My favorite activities are centered around spending time with my family.  When I'm not doing fun things with my family, I'm busy doing one of the following things: reading, watching movies,  playing guitar, backpacking, bird watching, playing chess, playing computer/video games, gardening, etc.

Some of my favorite books are:

• The Bible
• The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Favorite Movies:

• The Lord of the Rings (all three)
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Spiderman I & II
• Star Wars I, II, III, IV, V, & VI
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 
• The Three Musketeers (1993)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
• The Matrix
• Back to the Future I & III
• Silverado
• Jurassic Park
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park II

I coached the 2008 CPL Championship Cross Country Team and the 2010, 2009 & 2008 3A State Championship Chess Teams.  Read more about me here.