The personal site for Steve Jones https://www.dkranch.net/ Completing a course - I completed my Head Coach Level 1 certification from The Art of Coaching Volleyball. This is the first step to becoming a better coach and showing some effort in improving my skills in this career. This isn’t much more than going through a number of videos and taking quizzes, and... Sat, 26 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.dkranch.net/2022-11-26-headcoach/ https://www.dkranch.net/2022-11-26-headcoach/ Rebooting my world - This is a first attempt at rebooting my site, and getting a list of things in my life published again. Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://www.dkranch.net/2021-04-08-reboot/ https://www.dkranch.net/2021-04-08-reboot/ Country Roads, Take Me Home… That’s what we think everyday when we come home, driving into our new neighborhood. That was the huge change this year, deciding to take advantage of low mortgage rates and buy a house with some land. It’s really cool to drive up to our house,... Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.dkranch.net/2003-12-25-xmasletter/ https://www.dkranch.net/2003-12-25-xmasletter/ Christmas 2002: The Saga Continues Not a terrible year for us, but at times it’s seemed like the Terrible Twos with Kendall, our now eighteen-month-old daughter. She’s quite different from the boys, as we’ve really come to learn this year. Much more ambitious (Tia’s word), much more extreme, going from... Wed, 25 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.dkranch.net/2002-12-25-xmasletter/ https://www.dkranch.net/2002-12-25-xmasletter/ 2001: The Jones-Helton Odyssey Our 2nd Annual Holiday Newsletter No space odyssey. No flying cars. The Jetson’s lifestyle seems as far away today as it was 25 years ago. For the Jones-Helton family, it’s been another wonderful year, nonetheless. I’m a numbers person, so here are a few for this... Tue, 25 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.dkranch.net/2001-12-25-xmasletter/ https://www.dkranch.net/2001-12-25-xmasletter/ Our first 14er - We took a trip to hike our first 14er. The Mountain Some facts about where we went: Grays = 14,270’ (9th highest in Colorado) Time: about 6 1/2 hours total from leaving the car until Tia got back to the car Distance - According to directions, 6 miles. No way... Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0600 https://www.dkranch.net/2001-08-15-grays/ https://www.dkranch.net/2001-08-15-grays/