Alright, I was playing around with some funny titles but its been a long weekend. Perhaps I better just spend my time talking about what is going on and then uploading these 17 pictures I have staged. I have been with Network General for 8 years in July and have been in sales management for 5 years in the same position. I was asked to fulfill a new role in sales management in February of this year and have been building 2 new sales teams. It has been a challenge- one of the toughest so far but we had a good first quarter and God has certainly been with me/us. 
The approach is the same even if the job changes: Work hard and "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you." The key is: work hard. Be faithful. Seek God/spend time with him. Trust God- put him first. One of the key Bible passages of my life is Psalm 37. It is pretty much my creed. I like the first few verses a lot which I'll notate below however I really love all of it and meditate on it and pray it a lot. King David of Israel was the instrument God used to write it and he certainly had the challenges, blessings, and the need to trust God in his life- he lived these truths. 
Verses 1-6 are a good flavor of it, "Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."
There is a lot of application there if you spend some time on it. I can boil it down to how it has blessed my life:- Trust God and don't worry about what others are doing
- Force yourself not to stress and complain, not because you don't see the
problems but because with God as your foundation you have hope and help
- Keep on working and don't run away from problems - again because you trust God
- Put God first in everything and in the long run you will be blessed
- Oh by the way- it works, just have to make Jesus your Savior and put him first
Jamie and I were blessed with a sales award trip to Kauai, Hawaii last week. We were there from Sunday 5/21 through Thursday 5/25. We were able to rest a lot as well as see some great sights. Kauai was absolutely beautiful and we feel very blessed we were able to go. 
Maddie was in a wedding today along with some of her former school friends. "Miss Jenny" got married and she loved her former class so much she invited the kids to be in the wedding. It was a sweet time and we were so proud of Maddie. I got to do the daddy/daughter dance along with all the dads. It was so fun and crazy because all the friends from the daycare at one point spontaneously took over the dance floor and were dancing with each other- it was so cute! It was like a movie that it happened so spontaneously, I have a picture of that above as well.
Noelle is doing great, she is saying a few more words and getting along great. Maddie is such a sweet little "mommy" figure to Noelle, she does great with her. They are both so adorable and sweet.
