travel, family and learning. If you read my blog, you know I attended the National New Churches Conference in Orlando in April, the Reform & Resurge Conference in Seattle in May and I just returned from Palm Springs where we stayed at a vacation place my parents...

Gideon Turns 2 Years Old

My son, Gideon, turned two on March 19th, because we had friends who had a marriage on the 19th, our party was this week. Here are some pictures from the bash. Album: Gideon Two Year Old Birthday Party >

Family Trip to Big Bear

We took our son to the snow for the first time. Bill Munson let us use their cabin for part of the week. We packed our bags and headed up there with the Fairchilds. Gideon sled down a hill, a couple times on his own. It was pretty amusing to see our almost 2-year-old son trying to figure out the...

Christmas in Sacramento

Here are some photos of our trip to Sacramento for Christmas. My mom, who is recovering from chemo/cancer is doing much better. It was great to spend some time with my family. Picture Gallery >

Seattle Trip & Reformission Conference

Last week my family returned to Seattle (we lived there nine years) and attended a conference at Mars Hill. The conference was called Reformission 2004. “The gospel has the power to transform lives, and indeed our culture. The goal of the Acts 29 Network is to plant churches that effectively...

Heather & the Kids Caught by the Paparazzi

Here are a few photos that were sent to us as Heather was caught by the paparazzi (photographer: Joy Thomas) while visiting Balboa park in San Diego, CA. Photo Gallery >

Gideon, Trinity & Lilly

Here are a few images from a trip to the pumpkin patch. The images include Heather & Gideon, Joy & Lilly and Amy’s leg and Trinity. Image Gallery >

New Pictures

A trip to the beach, Heather golfs with friends and a home group meeting at our house. Image Gallery >

Photo Gallery (Gideon)

Here are some pictures of Gideon from April 2004. They include his first haircut (by Paige) and a trip to the beach. Photo Gallery >