JC McDowell and the Family Unit

So we’ve been casually working with the girls and introducing basic numbers and words in spanish. Tonight we asked Charley (age 2) if she could count to five in spanish.

She said,”Sure- Uno, Dos, Tres, Taco, Cinco.”

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Small hiccup getting down to Mexico. It’s raining!

What’s the big deal?

It never rains in Arizona. As a result, we work outside. We pull out the table saws, benches, paint, and tools and work in the driveway. A garage is a place you store your tools. I have to [read more...]

We’ve finished our marketing month for the Young Guns Wild West Fun Park and we are almost ready to head south of the border into Mexico for the Holidays. I’m trying to finish building a sink cabinet for the Sprinter van and Hil and I want to weed down some stuff in storage here [read more...]

I’ve been working (hardly working it seems at times) the last 23 days straight between the last two shows which overlapped leaving us no break in between. While it has not been extremely physically demanding it does require my presence for the long hours from opening to close every day.

In the meantime, Hil has [read more...]

It seems like every six months our plans change dramatically. That’s not such a bad thing, after all, we are starting from scratch. When you don’t really know where you’re going to end up (who does?) and you don’t know how you’re going to get there it only seems practical that there will [read more...]

We are building the new entertainment booth for the two conferences coming up and I’m deep into my artistic self. For the past three days I have been drawing and painting little people photo cut outs. It’s not high art or even that impressive but it’s fun and spending all day messing about [read more...]

Do you feel rutted? You know, every day is the same old routine. Every weekend a variation on the same theme? When I say rutted, I don’t mean rooted, I mean like a train on a track every day for the rest of your life?

I have one simple step that can break [read more...]

My wife grew up on the coast of Florida and led an active outdoor life. For some reason she bypassed the lure and seduction of 70’s television and to this day she would rather change the oil in the car than watch television.

I, on the other hand, love television. I have a particular [read more...]

I’ve been thinking about what separates Hil and I from friends and family that are rooted in their lives with homes and jobs. Keeping in mind, this is not a better or worse judgment. There is no right or wrong here, just how you want to live your life.

Admittedly, what mystifies me [read more...]

No. That’s not right. The end is HERE!

At least our first summer season selling donuts at fairs and festivals. We’re back in Tucson for the time being. We left Salt Lake City after the Utah State Fair and took a little sidetrip to Vegas to visit, of all places, Circus Circus. [read more...]