Courtney and I started a new blog. We're writing together. We're still developing it, but we figured you could go check it out if you want to. We're basically just going to celebrate the gifts we receive everyday.
It's called These Gifts to Us.
Love you guys!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Cakey Saturday : Feb. 26, 2011
Cakey Saturday
Miller Family : Goshen, IN : February 26, 2011
Miller Family : Goshen, IN : February 26, 2011
PlaylistA Perfect Family : Bleach
Screaming Infidelities : Dashboard Confessional
Baby Boy, Baby Girl : The Dark Romantics
Best Of : Furthermore
Momma's Boy : Chromeo
I'm Not the King : Audio Adrenaline
Jesus is Just Alright : DC Talk
I Feel It All : Feist
JobsDaddy : Coffee making and Judah feeding
Mommy : Cakey and bacon cooking
Gideon : Cakey mixing and dancing
Judah : Eating cereal and horses
Favorite Things This WeekDaddy : Reserving romantic bed and breakfast weekend with mommy in March, I'm really looking forward to it! (We're going to Prairieside Suites in Grand Rapids, March 17-19)
Mommy : Ordering our Nook! (That's right, we're going "mom" in the eBook revolution)
Gideon : Playing "Rockstar" in the basement! (aka Guitar Hero)
Judah : Grandma, Mommy, Daddy and Gideon saying "Woof, woof!" (It always makes me giggle!)
Thanks for joining us for Cakey Saturday, see you next week!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Non-Year of Crap!
Hello all!
We have some exciting news to share...and I will let Ryan's e-mail he wrote me today do most of the explaining!
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Hello My Queen,
I just wanted to send you a quick note and let you know how thankful I am for your support as I try and figure out what I am destined for in this crazy world. There are always things that we would like to do…Own a beachfront brewery and Lobster tail grill….but then reality hits and sometimes small steps are better than large leaps into uncertainty. I have always done things differently than most and for the most part I have learned a lot about myself as an individual and taking different paths has not always worked out. Case in point being how I chose my jobs after leaving college. It really has put a burden on me as the world does not hire on personality and drive. They hire on experience and specialization! I made choices in my past that have limited me on where and how far and fast I can move throughout the workplace. Knowing this now it is imperative that I stay with a company building my skill set internally, making connections and looking for or creating suitable positions. In short I will be able to climb the corporate ladder, not as fast as most, but climbing none the less.
Today I climbed a few rungs and was offered the position of Returned Goods Coordinator! I am literally the perfect candidate as we discussed last night and I am very excited at what this position will offer. Again, Baxa’s pay raises and promotions are based on a “Talent-Reward” style system where we as employees need to be able to justify our worth by keeping track of our goals and objectives and how efficient we were in meeting them. With this position being brand new I will have no shortage of objectives and goals to conquer-- thus letting all of the management in this company know that I am a “go getter” and can handle whatever comes my way! Really and truly exciting stuff! I am sitting at my desk filled with energy and excitement for what this will mean for me and our future. It isn’t a huge pay raise but a pay raise none the less and the truly exciting thing is the fact that I will be once again in control of my own destiny!
I love you so much and can’t thank you enough for your support and willingness to understand my sometimes scatterbrained needs. You are my queen!
Love,
Ryan
______________________________________________________________
As you all know, Ryan had been in hopes for breaking into the sales department at his company. We thought this change would be happening even before Christmas break. However, he still doesn't have a clear answer on if or when this would occur, so he began considering something else. A new position has been created called the Return Goods Coordinator, and he was offered this job today. He had seen the posting, but wasn't really considering applying for it due to his hopes of going into sales. After thinking it through, he decided that making some sort of movement and building on his skills was better that being frustrated in his current job and waiting for the sales team position which may never happen. He applied last night and when he got in this morning, his new boss, Brett (who we LOVE!) met with him and immediately offered him the job. Ryan will still be working with customers, but will be his own team with a new boss. No more being tied to the phones and other people's schedules--he will be able to truly create how this new job will work and is excited to take on this challenge. It will be a key position for the company, so he will continue to build his resume and move up within the company.
As a bonus, he will be getting a pay raise (not huge, but more $$ we can put into savings!), and in addition, our landlord agreed to lower our rent by $100 a month! We re-signed our lease for another 18 months at this fantastic rate.
We are feeling very blessed and we trust that the Lord has his hand directly on this promotion. We always wonder why things don't work out, and perhaps it was just not a good fit for Ryan to be in sales at this time. Please pray for him and celebrate with us as he moves in this direction! This transition of roles will be coming very soon--probably within the next two weeks!
Thanks for your prayers and for loving us!
Ryan & Kristi
We have some exciting news to share...and I will let Ryan's e-mail he wrote me today do most of the explaining!
_______________________________________________________________
Hello My Queen,
I just wanted to send you a quick note and let you know how thankful I am for your support as I try and figure out what I am destined for in this crazy world. There are always things that we would like to do…Own a beachfront brewery and Lobster tail grill….but then reality hits and sometimes small steps are better than large leaps into uncertainty. I have always done things differently than most and for the most part I have learned a lot about myself as an individual and taking different paths has not always worked out. Case in point being how I chose my jobs after leaving college. It really has put a burden on me as the world does not hire on personality and drive. They hire on experience and specialization! I made choices in my past that have limited me on where and how far and fast I can move throughout the workplace. Knowing this now it is imperative that I stay with a company building my skill set internally, making connections and looking for or creating suitable positions. In short I will be able to climb the corporate ladder, not as fast as most, but climbing none the less.
Today I climbed a few rungs and was offered the position of Returned Goods Coordinator! I am literally the perfect candidate as we discussed last night and I am very excited at what this position will offer. Again, Baxa’s pay raises and promotions are based on a “Talent-Reward” style system where we as employees need to be able to justify our worth by keeping track of our goals and objectives and how efficient we were in meeting them. With this position being brand new I will have no shortage of objectives and goals to conquer-- thus letting all of the management in this company know that I am a “go getter” and can handle whatever comes my way! Really and truly exciting stuff! I am sitting at my desk filled with energy and excitement for what this will mean for me and our future. It isn’t a huge pay raise but a pay raise none the less and the truly exciting thing is the fact that I will be once again in control of my own destiny!
I love you so much and can’t thank you enough for your support and willingness to understand my sometimes scatterbrained needs. You are my queen!
Love,
Ryan
______________________________________________________________
As you all know, Ryan had been in hopes for breaking into the sales department at his company. We thought this change would be happening even before Christmas break. However, he still doesn't have a clear answer on if or when this would occur, so he began considering something else. A new position has been created called the Return Goods Coordinator, and he was offered this job today. He had seen the posting, but wasn't really considering applying for it due to his hopes of going into sales. After thinking it through, he decided that making some sort of movement and building on his skills was better that being frustrated in his current job and waiting for the sales team position which may never happen. He applied last night and when he got in this morning, his new boss, Brett (who we LOVE!) met with him and immediately offered him the job. Ryan will still be working with customers, but will be his own team with a new boss. No more being tied to the phones and other people's schedules--he will be able to truly create how this new job will work and is excited to take on this challenge. It will be a key position for the company, so he will continue to build his resume and move up within the company.
As a bonus, he will be getting a pay raise (not huge, but more $$ we can put into savings!), and in addition, our landlord agreed to lower our rent by $100 a month! We re-signed our lease for another 18 months at this fantastic rate.
We are feeling very blessed and we trust that the Lord has his hand directly on this promotion. We always wonder why things don't work out, and perhaps it was just not a good fit for Ryan to be in sales at this time. Please pray for him and celebrate with us as he moves in this direction! This transition of roles will be coming very soon--probably within the next two weeks!
Thanks for your prayers and for loving us!
Ryan & Kristi
Thursday, February 10, 2011
I have been contemplating for a long time how and what to write and post on our site. I seems as though we have all let this form of comunication just fall along the way side. Either we have talked or it seems too much of an effort to bring up this page and organize our thoughts. Since the end of 2010 I have been wanting to challenge each of us with a thought, a prayer, a motto. I am not sure what I would call it. And when I have finished this post it may only be to let you all know where I am in my walk with God and with all of you.
Last year your dad had the spiritual goal of giving God control. Because I had not taken the time to figure it out for myself, that became my goal by default. By mid-September and beyond I had dubbed 2010 as the year of "crap". Yet as I reflected back on the year I began to see that my "crap" became God's glory. He took what I could not carry and used it to bring glory.
So that brings me to the end of 2010. Let me share some of my journal....
"Search me, O God, and know my heart.
Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anythin in me that offends You,
And lead me along the path (Your path) of everlasting life".
Dec 27...
Lord it is over! Christmas time 2010. It has been a good one for us and many of our prayers were answered. Or rather we SAW the answers! My prayer is that You would continue to take the foundation that we have layed and build our family upon it. Again, rather would You be that foundation? Not of our making. Show us Your path for each of us. May our motto this year be COURAGE TO FOLLOW. Give me more insight and help me to cast a family vision on our family blog!
Dec 29
Lord will You be our guide? Not just mine but the family's! Matthew talked about the "Year of Joy", help me to challenge us to also give the mottor "Courage to follow". Strengthen us for what You ask. Set my feet on Your path and may my journey take me to a place of great joy and beauty. Only You know of the future. May You walk feside me, walk before me in the fog, walk behind me to push in the distress, but keep me moving along Your way.
Dec 31
Fill me Lord with your Holy Spirit. Not just today but each day. Equip me to follow You. First open my eyes and ears to see and hear You. Then give me peace of mind knowing I am in Your will. Finally give me courage to follow and in doing so, may I find true Joy!
I don't know what each of you are facing. I only know that I needed to write this. I don't know when each of you will read this. I am placing that in God's hand. That as you need it to encourage you, you would be lead to read this. I need your insight and encouragement that (or if) this was meaningful to you. You all fill me with joy! Know that each of you was prayed for today! Sorry this was so long and so long in coming!
Mom
Last year your dad had the spiritual goal of giving God control. Because I had not taken the time to figure it out for myself, that became my goal by default. By mid-September and beyond I had dubbed 2010 as the year of "crap". Yet as I reflected back on the year I began to see that my "crap" became God's glory. He took what I could not carry and used it to bring glory.
So that brings me to the end of 2010. Let me share some of my journal....
"Search me, O God, and know my heart.
Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anythin in me that offends You,
And lead me along the path (Your path) of everlasting life".
Dec 27...
Lord it is over! Christmas time 2010. It has been a good one for us and many of our prayers were answered. Or rather we SAW the answers! My prayer is that You would continue to take the foundation that we have layed and build our family upon it. Again, rather would You be that foundation? Not of our making. Show us Your path for each of us. May our motto this year be COURAGE TO FOLLOW. Give me more insight and help me to cast a family vision on our family blog!
Dec 29
Lord will You be our guide? Not just mine but the family's! Matthew talked about the "Year of Joy", help me to challenge us to also give the mottor "Courage to follow". Strengthen us for what You ask. Set my feet on Your path and may my journey take me to a place of great joy and beauty. Only You know of the future. May You walk feside me, walk before me in the fog, walk behind me to push in the distress, but keep me moving along Your way.
Dec 31
Fill me Lord with your Holy Spirit. Not just today but each day. Equip me to follow You. First open my eyes and ears to see and hear You. Then give me peace of mind knowing I am in Your will. Finally give me courage to follow and in doing so, may I find true Joy!
I don't know what each of you are facing. I only know that I needed to write this. I don't know when each of you will read this. I am placing that in God's hand. That as you need it to encourage you, you would be lead to read this. I need your insight and encouragement that (or if) this was meaningful to you. You all fill me with joy! Know that each of you was prayed for today! Sorry this was so long and so long in coming!
Mom
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