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"Make you pretty!" *Shiver*</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3684.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3684</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aiello.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aiello</image:title><image:caption>Universal Orlando director of entertainment/creative development Michael Aiello gave us an overview of #HHN24. Aiello has worked at Universal since 1996, starting as a skipper on the Jaws ride before become a scare actor for Halloween Horror Nights '97.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3656.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Halloween Horror Nights</image:title><image:caption>Defiant? Or pensive? A little of both, maybe, as we prepare to embark on an adventure facing fears together at Universal Orlando's annual Halloween Horror Nights extravaganza.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hhngraphic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HHNGraphic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:24:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/08/17/kissimmee-goodbye-crowds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/medieval-times.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Experience Kissimmee</image:title><image:caption>Somehow, we've never been to Medieval Times for the jousting. We will remedy that with one last summer blast in Kissimmee. PHOTO: Experience Kissimmee.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gatorland-zipline.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Experience Kissimmee</image:title><image:caption>If there is a better way to end the summer than taking a zipline above thousands of alligators at Gatorland, I haven't thought of it. PHOTO: Experience Kissimmee.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wild-florida-airboat-ride.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Experience Kissimmee</image:title><image:caption>We'll head over to the Kissimmee area for one last summer blast, including an airboat ride with Wild Florida. PHOTO: Experience Kissimmee.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:23:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/10/20/universal-citywalk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/citywalk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CityWalk</image:title><image:caption>Universal CityWalk at night -- neon! Photo: Universal Orlando.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3948.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3948</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3958.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Universal CityWalk</image:title><image:caption>The courtyard at Pat O'Brien's CityWalk looks so much like the courtyard at the original Pat O's in New Orleans that for just a split second, I got confused about where I was. True story.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3952.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CityWalk</image:title><image:caption>The neon brightness of Universal CityWalk.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3950.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CityWalk</image:title><image:caption>Shawn at Margaritaville might or might not have been behind the bar the night in 2003 when Beth and I hung out at CityWalk for the first time. He was there when Ken and I came into the place earlier this month, and he looked familiar, so I took this photo and decided that Shawn must have been there 11 years earlier, too. He's a heck of a good bartender, and Margaritaville is a heck of a good joint to start the night at CityWalk.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3949.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CityWalk</image:title><image:caption>Getting the night started right at Universal CityWalk. Me and my neighbor, Ken, figured it was the perfect way to unwind after a couple of days marching around Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. And we were right.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:23:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/07/11/disney-wide-world-of-sports/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/espn_wide_world_of_sports_complex_logo_svg.png</image:loc><image:title>Wide World of Sports</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/disney.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DISNEY</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:21:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/02/10/disney-begins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/foot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foot</image:title><image:caption>This is art. Right? I call it: Serendipitous Feet with Sweeping Curved Line.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fly</image:title><image:caption>Honey, I shrunk the bank account. Giant fly on a playground.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/clint.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clint</image:title><image:caption>The Great Movie Ride. Clint Eastwood, with empty chair.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wookie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wookie</image:title><image:caption>Let the wookie win. The actual holographic table used onboard the Millenium Falcon, on display in the queue for the Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/vader.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vader</image:title><image:caption>Jedi Academy. Vader looks pissed. I don't think any of those kids are Sith material.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lightning.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lightning</image:title><image:caption>Lightning McQueen. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/beast.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beast</image:title><image:caption>Interior, Be Our Guest dining area. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/speeder.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Speeder</image:title><image:caption>Seconds later, Jay sped off after those rogue troopers. Unfortunately, he crashed. Fortunately, he was OK. Unfortunately, he was rescued by Ewoks. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pandf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PandF</image:title><image:caption>50. Meeting Phineas and Ferb at DHS.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glasses.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Glasses</image:title><image:caption>Space glasses!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:20:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/03/15/disney-every-weekend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:19:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/12/27/walt-disney-world-2013/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cinderellaphoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CinderellaPhoto</image:title><image:caption>100. Photos in front of Cinderella Castle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sorcerermickey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SorcererMickey</image:title><image:caption>90. Posing with Sorcerer Mickey at DHS.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hauntedmansion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HauntedMansion</image:title><image:caption>Playing with the musical tomb in line for the Haunted Mansion at MK.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/allstarmovie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AllStarMovie</image:title><image:caption>.   The giant statues of Woody and Buzz and the rest of Andy’s toys at the All-Star Movies resort.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hotairballoon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HotAirBalloon</image:title><image:caption>Leaving home early enough in the morning to see a fleet of hot-air balloons in flight just off Interstate 75 near Tampa.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/clinteastwood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ClintEastwood</image:title><image:caption>75. Clint Eastwood and his empty chair at the Great American Movie Ride in DHS.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmaslightsdhs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ChristmasLightsDHS</image:title><image:caption>70. The Osborne Family Dancing Christmas lights at DHS.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mainstreetusa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MainStreetUSA</image:title><image:caption>55. Using shortcuts through the gift shops when Main Street USA was too crowded before or during parades and fireworks at MK.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/chewbacca.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chewbacca</image:title><image:caption>37. Seeing Chewbacca, the cantina band, Darth Vader and others wandering around DHS during Star Wars Weekends.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/giantant.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GiantAnt</image:title><image:caption>31. The giant ant at the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playground at DHS.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:15:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/04/13/alone-time-at-disney/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_9717.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monorail</image:title><image:caption>One of the many selfies Beth and I took during our amazing getaway to Disney World. Here, we are aboard the monorail, on our way to the Magic Kingdom for the second time. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_9835.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Main Street USA</image:title><image:caption>As parents, we owe it ourselves to dedicate time exclusively to one another if at all possible. With the kids in safe and caring hands for a couple of days, few places are as rewarding as Walt Disney World for parent-only getaways. We did that this spring, and it was good for us and for the boys.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:11:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/07/14/run-disney-fun-run/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (12)</image:title><image:caption>Faron Kelly (left) and Darrell Fry of Disney Sports get the group pumped for a Run Disney Fun Run at ESPN Wide World of Sports early Monday. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:10:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/02/22/the-life-and-times-of-travis-harper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/0081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>008</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>008</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/harper.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Harper</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-31T21:02:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2024/10/25/truth-and-optimism/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-25T13:48:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/my-work-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-09-04T14:25:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2023/07/11/change-is-hard/</loc><lastmod>2023-07-11T15:12:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/disneyselfie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>disneyselfie</image:title><image:caption>Me and the family on the tram at Walt Disney World. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/playground.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carter Gaddis</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cgatwembleystadium.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me at Wembley Stadium in 2009.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/the_hallucinogenic_toreador.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The_Hallucinogenic_Toreador</image:title><image:caption>The Hallucinogenic Toreador, Salvador Dali, 1969</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-21T14:04:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2018/02/11/florida-state-fair/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/crab-and-berry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Florida State Fair Food</image:title><image:caption>The food selection at the Florida State Fair is astonishingly diverse, but nothing hits the spot like a deviled crab and strawberry shortcake from the Alessi Bakery stand in the Expo Hall. This annual tradition is a great way to start the day. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wheel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Florida State Fair</image:title><image:caption>The giant Ferris wheel at the Florida State Fair. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-11T19:30:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2017/08/11/sex-talk-amaze/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/amaze1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amaze</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/amaze.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amaze</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-12T00:04:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2017/06/15/pampers-lifeofdad/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/chrispark1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ChrisPark1</image:title><image:caption>Where'd his curls go? They were there a minute ago ... </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/jayslide.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JaySlide</image:title><image:caption>This happened at the park a minute ago or seven years ago. Same thing. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-15T22:34:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/04/15/free-range-parenting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5392.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Free Range Parenting</image:title><image:caption>Actual alligator sunning itself near the sidewalk connecting our house and the community pool. It looked hungry to me.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5396.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Free Range Parenting</image:title><image:caption>One day, he won't look back to make sure we're there. I need to be ready for that day. I'm glad it's not here yet, though.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/meanstreets.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Free-Range Parenting</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-13T15:28:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/07/16/han-solo-parenting-tips/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/odds.gif</image:loc><image:title>odds</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/changeconversation.gif</image:loc><image:title>changeconversation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iloveyou.gif</image:loc><image:title>iloveyou</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/retreat.gif</image:loc><image:title>retreat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bluff.gif</image:loc><image:title>bluff</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/workwithyourhands.gif</image:loc><image:title>workwithyourhands</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/smile.gif</image:loc><image:title>smile</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/redirection.gif</image:loc><image:title>redirection</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/conversation.gif</image:loc><image:title>conversation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/smuggling.gif</image:loc><image:title>smuggling</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-13T15:28:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/04/30/are-angels-real/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-12T12:40:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/03/26/the-field-trip/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tampa Sunrise</image:title><image:caption>Tampa sunrise from the office. Beautiful view. Somewhere out there, there's a field trip happening. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-24T14:16:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/03/25/broken-places/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-24T14:06:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/05/27/parenting-political-common-ground/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dionnebook1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DionneBook</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dionnebook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DionneBook</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-21T00:43:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/02/26/tottenham-hotspur-fever/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tottenham.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tottenham Hotspur</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-17T17:29:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/07/20/why-do-you-hate-squirrels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mbcfightingsquirrel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mbcfightingsquirrel</image:title><image:caption>Now, that's more like it! Thank you, Mary Baldwin College, for your squirrel-savvy depiction of our furry friends.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/iceagesquirrel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iceagesquirrel</image:title><image:caption>As Scrat from Ice Age proves, this is not a new problem.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/overthehedgesquirrel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OVER THE HEDGE</image:title><image:caption>This is how most of America sees squirrels: tweaked out, hyper, incompetent, good for a laugh. This must cease, for the good of humanity and squirrelhood.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-12T17:20:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/07/07/she-sees-the-best-in-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/marycookrose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mary Cook Rose</image:title><image:caption>Grandma Mary in the 1940s.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/maryandraleigh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mary and Raleigh Rose in the 1940s</image:title><image:caption>Grandma and Pa Pa in the 1940s.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-19T17:45:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2016/07/13/wizard-of-oz/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wizardofoz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wizardofoz</image:title><image:caption>The Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, Toto and Dorothy bring the familiar, beloved story to life at the Straz Center in Tampa. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-13T14:53:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2016/06/22/dynatrap/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6659.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DynaTrap</image:title><image:caption>We put the DynaTrap XL on our front porch six weeks ago and haven't seen a single mosquito inside all summer.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/aedes-aegypti.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aedes aegypti</image:title><image:caption>This nasty dude proliferates in Florida. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6490.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DynaTrap</image:title><image:caption>This pond is right across the street from our house. Think we have a few mosquitoes? Yes. Yes, we do. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/guardyouryard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>#GuardYourYard</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-22T13:02:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2016/06/17/pampers-thanksbaby/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kids-walk-to-bus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kids Walk to Bus</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jay-on-base.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jay on base</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kids-at-lettuce-lake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kids at Lettuce Lake</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/baby-jay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baby Jay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jay-on-beach1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jay on beach</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-17T13:33:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/05/31/i-want-it-all/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VPK Grad</image:title><image:caption>Me and the Mouse. Happy birthday, our dear boy.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-31T12:00:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/09/08/shroomtember/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mushroom Council</image:title><image:caption>The ultimate comfort food combo: brie cheese and baby bella mushrooms. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (14)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brie and Mushrooms</image:title><image:caption>Mushrooms and brie cheese: the ultimate comfort combo.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/shroomtember-lod.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ShroomTember-LOD</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mushroom-council-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mushroom Council</image:title><image:caption>September is National Mushroom Month, and the Mushroom Council and Life of Dad want you to share your greatest mushroom recipes for the chance to win a $500 Visa gift card. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-12T14:02:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/07/21/my-son-jedi-padawan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_6362.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jedi Academy training</image:title><image:caption>The intensity is palpable as Jay communes with the Force moments before vanquishing the Dark Lord of the Sith on stage.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-26T11:41:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/01/27/year-of-disney/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2984.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2984</image:title><image:caption>First time on the Tea Cups. Better than Mardi Gras.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3059</image:title><image:caption>Me and the boys at EPCOT. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2965.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cinderella's Castle</image:title><image:caption>We get in early and hit the big attractions when there's no line. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Disney</image:title><image:caption>Yes, of course, it's just NOT ANY FUN AT ALL at Disney World, is it?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-26T11:39:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/07/15/cape-cod-days/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-118.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cape Cod, First Encounter Beach</image:title><image:caption>View of First Encounter Beach from the cottage.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-181.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cape Cod Sunset</image:title><image:caption>Cape Cod sunset at low tide.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-373.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Constance Hopkins, Plimoth Plantation</image:title><image:caption>'Constance Hopkins' at Plimoth Plantation.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-353.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Constance Hopkins Grave Stone</image:title><image:caption>Constance Hopkins' memorial at the Cove Burial Ground.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-374.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stephen Hopkins</image:title><image:caption>'Stephen Hopkins' at Plimoth Plantation.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jay Crawls to Boston</image:title><image:caption>Jay almost made it to Boston. Almost.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-083.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cape Cod Light</image:title><image:caption>THIS is how I always envisioned Cape Cod.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cape-cod-2006-07-020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cape Cod 2006</image:title><image:caption>Jay's first trip to Cape Cod in 2006.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-26T11:12:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/07/19/espn-wide-world-of-sports/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/wwoswelcome.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WWOSWELCOME</image:title><image:caption>The Welcome Center at ESPN Wide World of Sports integrates the athletic experience and the Disney experience for participants and families.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fun Run</image:title><image:caption>The starting line of our personal Run Disney Fun Run through Epcot.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (2)</image:title><image:caption>You, too, could own a WWOS DadScribe t-shirt. And you know you want one.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/espnmag.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ESPNMAG</image:title><image:caption>Yes. Yes, I was the MVP. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/boardwalksunrise.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BOARDWALKSUNRISE</image:title><image:caption>Disney's Boardwalk Resort at sunrise, the morning of the Run Disney Fun Run at Epcot.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-26T11:09:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/10/11/sea-world-spooktacular-review/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/231.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>Did our boys enjoy their first visit to Sea World? Well, this photo was taken at the six-hour mark of our trip. They look pretty happy to me!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/209.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>The entrance to Antarctica illustrates how dense the crowd got at times. The wait for the Empire of the Penguin ride was an hour, so we gave it a pass this time around. Really, I can't emphasize enough: Get there early!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/191.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>There are paid games and free arts and crafts, as well as interaction with costumed undersea characters at Penelope's Party Zone. Our boys enjoyed decorating the gigantic sugar cookies (this activity costs extra).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>Orca leaping. When asked later to name the highlight of the day, our 7-year-old didn't hesitate: the whale show.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/132.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>Waiting for Shamu!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>Did I mention there were bubbles?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/119.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>The early trick-or-treat lines were virtually non-existent. We went past this one a couple of hours later and the line stretched down the walkway. Get there early!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World</image:title><image:caption>The boys met a possum and a beautiful eagle. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/099.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World Spooktacular</image:title><image:caption>Spooktacular is good for kids 4-8, just make sure you get there early enough to beat the long lines for trick-or-treating.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/doc-oct-11-2013-2-06-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sea World Spooktacular</image:title><image:caption>Our boys very much enjoyed their first visit to Sea World. The Spooktacular Halloween event only made it more memorable. And more bubbly.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-26T11:06:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/01/04/why-do-we-join/</loc><lastmod>2016-04-07T21:23:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/10/19/universal-florida-harry-potter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3823.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diagon Alley</image:title><image:caption>A spectacular light fixture, part of the interior of Gringotts at Diagon Alley.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3937.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Islands of Adventure</image:title><image:caption>Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The castle looks so real, I half expect to see Harry come flying in on a broomstick. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Universal Orlando</image:title><image:caption>This dragon breathes fire every few minutes. Patrons can feel the heat from the flames. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3765.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diagon Alley</image:title><image:caption>Once through the brick wall maze coming in from "muggle" London, the view is ... well, magical. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-27T20:43:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/05/29/kia-sorento-memories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_7936.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kia Sorento</image:title><image:caption>The boys loved the backseat space and Kids Place Live on Sirius/XM.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8368.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kia Sorento</image:title><image:caption>We made a lot of road trip memories during our week with a 2016 Kia Sorento.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_7931.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kia Sorento</image:title><image:caption>We made a lot of great road trip memories in our loaned 2016 Kia Sorento.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-24T16:30:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/07/29/not-yet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/almost.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Almost</image:title><image:caption>Almost ... </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/notyet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Childhood</image:title><image:caption>He can't quite reach that high. Not yet.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-24T16:27:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/03/19/be-good-be-nice-be-you-have-fun/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-21T12:43:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/07/10/lets-talk-about-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pieta.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pieta</image:title><image:caption>Michelangelo's Pieta, Vatican City. Source: Photo illustration by DadScribe.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/god.jpg</image:loc><image:title>God</image:title><image:caption>Detail of Michelangelo's ceiling fresco at the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-03T14:31:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2016/03/03/i-found-the-sun/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-03T13:56:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2016/02/23/dad-2-0-summit-2016/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_4881.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4881</image:title><image:caption>Creed Anthony reads a tale of visiting the land in Kentucky where his ancestors were forced to work as slaves while author and keynote speaker Brad Meltzer looks on. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_5022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5022</image:title><image:caption>These guys and 400 others -- my extended family. We have a lot to say and we have a lot to do. The Dad 2.0 Summit brings us together for common purpose: To change the way the world thinks about fatherhood. That's a story. (L-R: me, Jeff Bogle, Out With the Kids; Chris Read, Canadian Dad; Jay Sokol, Dude of the House.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_4778.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4778</image:title><image:caption>The White House was aglow the night before the fifth annual Dad 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_4887.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beth Blauer</image:title><image:caption>One of the seminal moments of the fifth annual Dad 2.0 Summit: Beth Blauer, left, meets author Brad Meltzer, the opening keynote speaker. Meltzer dedicated his speech to Blauer and her late husband, Oren Miller, a leader and friend who helped galvanize the dad blogging community around the world.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-24T03:04:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/01/30/dad-2-summit/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-12T14:38:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/02/04/dad-2-summit-recap/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/photo-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beer. Good beer. Final day of the Dad 2.0 Summit. </image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/photo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Houston Sunrise</image:title><image:caption>Sunrise over Houston during the Dad 2.0 Summit, as seen from the 18th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-12T14:35:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/08/27/creative-minds-podcast-appearance-with-chris-read-of-canadian-dad/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-12T14:28:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/03/10/testicular-cancer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Epcot Pandas</image:title><image:caption>Topiary panda family at the China pavilion, Epcot.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Epcot</image:title><image:caption>64. The topiary at Epcot during the Flower and Garden Festival.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Epcot</image:title><image:caption>They really got into Agent P's World Showcase Adventure Saturday. We never did catch Doofenshmirtz, but we'll try again soon.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Epcot</image:title><image:caption>They bounced from tire to tire Saturday at the Radiator Springs play area during the Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/singlejingles-logo-spot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SingleJingles-Logo-spot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-03T14:06:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2016/01/06/hall-of-fame-ballot-2015/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hall-of-fame-ballot-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hall of Fame Ballot 2015</image:title><image:caption>My 2015 Hall of Fame ballot. I voted for first-timers Ken Griffey Jr. and Trevor Hoffman, along with holdovers Jeff Bagwell, Edgard Martinez, Fred McGriff, Mike Piazza, and Lee Smith. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-07T02:05:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/06/17/two-lives-collide/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rays Game</image:title><image:caption>Here we were on Father's Day, 2012. We'll be back Monday as part of the Big League Dads initiative from Dove Men+Care and Major League Baseball. Rays-Red Sox at the Trop for a do-or-die Game 3. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-13T20:01:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/12/22/we-almost-missed-christmas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/skysthelimit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>O'Hare Neon</image:title><image:caption>This ligth sculpture is called Sky's the Limit. It's a neon walkway at O'Hare. We saw it only in passing on Christmas Eve 2000.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-09T17:07:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/09/06/legacy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dadscribe.png</image:loc><image:title>Legacy</image:title><image:caption>There is no way to predict the legacy we'll leave our kids. My hope? That their kids will grow up wanting to be just like them. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T16:32:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/12/17/awesome-coke-commercial-parents/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-30T16:30:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/01/13/that-night-in-new-orleans/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-91.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New Orleans</image:title><image:caption>We might have been better off just swinging into Cafe du Monde for beignets and cafe au lait. Photo by Carter Gaddis. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New Orleans</image:title><image:caption>A musical trio serenade the tourists on Royal Street in New Orleans, circa 1995. Photo by Carter Gaddis.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New Orleans</image:title><image:caption>Mapping that night in New Orleans, when a group of sportswriters experienced the essence of the French Quarter. Click the photo for a detailed view.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T16:27:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/05/27/new-york/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-122.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (12)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NYC</image:title><image:caption>The southern tip of the High Line park in New York. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pooh</image:title><image:caption>The original Winnie the Pooh, on display at the NYC Public Library on 42nd Street.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Freedom Tower</image:title><image:caption>Freedom Tower.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Metropolitan Museum of Art</image:title><image:caption>Fourteen-year-old dancer by Degas at the Met.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waldorf-Astoria</image:title><image:caption>The lobby clock at the Waldorf-Astoria.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T16:25:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/08/17/sea-world-controversy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc01300.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SeaWorld</image:title><image:caption>Shamu Stadium was packed for the Wednesday afternoon performance of One Ocean, SeaWorld Orlando's killer whale show.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc01345.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SeaWorld</image:title><image:caption>A SeaWorld trainer interacts with a killer whale at Shamu Stadium after the performance on Wednesday.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc01321.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SeaWorld</image:title><image:caption>A killer whale leaps from the pool as trainers look on from the deck during a performance last week at Shamu Stadium.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_2894.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dawn Brancheau plaque SeaWorld</image:title><image:caption>The memorial plaque at the Dawn Brancheau Education Center, SeaWorld Orlando.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T16:19:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/craig-thomas-interview/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc01339.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SeaWorld</image:title><image:caption>A SeaWorld trainer demonstrates how a urine sample is collected from one of the park's killer whales.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T16:15:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/12/10/an-interview-with-santa-claus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/new-otani-garden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New Otani Garden</image:title><image:caption>The 400-year-old Japanese garden at the New Otani in Tokyo, site of my interview of a lifetime with Santa himself.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/santas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Santas</image:title><image:caption>Pick a Santa, any Santa. They're all as real as you want them to be. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T00:12:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/04/17/empathy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/san-francisco.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Basin - San Francisco</image:title><image:caption>The Basin - San Francisco. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T00:09:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/07/19/horrible-parents/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/scaredgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>ScaredGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lovefailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>LoveFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/beachfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>BeachFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pilotfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>PilotFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/magiccarpetfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>MagicCarpetFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/yardworkfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>YardWorkFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/couchfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>Couchfailgif</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/walkfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>WalkFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/campingfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>CampingFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/powerwashfailgif.gif</image:loc><image:title>PowerWashFailGIF</image:title><image:caption>Source: GIPHY</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T01:29:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/02/26/frozen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/frozen-box-art.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FROZEN Box Art</image:title><image:caption>Can I say something crazy? Frozen has become our family's favorite Disney movie, even though the boys don't understand half of it.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T01:28:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/contact/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-19T01:24:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/02/02/dad-2-summit-nola/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pirates-alley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pirates Alley</image:title><image:caption>Pirate's Alley, French Quarter, New Orleans. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/spotlight-bloggers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spotlight Bloggers</image:title><image:caption>From left: me, Chris Read of Canadian Dad; Kevin McKeever of Always Home and Uncool; Whit Honea of the Internet. I spent an hour Tuesday rambling about baseball, storytelling and other things on Chris' Creative Minds podcast. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/skunk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Skunk</image:title><image:caption>Things got a little wild at Dad 2.0 Summit in New Orleans. Skunk courtesy of NatGeo Animal Jam. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/royal-street-fog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Royal Street Fog</image:title><image:caption>Fog shrouds Royal Street on Sunday morning. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Family</image:title><image:caption>As I reached the New Orleans airport Sunday morning, my emotions were a jumble of elation and melancholy. Elated to come home to the three people in this photo, but a little sad to leave behind the friends and compatriots I shared so many special moments with at Dad 2.0 Summit. So ... what now?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jason-katims.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jason Katims</image:title><image:caption>L to R: Me; Parenthood and Friday Night Lights creator and show runner Jason Katims; Lance Somerfeld and Matt Schneider, NYC Dads.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rob-candelino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rob Candelino</image:title><image:caption>Rob Candelino.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bourbon-street.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bourbon Street</image:title><image:caption>Bloggers on Bourbon Street.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cover</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T01:00:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/03/19/description/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:58:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/06/24/once-more-for-oren/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/orenbrentbeth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oren Miller</image:title><image:caption>L-R: Oren Miller, his wife Beth and friend and fellow blogger Brent Almond, together on Memorial Day weekend -- hours before Oren's cancer diagnosis. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/oren.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oren</image:title><image:caption>Oren Miller has made me a better person and a better father. He is my brother. I will always tell his story.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/orenbeth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oren Miller</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/oren2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oren Miller</image:title><image:caption>Oren Miller and family.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:53:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/05/06/lessons-of-failure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baseball</image:title><image:caption>Stay focused. Stay relaxed. See the ball, hit the ball. Failure is inevitable. How you respond is up to you, and it can make all the difference.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:50:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/07/25/what-do-we-tell-the-children/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:49:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/02/06/baseball-writers/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:46:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/04/29/the-places-i-saw/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/westminster-abbey-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Westminster Abbey</image:title><image:caption>Westminster Abbey, London, resting place of Charles Dickens.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/garden-new-otani-hotel-tokyo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japanese Garden - New Otani Hotel, Tokyo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/grand-canyon-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grand Canyon </image:title><image:caption>The Grand Canyon.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco</image:title><image:caption>Golden Gate Bridge and fog.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mt-fuji-from-a-blackhawk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mt. Fuji From A Blackhawk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/clock-tower-parliament.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clock tower, Parliament, London</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:43:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/12/11/hall-of-fame-conundrum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (4)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:42:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2013/12/04/baseball-hall-of-fame/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BBWAA</image:title><image:caption>A BBWAA Lifetime Honorary membership card, along with the envelopes for the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:41:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/01/08/2014-hall-of-fame-ballot/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baseball Hall of Fame</image:title><image:caption>My 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. I voted for nine players, including electees Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-19T00:39:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2012/08/01/on-chick-fil-a/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-18T17:38:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/09/10/aaron-gouveia-nfl/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2590.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2590</image:title><image:caption>Aaron Gouveia and me at Cape Cod this past August. He's a fiery New England sports fan, but the NFL's stupidity regarding Ray Rice and domestic violence is making him feel guilty about watching and supporting football. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T17:36:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/09/15/ceo-dads/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3034.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bus Stop</image:title><image:caption>One of the benefits of leaning in at home is I escort the boys to the school bus stop in the morning and meet them there in the afternoon. The smiles and hugs when they come off the bus are priceless. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T17:35:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/11/10/epcot-food-wine-2014/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4433.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grand Floridian</image:title><image:caption>An outdoor balcony at the Grand Floridian. Ideal for rest, relaxation and one last Food and Wine Festival memory.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/foodandwinefestival.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FoodAndWineFestival</image:title><image:caption>What we ate at Food and Wine. 1) America: Fresh baked carrot cake with Craisins® and cream cheese icing; 2) Italy: Filetto di pollo, con funghi al marsala — Chicken tenderloin, cremini mushrooms, marsala sauce and ciabatta bread; 3)  France: Boeuf bourguignon — Braised short ribs in cabernet with mashed potatoes and Gratin de crozets de Savoie — Wheat pasta gratin with mushrooms and Gruyere cheese; 4) Scotland: Vegetarian haggis with neeps and tatties — Griddled vegetable cake with rutabaga and mashed potatoes; 5) Poland: Kielbasa and potato pierogi with caramelized onions and sour cream; 6) Ireland: Warm chocolate pudding with Kerrygold Irish Cream Liqueur Custard (gluten free); 7) Ireland: Kerrygold® cheese selection — Reserve cheddar, Dubliner with Irish Stout and Skellig; 8) Grilled lamb chop with mint pesto and potato crunchies (gluten free); 9) Roast bratwurst in a pretzel roll, Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Hefeweizen beer. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dayinthesun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DayInTheSun</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/epcot-beth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Epcot Beth</image:title><image:caption>Beth in Italy: a smile on her face and the breeze in her hair.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:57:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/10/24/joe-maddon/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:45:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2014/11/16/whats-important/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_46001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>What's Important</image:title><image:caption>What's important? This, always. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:43:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/01/06/2015-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:41:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/01/27/nerf-guns-nonsense/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:39:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/02/25/oren-miller-tribute/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/happy-dance.gif</image:loc><image:title>happy dance</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8995.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oren Miller</image:title><image:caption>Oren Miller (far right) with some of our brothers at Dad 2.0 Summit in New Orleans, January 2014. Also pictured (L to R): Aaron Gouveia, John Willey, Fred Goodall, Vincent Daly.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:37:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/03/26/parental-expectations-youth-sports/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jaydugout.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Parental Expectations and Sports</image:title><image:caption>Our older son expresses his high anxiety during a recent youth league baseball game. Clearly, he's wilting under the weight of parental expectations.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:35:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/03/22/how-to-adopt-a-kitten/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chemistrycat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ChemistryCat</image:title><image:caption>Candidate No. 4.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/businesscat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BusinessCat</image:title><image:caption>Candidate No. 3.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sadcat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SadCat</image:title><image:caption>Candidate No. 2. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/grumpycat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GrumpyCat</image:title><image:caption>Candidate No. 1. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/weshouldadoptakitten.jpg</image:loc><image:title>We Should Adopt a Kitten</image:title><image:caption>It starts with an impulse.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/murphyfacebook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Murphy</image:title><image:caption>Murphy the cat, circa 1997. He was a loving, devoted companion for nearly two decades. Soon, we'll find a new kitten. But not quite yet.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T16:34:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/05/15/doofus-dad-stereotype/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/reading.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doofus Dad</image:title><image:caption>I don't ask for credit for being able to take care of my sons while their mom is out of town. But I, and other dads, don't want to be ridiculed as idiots, either.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-17T17:49:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/05/27/gulf-county-florida-vacation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8527.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>The boys on the beach at Cape San Blas. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sandchairs1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stjosephpeninsula.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>Everywhere we looked at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, we found natural beauty.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8181.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>We found a starfish in St. Joseph Bay.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>Dan VanVleet of Happy Ours Kayak introduces us to a King's Crown Conch.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>Beth and Chris set out on our guided kayak tour of St. Joseph Bay.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8405.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>The At Water's Edge pool was nice. Very nice.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8188.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>The path over the dune from At Water's Edge, Cape San Blas.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Visit Gulf County</image:title><image:caption>At Water's Edge, Cape San Blas.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8273.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gulf County Florida</image:title><image:caption>Sunset at Cape San Blas.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-17T17:45:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/08/11/pursuit-of-happiness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/happy-jump.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy Jump</image:title><image:caption>Yeah, I'm happy. I admit it. The pursuit goes on.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-17T14:29:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com/2015/08/18/participation-trophy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://cartergaddis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/coaching.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Youth Sports</image:title><image:caption>Youth sports help kids learn to socialize, introduce them to new experiences and, most important, are supposed to be fun. Participation trophies (or certificates, back in the day) recognize the commitment a kid makes to the team and to learning.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-17T14:16:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://cartergaddis.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-08-05T15:24:10+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
