Jordan's senior prom. Hannah's 1st.

my fav

What. A. Day. Spent the afternoon doing hair and makeup for the girls, then a photo shoot of course. Even though Michael wasn't allowed to attend the dance he showed up for pictures with Jordan and even brought her a corsage. So sweet. Then they headed off in a limo with their friends.

I, however, decided to quit being jealous of all their dancing fun, and on our date tonight I dragged Josh to a dance class. Tonight we learned to Cha Cha and Tango. It was SO much fun. We laughed, we stepped on each others toes, I had to learn to quit dragging him around the floor and let him lead, and eventually, we got it. We did really good. Josh especially. He has that whole counting, rhythm thing down. Duh. It was so amazingly fun, and I was so grateful that he was such a good sport and even enjoyed himself.
Pictures of the girls will come tomorrow. We are Exhausted.

my big toes after dancing. the damage is from me kicking his shoes, not him stepping on mine :)

Hannah has inherited Josh's RayBans that he wore in high school. #1 - How on earth has he managed to not lose them? #2 - How can we be old enough to have high schoolers ourself? #3 - We are so old that these have come back in style?














This week so far.... we have shopped for headpieces and jewelry for prom, tried different hairstyles for prom, practiced makeup for... prom. (even Hannah!), gotten senior picture framed and ready for display.. at prom, and been to the final dance classes.. for prom, been round and round trying to work out everyone's transportation to and from.. prom, and prom's afterparty. Tomorrow will bring a search for a triple barrel curling iron??
I think there might be a prom coming on Friday. Hannah's 1st, Jordan's last.

Hannah got a speeding ticket in a school zone today. It was only 3:30 in front of the junior high that gets out at like 4:10 or something. No flashing lights, but apparently the sign said 3:30 and we missed it. No kids in sight anywhere, parents hadn't even started lining up yet. But no warning for her at all, just a very expensive ticket.

My Saturday CHL class was interesting. Well, actually it was pretty dull, but it was nice to hang out with some friends. We are all excellent shooters and the test was easy.

This Sunday will be my last Sunday running Camera 1 at church. Apparently I have been "promoted" to tv director for the foreseeable future in the overflow sanctuary. I haven't decided whether I'm excited about this or if I'm hurt and discouraged. A new guy who is in charge seems to think we should all grow up his perceived chain of command, assuming we all just want to be in production and we don't care where. But I didn't join media to be involved in Imag or lights or producing. I was a photographer interested in growing into tv cameras. But since I am now a grown up and I don't react in my emotional state, I didn't whine or quit. I will just keep praying and showing up until I hear God say it's time to go. IF He does.

I am so tired and my heart is so heavy and I don't even completely know why.

This happened right before I pulled into Costco. A light post rusted out at the bottom and just fell over onto this car, the big metal light box falling through the front windshield into the seat. If the driver would have still been in it, she would have been killed. Luckily she was inside the store. When I pulled up after being delayed several times(thank you God), there were people running over to investigate, so it must have just occurred. I took this when I was done shopping and they had made a fence out of carts to rope off the area with these carts so no one would come near. Total freak accident, scary.

My baby girl had her first non church, paying, gig tonight. So proud of her. She apparently did fabulous and had to improvise a lot and even led these pros at times. So impressed with her.
Tomorrow I take my 10 hour class for my concealed handgun license. There will be lots of friends in the class, so it should be tons o fun.

I got to have lunch with René today and I currently have a couch full of guys watching Spurs vs Lakers, It's a good day.

Ok, I honestly forgot I had a blog for the last week. I guess my head has been elsewhere.
We picked up and tried on Jordan's cap and gown, got graduation announcements and started mailing them. Got a notification that Jordan got a scholarship (small, but I'll take it) from A&M. This is getting too real ya'll.
Both girls have been attending dance class for their formal coming up. Hannah, who I was worried wouldn't like it, is actually loving it. And speaking of Hannah she led a song this weekend in youth and apparently "came alive" according to a leader, she was jumpin all around and talking to the kids, really leading them in worship. So proud of my girls.
 Josh is headed to South Korea and China soon, then shortly after he returns is J's graduation, then she and I are headed for Thailand.     Crazy, emotional season.
 I have been training to be tv director at church, it's a new kinda fun job. New guy wants us all to be cross trained on something. It's basically calling shots to the camera people and switching them on the live screen and live stream.
 There will be lots of pictures and emotional posting in the coming weeks, so this serves as your warning..

me and my driver

An aerial view of our property on Easter. The closest parking lot there is full of 100 busses that shuttled the 15,000.

Ok, I'm done now. I will quit posting pics of our Easter service. It was just a very cool experience for all of us involved, and I wanted to have pictures for me to remember it by in my blog. :)

Happy Easter !!!

epic

Exodus

photo by (Ralph Barrera / American-Statesman) Hannah in the choir

(Ralph Barrera / American-Statesman) Tebow greeting Joe

my tripod

my spot

Set up is complete. Tomorrow starts rehearsals. Blood, sweat and tears have already been shed, and sunburn, exhaustion and soreness has set in. But it's just gettin good. .

This whole event has taken on a life of its own in the press. Today we were headline news on Drudge report,the Journal, NFL.com, New York Times, etc.. even Jay Leno on the tonight show made a joke about it..
This could be utter chaos  in a good way :)
I don't think anyone expected this kind of exposure, or the criticism that has come with it. I'm excited to be a part of this historic time in our church. 

Devotion

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Saturday morning pre production meeting, tuesday night rehearsal, thursday/ friday all day set up, 7am saturday morning set up and run through, 5:00AM call time Sunday morning. What on earth am I up against this week you might ask??  Just Easter at our church. Go big or go home, right? As I've mentioned before Tim Tebow is coming to speak and we have hired a 90 bus crew for transporting people to and from the property, a stage crew, lighting crew, sound crew, etc.. but we are using our own film crew (including yours truly) for all the video. We can't livestream it, but it will broadcast at a later date(after editing) and shown live on our jumbotrons?? I am supposedly running the onstage camera (unless I can talk my way out of it beforehand). I don't like being seen, but I will do as I'm asked, I'm here to serve. The whole event is taking place on top of our hill that hasn't been built on yet, which is why we have this huge labor need. It will be a ginormous undertaking.  However, I can't help but to be upset that my husband is not part of the band team. Too old, not hip enough, not sure why, cause no one seems to have an answer, but it's just not cool and I'm having a hard time with my attitude about that whole thing. He's been there nearly 8 years and has been a solid member, and they're using a guy who's been there about a month. I'm sure they have their reasons, but it still doesn't feel good. But........I am a firm believer in God's delays and ways working out for our good. So there is a reason for it all, and apparently God does not want him on that stage; something about it would alter his life in a way that's not supposed to happen. Period. You either believe God is in control or he isn't. So I guess it's my turn to give myself away for this event and I'm happily going to do it. If just one person hears the Word of God and believes, it will be worth the blood,sweat and tears I'm sure to give this week.