In this episode we had the pleasure of interviewing Brent Almond of DesignerDaddy.com and talking to Mike Vrobel about Family Dinners for Busy Weeknights. With so many products out there, Cooking Plan It makes your cooking easier by finding the best cookery tools and products available. Check out their site using this link https://cookingplanit.com for more tips and reviews in cooking.

Things have been changing so much lately, with things like the New Horizons Space probe making it Pluto this week and the recent Supreme Court decision on Gay marriage coming out. Our world is changing and we are all a part of it!

We were very interested in speaking with Brent Almond about the recent supreme court decision on Gay Marriage. As a gay dad of a soon to be kindergartner,  we wanted to hear his perspective on this and have him share his thoughts on what this decision means for parents like himself, but also for the nation as a whole. We also spent some time talking to him about some of the great things that he is doing as a father, writer and singer!

Brent Almond has written some great posts recently on being a gay dad that we both loved and wanted to share with you. Here are some examples of the posts that he has written!

A Thank You Note to Straight People
Sharing History: A Gay Dad & His Son Take a Field Trip to SCOTUS
28 Reasons Being Legally Married Gay Dads Is Awesome!
Designer Daddy’s Top 14 Blog Posts of 2014

Brent Almond is also a phenomenal artist and has shared his talents with his son through the Super Lunch Notes that he has created and shared with him. Recently he received a lot of national attention on these notes and was even spotlighted on ABC News!

ABC US News | World News

You can read more about this experience in the post that he wrote: Super Lunch Notes Fly Across the Internet and Around the World

We talked to Brent Almond about his burgeoning Broadway career as a member of The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC and below you will get a good insight into his singing ability!

Brent Almond also won the PopWars Life of Dad Network contest for his recent video entitled:
#POPWARS EPISODE 6.5: THE BATTLE OF THE BAG

//

#POPWARS EPISODE 6.5: THE BATTLE OF THE BAG. It all began when I discovered someone had eaten all of the Pop Secret. I was not a happy Jedi Daddy…As the excitement builds in our house for Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens, I teamed up with Pop Secret & Life of Dad to promote the #PopWars Video Contest — where YOU can win $1000 in super galactic prizes! • Visit this site  for info, and May The Force Be With You! #sponsored[Be sure to click the HD icon in the bottom right corner of the video.]

Posted by Designer Daddy on Tuesday, June 9, 2015

You can also find Brent writing at the following locations:

Huffington Post
The Good Men’s Project
Mamapedia
Great Moments in Parenting

We also brought back Mike Vrobel from DadCooksDinner.com this week in a new Dad Cooks Dinner Cooking Installment,  to talk to us about cooking Family Dinners for Busy Weeknights. As all of us know with the craziness that is parenting, sometimes eating right and making good food at home gets thrown out the window. Sometimes, it seems easier to just eat out then cooking a good meal in. Mike shares with us some tips and resources that he has come up with to help parents to battle this and still be able to eat at home as a family without spending too much time doing it!

Weekly Meal Plans
Family Dinners and Busy Kids
Family Dinners for an Even Busier Cook

We want to thank Brent Almond and Mike Vrobel for joining us this week as it was a pleasure talking with them and sharing their thoughts and experiences with all of you. Thanks also to all of you for listening in this week. We truly appreciate you being a part of the Dad Spotlight community!

If you have not yet gotten your free guide: 15 Low Cost Ways To Engage With Your Kids – Pick it up today
As always, please swing by to visit us on iTunes and Stitcher to stay connected to th…