The VP of Awesome

I've been meaning to write this post for almost a week now, but you know... life. Finally I've found some time to brag on my husband.

Fred is a pretty amazing guy. Now, I know a lot of women say that. I mean, who wants to admit that they married someone who is less than awesome? But in my case, it really is true.

On August 12th, we found out that Fred had received a huge promotion at work. And seriously, it couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy (again, I know I'm his wife, but hear me out).

Fred started working for his company back in 1996, when we were living in Vancouver. When it was bought out by an American company, he was offered a job with the company in San Francisco. When it moved offices to Dallas, he was again given the option to move as well.

Anytime I come to see him at his office, his co-workers constantly tell me what a great guy Fred is. The women in his office threw me a baby shower (at his work, no less) when I was pregnant with Elise. It had nothing to do with me, but rather reflected how well-liked Fred is.

The same can be said about his clients and vendors. All you have to do is look at the donation page for Team Elise. A majority of the donations have come from them.

I don't think they make people like Fred anymore. He is one of the hardest working people I have ever met; willing to go the extra mile no matter who asks him. "That's not my job" is not part of his vocabulary. I've touched on this before, but since we moved to the U.S., Fred has been the sole income earner for our family; due to visa (immigration, not credit card) issues. That would put huge amounts of stress on anyone, but Fred has never, not ONCE, complained about it. It is because of him that during these tough economic times, we are doing fine.

And now he has finally been given a job that reflects his work ethic. And I could not be prouder of him. Well done, Mr. Vice President!

Check out our "new" house

So we have this friend, Camron, who is this technical whiz-kid (although he's not a kid anymore, but he's young and he's smart). He has a company called Visual Worshiper that uses light and projection to create awe-inspiring images that enhance the worship experience at churches and conferences across the U.S. It really is something to see.

The other day he was asking if anyone wanted him to come by and have their house "projectioned onto" (my term, not his), and we jumped at the chance to liven up the outside of our house.

A few of my favourites:

She's a brick... house.

Our house... if we lived in Venice, Italy

Ohhhhh, pretty!

Our house on fire... it was a lot less hot than I thought it would be.

We're going to use this shot when we put our house up for sale.

Saved the best for last, our sweet daughter on the front of our house. She's even cuter when she's huge!