Make a Difference Day – Reimagine

Dad’s Perspective Two weeks ago we had an opportunity to exercise one of our core beliefs – giving. Giving should not always mean giving of money. There should be times when it should include time spent helping others who are less fortunate. One of the...

My First Mud Run Experience

Mom’s Perspective So several of us had been wanting to get healthier and exercise more, but we didn’t want it to be boring. Anytime the kids want to do anything health or exercise related, I try to encourage it.  We decided to find a 5k in the future to give us a goal...

Leaders are Readers – Parents

I hope you take take the time to read quality books on regular basis. Do you want to grow? Do you want to improve yourself? Do you want your work or business to grow? Read quality books on a regular basis and over time these things will happen. Is this an ambitious...

Keep Moving Forward

     Hey friends, this is Hudson with a kid’s perspective. When something doesn’t work, it’s easy to stop, right? Well, I have learned to keep moving forward. On the first engine I tried to repair, do you think I just stopped when...

The Importance of Disconnecting to Connect

Recently we went camping with some friends for two nights. When we were getting ready, I was tempted several times to say, “This is just too much work, forget it!” But it was worth all the effort. If you are like me, whenever you are home you are overwhelmed with the...

Just Start

The hardest part of any project is the starting.  It is so easy to get stuck in the dreaming stage or the planning stage that we never get to the doing phase. I’m not sure why this happens so often.  Maybe it’s because fear is keeping us from moving forward,...

Why BeDaring?

Welcome friends to the first post on our site!  This site has been more than a year in the making, and it feels good to finally be getting it going.  Ten years ago, we started on a grand adventure to build our own log home. We had absolutely no construction...