Partial Brain Dump

There has been so many little things going on in our life as of late that blogging has been the farthest thing down my to do list. But I just couldn't fight the urge anymore so a quick late night blogging session is in order.

Life is funny sometimes. The whole time Spencer was unemployed, I continuously wished that it was me and not him. I had been unemployed once before in our marriage and I regretted not taking advantage of it the way I wished that I had. Instead I let myself become overtaken by the depression of being laid off. Then again, those were completely different circumstances and a whole 'nother story.

As of July 31st I will no longer have a job and the emotions coursing through me are excitement and anxiety simultaneously. Not to mention I feel extraordinarily sad for all the people in our company who don't have the same perspective as I. The future is so uncertain at this point in time but I know one thing for sure. I am going to take advantage of this time out of work and I am going to focus on the more important things. My ministry is going to be shoved into the foreground of my life in a way that it has not before and I am going to savor every moment with my son.

How can I have such a positive view on unemployment when the world is so frightened of it? Faith. Faith that if I have the courage to finally put Jehovah first and foremost then I will not fail. And, just so you know, hard times does not mean failure. Hard times are just a way to prove how serious you are in your commitment to your decisions and your way of life.

What about my photography? Aren't I going to pursue that hardcore? We'll see how that all plays out. There are ducks to be put in a row and when it is all said and done, photography may be the third or fourth duck in that row. To use the same expression as I did above, that's a whole 'nother story. ;)

Speaking of photography and because, as I have heard many a times that every post is better with a picture, I will leave you with a few. Please bear in mind that these are SOOC (straight out of the camera) with no post processing. It is also way to late/early to be worrying about putting my loverly logo on these images so enjoy these images from our sojourn to Charleston about. . .actually, a little over a month ago now. My how time flies!




Thanks for "listening."

The Graduate

SO much has been going on in my little world that I haven’t gotten a chance to post anything on here in a while. I won’t go into all of the crappy stuff right now, instead I will let this post be about my dear little man celebrating a milestone in his school career.

On Tuesday, May 26^th I had a wonderful excuse to take the morning off of work. That is right, I am talking about Kindergarten Graduation!

I love how Liam’s face completely changed once he saw his cheering section which was comprised of his daddy and I, Grandpa and GrandNettie, his Bubbe and Sara, aaaand Janelle. He had quite the support crew.
First the little ones came out with their little heads all bedecked in crowns that were supposed to make them look like either bugs or flowers, I’m not sure which.

This is his friend from the Kingdom Hall Lahuana. She did a very good job with her little alphabet haiku.

I think they put him on the front row because he was so short but that unfortunately didn’t make it easy for us to see him since we were all the way in the back row.
Before the kids came out, the teachers had some problems with the sound system. Let’s just say the whole auditorium was bombarded with the extraordinarily loud sound of static. Fortunately they got it fixed before the kids came out…that is until the little guy with the letter “V” decided he was going to yell his haiku directly into the microphone. {{shaking head sadly}} NOT a good idea. I have to say though, the resulting reaction of the kids was quite amusing to behold.
They couldn’t get the mikes working right after that but those kids were well trained and they went right up to the (non-working) microphone anyway and said their parts loud and proud.
After a few cute songs the kids learned, they shuffled their way out of the auditorium to remove their “costumes” and reenter ready to accept their little certificates of graduation.
You see how he is all tucked in and nice and neat here right?. . .

. . .yeah, what happened in those few steps?!




With daddy.
Aunt Sara.
Aunt Janelle.
Absolutely LOVE this picture of Liam with his Bubbe.
This is another one of Liam’s friends from the Kingdom Hall named Austin.
Three buddies.
The two magnificent women who put up with the kids all year.
This woman is the greatest. She is so understanding with Liam because she herself is talkative. Couldn't have asked for a better first teacher for him.


And finally a shot of me and my baby boy. So proud of him.

Long absent

I know that I have sadly neglected my little blog for some time now and I want to apologize profusely for doing so. SO much stuff has been going on in my little world with the majority of it being negative that I have not had the time nor mental clarity to do much on here.

I do have a blog post in the works, so stay tuned for that and I wish all of you in blogland well.