About Ken

Ken is one of the most fun-loving, easy-going, patient and loyal people I have ever met. He is always concerned with everyone, and quick to make everyone in the room feel important. He has the amazing ability to be able to feel comfortable in any situation and be able to talk to anyone. He is also one of the smartest people I have ever known, and is truly dedicated to his family and serving in the community.

Ken has a great job that he loves. He works as a principal for a venture capital firm, which means that he invests money in small technology businesses. His job manages to bring together all the things he does well and likes to do: building technology, creating businesses, managing people and boards of companies. I really like that he works hard at his job, but, because he is a founder in the company, he never has to miss family vacations or work much on the weekends. One of his dreams has been to be a university professor. He finally got the chance to try it, by teaching one evening a week at the local university. It is proving to be a lot of work, but his students love the class.

Ken's playful side really comes out around kids. This Thanksgiving, he played the horse and gave horse rides, four at a time no less, nearly the entire afternoon. Even though he was exhausted after a couple hours of this, he kept bucking and neying on command. I love watching Ken play with Ellie and our nieces and nephews—I am always so impressed with his patience and his ability to connect with them on their level. He can play dress up with the girls and build train tracks for the boys. He is also the first to offer to change a dirty diaper. I haved loved seeing him finally be a dad.

Fun Facts about Ken

Favorite outdoor activities: snow skiing, mountain biking, hiking, caving, diving

Favorite foods: Thai, sushi, Indian, and anything Angela cooks

Favorite bands: Angels and Airwaves, Anything But the Girl, Level 42

Favorite TV show: Lost, Heros, Battlestar Galactica, Grey’s Anatomy

Favorite plays: Chess, Notre Dame de Paris, Maury Yeston's Phantom, (really want to see Wicked)

Travels: Russia, Ireland, Peru, Japan, Sweden, Taiwan, China, Canada, Mexico, Europe (just about everywhere)

Dream vacations: Israel, shopping in Dubai, lost city of Petra

Favorite books: Hemingway’s The Nick Adams Stories, Orson Scott Card's Pastwatch, Stephen King’s Gunslinger: Wizard and Glass, Alfred Bester

Favorite kids stories: Phantom Tollbooth, Nate the Great series, A Wrinkle in Time

Favorite movies: Groundhog’s Day, Say Anything, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Moulin Rouge

Favorite quotes:

“It was mine, that love, I owned it . . . I can love whoever I want. You are what you love, not what loves you. That’s what I decided a long time ago.” from Adaptation

“I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.” from Say Anything