Carson's 3rd Birthday

I must say we had a good time at Carson's 3rd birthday party.

We held it at our house and kept the number of kids down to a few. They all had a blast with two jumpies, Barbie jeep, bubbles, cars and other fun things like our playset. Thanks to all who came out, Carson, Cody and I thank you for your love and support.

Here is a video I put together in iMovie from some of the shots I got from my Nikon D60 and the Insignia Flash Camcorder I was carrying around.

Enjoy!!!!
Posted on 9/12/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comments »

Labor on Labor Day

I wish I could say I did nothing on "Labor Day" but that would be a false statement. Although I will probably not be able to move in the morning I did get a pretty good bit done.

First things first my wonderful wife let me sleep till about 9:30 am and then took the kids to her Mom and Dad's to let the boys play in the dirt. While they were gone I got out in the yard and started cleaning up since we are having Carson's 3rd party here this weekend. I then rode up to Mom and Dad's and picked up the hedge trimmers and brought it back to the house to straighten up some bushes that grow rapidly around our house. I must warn anyone who is going to do this and doesn't do it on a regular basis. Get in shape before handling a hedge trimmer, my upper body is killing me. I finished some touch up painting that needed to be done, although I found more to do after I was done and dipped my hand into paint thinner.(hint: Oil base paint does not wash of a brush so don't grab it with your hands to try and get it off.)

Got a lot to do this week as well. I am going to take of Wednesday and Thursday to try and accomplish all I have to do. Finishing things around the house for the party, finishing some video stuff, spending quality time with the kids and Cody and making sure that my walk is growing with God(not necessarily in that order).

There are a lot of things going on with Cody and myself and we want to make sure that we re doing the right thing. We have felt that we are going in the right direction and will continue to do so until we feel we need to make another change. Having said that we are going to be making changes so we are able to enjoy our time with each other and our beautiful children. Finances are what is on the front burner right now. After attending the Financial Learning Experience at Newspring with Joe Sangl(check this site out for a ton of budgeting tips) we are going to sell everything we have so we don't owe any money, J/K. We are though going to be making some changes and budgeting a little(a lot) better. So keep us in your prayers and if anyone wants to buy a house and two cars let me know. :-)

Enjoy your week and may God bless you and your family.

Posted on 9/07/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , | 0 Comments »

It's Friday...

So for the past few months my Friday's have been crazy and this one was no different.

I have at least 4 conference calls each Friday for my J O B and sometimes 6. On the days I have six my schedule is as follows:

9am - 10am
10:15am - 10:45am
11:00am -12:00pm
1:00pm - 2:00pm
2:15pm - 2:45pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Today was one of those days. On the days I have four calls I don't have the 10:15am and 2:15pm calls which are for new reps and usually there are no one on those calls but I have to sit on a conference number for about 5 or 10 minutes just to make sure no one shows up. It is a very lonely feeling when that happens.

On Fridays I try to use the time in between calls to play around with the Adobe suite(After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator) and some other stuff like Reason, Pro Tools, and my latest addition to my toys the wonderful 15" MacBook. I am still in the process of loading Pro Tools and Reason on the Mac but will have to eventually by the Adobe Suite for Mac when I can scrounge up a couple thousand dollars, unless one of you who are reading this want to be super generous and sling me a few G's to get that started.

Here is my latest test on a series Revolution Church is starting on September 20th. This is just a test and more than likely the finished product will look nothing like this. I have been trying new things and most of the time realize that it looks terrible so I have to ask some design pals of mine for help.

Moral = Go to college!!!

Here is the link. Hope you enjoy and let me know your opinions...PLEASE!!!!

Have a wonderful and safe Labor Day Weekend.
Posted on 9/04/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments »

Blog a Day & Making it Count

Hey guys

I hope all is well with you and your families.

I am going to try a Blog a Day schedule and wanted to explain and start that with this post. I am basically going to use this a a way to communicate what 140 characters can't explain. I will probably not be posting super profound messages but things that relate to my everyday walk and things that are happening to me and my family.

I want to first thank everyone who reads this, if there is anyone. I love being able to let people know what is happening with my family and I, even though you may not care :-).

With every day I come across decisions that will effect myself and my family and just ask that you pray for us as we try to make the decision God would have us make. The first thing right now is Budget. We attended the Joe Sangl Financial Learning Experience last night at Newspring Anderson and had a blast. Check out his website for awesome budgeting tools and links that can help you save money.

Another thing is our family Schedule. We are going to be sitting down to plan out our time so we(@acriswifee and I) can make sure that we are spending enough, and quality, time with our children, each other and alone.

As a father I have lately come to realize that sitting on the couch in the same room is not "quality" time with my family. That is why we are going to "schedule our fun". Making and taking time to cut off from the world and focus on my family, my wife and myself. I pray that any fathers who read this will do the same because other than God these people are all you got. MAKE IT COUNT.

So that is today's blog fart. I hope you enjoy.

Josh(ACRIS)
Posted on 9/02/2009 by djacris and filed under | 3 Comments »