Time for an update...

Sorry for the long hiatus in blogging. Maybe once classes get started, Travis has to start writing papers, and people get busy doing school things, my life will calm down a bit and I will have more time to devote to blogging. We shall see...

Anyway, here is what is going on in our lives. I will start with the youngest member of the family- Peeper. He has learned to climb for those of you who weren't aware. He can't be kept in his room anymore because he knows how to climb the fence...literally. Watch this video to see what I am talking about:


Other than just being playful, being a little boy, and being a bit spastic, not much has changed in his life.

Travis starts his final year (hopefully) of PhD classes next Tuesday (Aug. 22). We are pretty excited about that. Once he is ABD (All But Dissertation- aka done with ALL classwork and writing the BIG paper) we shall see where we go...stay in NOLA, move to the Carolinas, move to Hawaii (haha), only God knows what we will do (literally.) He is still working for the Baptist College Partnership and is the Teaching Assistant for 2 professors. He has applied for the Director of Alumni Relations position on campus but we haven't heard anything about that yet. Maybe we will hear something once school gets started and things settle down a bit. He is also still the Minister of Education & Inreach at First Baptist Church, Marrero, LA. We love that church and its people. They are GREAT!

I am still working for the ProDoc program here on campus. I enjoy my job and work with great people who keep me entertained (always a good thing.) I have enrolled in a photography school. I am working on getting a diploma in Professional Photography from the New York Institute of Photography. One day, whenever we get around to having kids, I would like to be able to supplement our income by taking pictures of "stuff"- not quite sure what area I will specialize in. Therefore, I have been taking lots of pictures lately and trying to get to know my new Canon 35mm SLR camera. Hopefully, the pictures will improve as I learn more and become more acquainted with my camera. I am also still making baskets. In fact, I've had a woman from Oregon express interest in Just the Wright Basket but I haven't heard anything since I mailed her a brochure. I hope that isn't a bad sign... I have kind of started my own "ministry" (if that is what you want to call it) at our church. I manage our church blog and keep it up-to-date with things going on in the church and pictures of some of the events. Check it out by clicking here.

All in all, that is about it. Maybe something exciting will happen soon so I can blog about it (hopefully, not a hurricane...) Until then.....