I went to my Uncle Steve’s funeral today. He was my mom’s younger brother, the youngest of 5. He had five kids himself, with some grandchildren too. Cancer is what took his life.
He had been diagnosed a couple years ago, and seemed to overcome it. But a while later the cancer returned. He had to stop teaching in September due to the pain, and from then on he battled it out until the Lord took him home last Friday.
I came home from work on night to find Kadie sitting on her training potty at her kitchen table talking on her toy cellphone with her grandpa.
Jenni is a clever mom. She makes house chores into a game so that Kadie enjoys cooking and cleaning.
For my first picture of 2010, I wanted to share a funny quirk of our washer. When we moved in, I remember chuckling at the two load size options presented.
I’ve been intrigued by photo projects ever since discovering 365 portraits (careful, some portraits are very strange) a while back. I don’t have the energy to take a photo and put it on out blog daily, but I wanted to do at least one a week.
The photos will be taken by myself or Jenni. They don’t represent the best of the best, but something we found amusing, funny, or intriguing.
At the very least, it’ll keep our blog a bit more up to date than it has been and taking 52 photos this year is easier than typing 52,000 words 😉 So stay tuned for 2010’s first weekly picture.
I’m looking forward to gathering with family with Christmas and seeing Kadie celebrate the birth of Christ. We’ve been doing nightly advent activities and I smile whenever I hear Kadie say “Baby Jesus” as she plays with our nativity set.
I am incredibly blessed that the Lord has given me the life that I enjoy, Jennilyn to love me with all heart, two delightful daughters who smile at me everyday, family nearby to visit often, and a generous job with fulfilling work.
When my company moved from text to HTML e-mail newsletters last year, I found myself going back in time for web design. I had to toss out using semantic code and advanced CSS to create HTML e-mail designs that would be compatible with the wide assortment of e-mail clients. I was humbled as I would complain about cross-browser testing, but it was nothing compared to trying to design a HTML e-mail that would work for the varieties of e-mail clients. Needless to say, I’m glad I don’t do HTML e-mail designs all the time.
Kadie and Vi when they were about 5 months old and sitting in laundry.
We had a great Thanksgiving holiday (can’t really call it a vacation when you’re more tired after the long weekend then before) visiting family, cleaning house, and Christmas shipping. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Lord had put the theme of gratitude on Jenni and my heart this month, and I’ve been reminded of how easy it is to be selfish and greedy when I have much to be grateful for.
Jenni and I had the honor and joy of photographing Tim and Trina’s wedding in September. Trina is a friend from dance who blessed us by DJing our wedding, so we were happy to turn around and be part of her and Tim’s celebration. It was a two-day event and their close friends and family made it memorable. That and the fantastic food at the reception.