How the heck do you name a person?

For a long time, we Timmons' created little dudes.  I've got a brother (whadup, Kev!), my dad has a brother, and his sons are Craig and Derek.  Easy, right?  Almost.  Craig has a couple kiddos with his wife Joy, but they bucked the trend.  Eve and Augustine, while both awesome, are obviously not guys.  We didn't want to put a lot of thought and time into finding "the" name only to find out that he was a she or vice versa, so initially Ruth Ann and I decided we'd wait until we knew if the lil' bit was a he or a she...

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Fulbright Manor

This past weekend, Ruth Ann and I got to spend the weekend up in the mountains at Fulbright Manor (sounds fancy, huh?).  Our friend Sara's family has land and the great house you see above just outside of Lake Junaluska.  Sara's grandfather built this house back in the day.  With his hands.  It's a great house and there's all kinds...

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Bring It

(This is not me) Those of you that are familiar with P90X (or have been around me for more than 10 minutes or so in the last couple months), you'll know what that title's talking about.  Bring It is just one of the many classic catchphrases that you hear in the program.  Other favorites?  How about "I hate it, but I love it" or everyone's...

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We're Growing

So there you have it!  Come September 25th or so, this 12-legged family will gain 2 more.  Legs, that is.  We are having a baby! Wow. Lil' Bit at 9 weeks: Ruth Ann is doing great.  Not too sick, but pretty tired so far (although going into week 12, she's felt a little more like herself).  For the record, she's chasing around...

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I'm Baaaaaaaack...

Well it's been a minute, hasn't it?  As you can see from every post prior to this one, my initial blogging efforts were strictly dedicated to documenting my training for, and successful completion (woohoo!) of, the Big Sur International Marathon back in 2008.  Even now it's kind of fun to stroll back through those posts, I can only imagine how interesting they will be in say, 20 years. After some retooling, the ol' blog is about to get some new life.  I kind of like this writing thing, and from time to time, I might even have...

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