Meet the family

The life behind the work.

Jonathan, Audriana, and Rowdy together at the beach

My wife is Audriana. Our boy Rowdy keeps us laughing, exhausted, and grateful in roughly equal measure. The three of us live in Canyon Lake, Texas, right between San Antonio and Austin. That's the magic of the Hill Country. You get the best of two cities and you don't have to live in either of them.

Audriana is the reason any of this works. She's the steady hand on the family operation while I'm running between job sites, project calls, and whatever venture is keeping me up at night. She has a better read on people than I do, sharper instincts about what really matters, and the kind of patience you don't earn. You just get blessed with it.

Rowdy is the reason the work has to mean something. Every operating principle on this site, every business I run, every late night spent fixing a process that should've been written down years ago. It's all designed to leave him a clearer set of instructions than I had. We want him to grow up watching his parents build things, take responsibility, and love each other out loud.

We're family first by design. Our calendar gets built around our kid before it gets built around mine. Sunday is for church and slow mornings. Most weeknights end at the lake or the dinner table. None of that is accidental.

Family, faith, work. In that order. That sequence is the test, and the order is what I'm trying to keep.

Around home

Hill Country and a few favorite drives.

Wimberley to Fredericksburg, Johnson City to San Antonio, Austin and the Trail of Lights. The towns we keep coming back to.

Off the map

Vacations and a few road trips.

The trips that pulled us out of the ordinary and reminded us why we love the ordinary so much.

For boat days and Canyon Lake content, visit Lake Life.


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