Ashley's First Photos as a Professional Photographer !!!!

I know I am her Mom....but I LOVE these pictures !!!

Way to go Ash !!!

Missy fell asleep while I was trying to clean this weekend. She was just too darn cute not to take a picture of her.

Ashley LOVES her new job....

The love of Photography is coming back to her. If you ask her directly, Ash will tell you very nonchalantly - yea, I like my new job. As her Mom, I don't gauge her by what she says - but her excitement. It is so nice to see her excited again.

When she went to AIP (The Art Institute of Pittsburgh), she lost the love of pictures. But being back in the Photography - just the boost she needed to love it again.

First couple days of work - no phone calls on her breaks. Which was a good thing. She really likes the girls she works with at Lifetouch. Now, I have gotten calls from her while she's on break....excited calls. Tells me what she's doing and what she was told - the last call from her break was asking me to stay up. She wanted to show me some pictures.

They have been helping each other - she was the model for the other girl. When she gives me those ones I will post some.

Just so nice to see her liking what she's doing.

Children update...

Well, first Ashley had her first day of work. It went well, she had a lot of company paper work to fill out. Then the girl that was training her ended up being really busy. So, Ash was an assistant for the day.

She has a full day today 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. So, hopefully it turns into a good day.

Now on to the BIG SHOCKER...
Justin is moving back home. We have been making him wait on the final decision for about 3 or 4 weeks now. We wanted to make sure this is what he really wanted - before he left Mohonk.

He has decided to move back to Kittanning. He called this morning and his last day at Mohonk will be November 10 and he will be coming back on Novemeber 14.

Say Cheeeesssseeee......

Ashley heard from Republic and it was a thank you for your interest but try again. She's doing great - she has a great attitude about it. She says that she met a lot of really nice people, that it was a great experience and she learned a lot. She said that she really sorta expected it. At the interview they were asked to stand up and say their name and what they do. Ash said her and one other girl were the only ones that weren't already flight attendants.

She still says she's glad she went.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) she starts her first day of work as a paid photographer !!!! yeaaaaa !!!!

She has everything lined up to start. They are to dress in all black - she's not too thrilled about that. She jokes that she has to look Goth. Black pants, Black Shirt, Black shoes, Black socks - yep even socks - they work in their bare feet so they want even your socks to be black too.

TODAY IS THE DAY !!!!

She was up early ready to go. The Republic airline were starting at 9:00 am. I got this picture right before she left her room to go to the interview

Ashley left for her Republic Airline interview

Our morning started with being on the road at 6:15am. We left Kittanning at around 6:30. We thought we had plenty of time, even a little oops time. WELL, I wasn't counting on an hour and 15 mins drive taking THREE HOURS. Between rush hour and construction - it killed our timing. With every mile that DIDN'T pass, my daughter panicked.

We got to the airport, got her through security and everything in time. She called me from the gate and was saying how she made it and the doors weren't even open. Just as she said that - they called her flight. So thankfully she was there RIGHT ON TIME.

She sent me a picture of her room.

Now to make it through tomorrow....

I have been on this lowering Cholesterol diet for a little while now. I have been pretty discouraged. It's a struggle for me and especially since you really don't know if you accomplishing anything or not....well, OK...not until you go back and have the blood tests done.

I haven't weighed myself since the doctor's office....which, I was pretty horrified at what their scale said. I noticed my pants were fitting better the other morning. I decided to go weigh myself. I have lost 13 lbs since starting this diet.

I am excited. It actually helps me to stick to the diet now. I guess it's being able to see that - at least it's working in one way. Kevin has been on the diet too. He's lost about 8 lbs so far. So we're both pretty excited.

Kevin had his wisdom tooth out on Thursday. He was pretty sore. The poor guy was miserable. He walked in the door and I said - oh, I figured they would pack it. Turns out it wasn't packed - he had A LOT of swelling. The roots of the tooth were wrapped around his jaw bone. So it was a challenge for the dentist. Six stitches and a pretty sore jaw later - the tooth is out !!