Life

Well, it's been a while since I have posted anything. I'll try to give updates as my life is not as exciting as most others.

1) I'm now the Assistant to the Vice President of our company. This is a new challenge as he has "separation anxiety"...or so we'll call it. He's the type to try and do everything because at least then he'll know it's done right. I'm helping him to overcome this. He is a great VP and a great friend as well.

2) Josh and I "sponsor" an inner-city boy named Devin who we met through our church...many of you already knew this. However, we have decided to also "sponsor" his youngest sister who is 5 as well. We will begin this on Monday with lessons on the alphabet and how to write the letters.

3) Our friends Jeremy & Amy Otto and Josh & I have formed a very intimate Bible Study group that we have deemed (Becky, I hope you remember this time in our lives) PB2 (squared that is)...Power Beyond Belief. We meet once a week and discuss a particular passage or passages in the Bible and laugh and cry together.

4) Photography is going great. Here are just a few pictures from the KC Downtown Air Show.

This one you can see the orange glow of the thrusters...

This is a good underside picture...very clear...

You can see the pilot & is air attachment in this photo...

It looks like I was above him taking this instead of on the crowded ground...

I touched the colors on this one, but it is one of my favorites!

Working Hard

So, a quick update in my busy little life...
1) I am transitioning into a new position at Heartland Services (www.heartlandsi.com). That position is the Assitant to the Vice President. It's a great honor and something that has been buzzing around us "oldies" since I first became full time 4 years ago. I am excited about working with Shannon because he reminds me of Josh in personality and humor. This should be exciting.

2) Today I had my review for Heartland. I will post parts of it later and how I did, but it was a good review and it came with a raise. You can never argue if they're going to pay you more money and say you did a good job.

3) Fuzz-Bucket went to see the vet for the first time since we rescued him. He is now a eunuch and has had his front claws removed. The vet really frustrated me though! The receiptionist told Josh Friday morning that Fuzz would be ready by the end of the day. Josh shows up and she says that they have to keep him overnight, but they'll be open til 6 p.m. Saturday (which is great because I had to work). I go to pick him up at 4 and was told they closed at 12 and I'd have to wait until Monday...this because they could not verify that I had paid for the procedures. Which is quite hilarious because they misscharged Josh Friday for someone else's pet, had to do a refund to our card (which takes 4-5 days to appear back in our account), and then recharged our card the right amount. Needless to say, we were down over $500 and still didn't have our cat back! But he's home now and doing great...our little "Insta-purr"!

4) We are in the works of planning our 2 week vacation for this summer. We will be traveling to Acadia National Park in Maine, down to DC and then home again. Keep an eye out on this blog for our miniseries "Vaca with the In-Laws and Such". It should be good...a few stories and a few pictures.

5) Tomorrow night we will celebrate Andy's January birthday. He chose to go to Garozzo's Italian Restaurant. It'll be really yummy. We had to cancel Volleyball to make it work though...so instead of getting the MUCH needed exercise, I will be chowing down on pasta and Italian desserts! Happy Belated Birthday, Andy!

6) Spring time is just around the corner and with that comes lots of yard work. We have some flowers in bloom (pictures coming soon) and gardens to cultivate and glean. Also, with the change of weather, there will be some friends in town. Jason and Jana will be coming to visit us in May. I will have pictures of them and our fun time spent together after their visit.

Well, there's the quick story of my life. No childern, no big plans, but everything is in God's hand on this in. We glorified him with our work for him and he has answered our prays. Praise be to God for guiding us through our journey.

From the Heartland - Part 1

I love my job.