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Skiing in Ruidoso

Skiing in Ruidoso

Last week Nathan and I went on a week-long ski trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico with his parents. They rented a great 3-story cabin that had an awesome deck. Our first winter adventure was to Ruidoso Winter Park to go tubing. Nathan and Gary were brave and went on the fast...

A recap of the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show

A recap of the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show

The 63rd PGA Merchandise Show, the industry’s annual “MAJOR of Golf Business,” came to a close Jan. 29, in Orlando, after successfully marking the kickoff to the PGA of America’s Centennial Celebration and welcoming more than 42,000 golf industry professionals from 91...

A Christmas to Remember

A Christmas to Remember

This year's Christmas was pretty interesting to say the least. The original game plan was for the four Cochrans to spend Christmas with Grandma in Kalamazoo. I was going to fly from DFW to Grand Rapids and J4 would drive up from Houston while Mom and Dad would drive...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

For the last couple of years our family has spent Thanksgiving at homes we've found on VBRO.com. It has worked out really well and we've had a blast each year. We stayed in a cute house near Gun Barrel City, TX that sat on a huge canal. The house had hard wood floors...

An Austin Getaway

An Austin Getaway

While I worked for the Texas Golf Association/Legends Junior Tour, I was fortunate enough to meet some really special people and one of those was junior golfer James Ragan. James was a young man from Corpus Christi who played on our Junior Tour and when he was 13 was...

A Saturday at the State Fair of Texas

A Saturday at the State Fair of Texas

The State Fair of Texas isn't necessarily something I need to attend every year, but certainly every few years. For those who don't live in this great state, this fair is known world-wide as one of the highest attended and best state fairs in the country. In fact, it...

Meet the Staff

Here's a little video I did for work introducing some of our key staff members that we have now who previously worked for Mr. Hogan.

#TBT Golf with the Cochran boys

#TBT Golf with the Cochran boys

In 2012 our family decided to go on an Irish golf trip. Trips like that don't come along very often so if you are going to do it, you might as well do it right. We used PerryGolf to organize our trip and it couldn't have been more amazing. Here's a throwback picture...

Blue Apron’s Fresh Linguine with Roasted Fennel

Blue Apron’s Fresh Linguine with Roasted Fennel

On Tuesday I got another box from Blue Apron which included a recipe for roasted fennel on a bed of linguine. I love pasta but had never had fennel before. Come to find out, it reminds me of an onion and I discovered that I really liked it. This was yet another easy...

Mushroom & Swiss Poppy Seed Rolls

I recently saw a ham and cheese recipe on Pinterest from Kevin & Amanda. I don't care for ham so replaced it with slices of mushrooms and it was amazing. Try this super easy recipe and let me know what you think. INGREDIENTS • 1 can of Pillsbury Crescent Seamless...

Join Me and Let’s Make Homemade Strawberry Jam!

After visit Rita in Canada, she always inspires me to be a little more earthy and resourceful. Click here to learn about Rita. That being said, I just took a stab at making homemade, sugar-free strawberry jam. While the process took a little longer than I thought, I'm...

Cooking an easy Summer Spaghetti Dinner

Cooking an easy Summer Spaghetti Dinner

This is an awesome and very easy (healthy too!) summer pasta dish that I wanted to share with you from Blue Apron. INGREDIENTS ½ Pound Whole Grain Spaghetti 5 Ounces Multicolored Cherry Tomatoes 3 Cloves Garlic 1 Ear Of Corn 1 Bunch Basil 2 Tablespoons Mascarpone...

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