His life Building Lego!

My husband LOVES playing Lego...

We have a huge lego collection mostly from Kendal's youth...

and ever since I gave birth to my son, Kendal could NOT wait

until the boy was old enough to play lego...

If Kendal could be paid to play lego?

Well...you get the picture..

About a month ago, my husband lost his job...

He was fired due to office politics..

He came home at the end of the work day 

and told me he had some bad news...

Part of me was upset, because we just lost our only source of income,

But most of me was relieved..

He was never happy with the job, and it was a pretty toxic work place...

After seven years, it was just good to quit wondering when it would happen.

(and after all...now he could pursue his life long dream  of building lego all day long....)

God is so good...

Within the first two hours of Kendal being fired,

He had three job offers...

A testament to the kind of man my husband is...

He ended up taking a job at a business owned by a family friend..

He was a little ambivalent about it at first,

It required a whole new set of skills he would have to learn, 

and meeting a whole new group of people..

Move forward a month...

Kendal LOVES his new job..

No weird office politics...

Great  people, if not a little odd at times,

Higher pay, benefits....

such an answer to prayer...
spends his days building shelves, cutting metal, driving machines around, and moving stuff...

Many days, Kendal comes home laughing about something 

that happened at work, and says how glad he is to work there.....

BUT...the highest compliment  my husband could ever give came yesterday...

When he came home, and told me it was like playing with Lego all day long!
He must really like his job...LOL!

Have you ever been fired from a job?

Did it work in your favor or against you?

Have you ever had to fire anyone?

Playing in the yard..

Friday Follow!

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Photo meme...

I was tagged by the wonderful Barb over at Skittles Place to do this photo meme....For some reason she thought that I liked photography...  : p  (How did she know....)...

Now the rules:
1) Go to your photo files, select the 8th photo folder.
2) Select the 8th photo in that folder.
3) Post that photo along with the story behind it.
4) Then challenge 8 blogging friends to do the same.

 

Brandy and Jeremy

Brandy and Gracie

Ok...so I know that I was just supposed to put up one picture..

but heres the thing...

I actually have two totally different file folders containing pictures..

(I am sure that is a real surprise...LOL!)

and so I picked the eighth folder and picture in each...

and ironically...they were both of Brandy with each of her younger siblings..!

So I had to put them both up..

 Other then that..their really wasnt much of a story....

So now the hard part..

tagging people..

1) Jayaycee blog

2) Im a full time mommy

3) Look at is an adventure

4) The Snyder 5
5) Doing the Mom Thing
6) Mariposas Tales
7) When You Believe
8) Element 22
You really should check out Element 22 if you have the time...
She is a great photographer, and also a wonderful writer as well...
Worth the trip!

Ok..so that does it for me guys...
Your turn...

Dinner on the deck

Gracie

I'm glad that the weather has finally warmed up a bit..

It is really nice to be able to eat on the deck..

Brandy brought over her boy friend Tracy for us to meet,

so we had pizza, and watched the sun set...

(bottom pictures)

Tracy and Jeremy

Kendal

Brandy and Jeremy

Brandy and Tracy

Wordless Wednesday!

This was the sky over Regina as we ate supper and sat on the deck 

a couple of nights ago...

Spectacular!

For more Wordless Wednesday...

click here!

I can't wait for their wedding days...MUAHAHA!

Just a reminder to send me a link of a favorite photo you took, 

and tell me all about your favorite camera..

I will be choosing someone on Monday

and giving a little interview and some linky love...

need the pics though guys...

 This would be the continuation of the tantrum I mentioned the other day...

He had sooooo had enough of me...

Which was ok, because by then I think the feeling was mutual...

but someday...the boy is gonna get married...LOL!

and here is mischief with a capital M if I have ever seen it...

And this is the little lady bug she was playing with..

right before she squashed it, and tried to eat it...

...but that's ok...we have lots more in our yard...

She is planning EVIL in her heart towards ladybug..

Jeremy wouldn't forgive me..

but he gave all the love to big sister Brandy!

Keep reading below to see what I won!

I WON SOMETHING!

I can't believe it!! I actually won something!!!  I never win anything!
I entered a draw for this book/CD for Gracie

According to Show Me Mama where the book/CD review/ Draw was held...

Shushybye Close Your Eyes book is about "Shushies who make dreams for children that are sent to them as they fall asleep. Living in such SHUSHYBYE villages as Nap Valley, Snore Shore, Yawn Island and Slumber Heights, the Shushies – led by Snoozles, Dozie and Zeez – place their dreams in Dream Boxes that are sent to sleeping children via the Shushybye Train driven by Conductor McCloud" 

Shushybye website  

also has some neat looking dolls that I am thinking Gracie might like for Christmas...

I am so excited to get our new book and CD!  Thanks again Show me mama for choosing us!!  I'm going to check the mail everday!!

Drop by and visit her blog...She always has great giveaways!!

You may not have noticed....

Jeremy having a pout...

You may not have noticed....
but I REALLY like photography....
I'm sure you could NEVER tell,
It's not like I EVER post any pictures...LOL!

Gracie

My Love Affair with the camera started about ten years ago, 

with a cheap little Kodak..

It was a snap and shoot..

and you had to be practically standing on your subject

before you could get any pictures...

The snap and shoot was all I had for several years

until my husband bought me a Pentax...

I LOVED that camera...

It was my first experience with a camera that had some ability..

I learned all about light and shadow,

people placement...

What actually looked good in the lens...
Worked great till I left it on the roof of my car...
......and drove away....  :(

For those of you who see my daughter at church and down town..

this is what she REALLY looks like....LOL!

Notice the nice fat bruise on her forhead,

and the dirt all over the pretty Sunday dress...

(Good job mommy for letting her out in that...LOL!)

It was my favorite camera  until the day my hubby bought me my first 

Very Exspensive Nikon camera...

and then I truly fell in love...

Today I have a Nikon D-90...

my birthday present this year...

After digital had taken over the photography world,

my poor manual Nikon became obsolete,

and as my hobby is exspensive,

for several years, I was stuck using a Kodak easy share camera.

My husband liked it, 

but it drove me crazy...

No more great indoor shots,

no quick shots of fast moving children...

no more great sports shots...

My favorite kind of photography is people..

and especially children and old people...

There is just something about capturing an expression of absolute joy or rage

sadness, or peace that makes my heart sing...

capturing that memory for an eternity...

It is different from portrait photograpy

where the shots are set up

although that can be fun too,

but candid shots are so much about what the person is doing at the moment.

I think if I was ever to take up photography for a living again..

it would be candid shots, and events photography...

Because of the kind of pictures I like, 

and because I get lazy with some of the technical aspects of photography,

my pictures aren't always perfect...

but I am learning..

 It is my Passion.

I have promised myself with my new camera

to learn ALL the technical stuff as well.

which made hubby happy with me...LOL!

I have to admit though, that my kids get tired of being subjects..

I get two reactions...

My son ignores me at times when he sees the camera,

and my older kids groan...LOL!

My youngest daughter is the only one who seems to like being a model...

and she poses like a diva...

no matter how she looks...LOL!

I am looking forward to getting back into photography again 

now that I have something to work with..

so I hope you can all bear with me, 

while I play!  

What kind of photography do you like...

and what kind of camera do you have?

Share a link with your favorite picture and I will 

do a short expose, and post your picture and give you some linky love next Monday...