The big movie

We have been working diligently on our movie for the family reunion film festival in Utah. We don't want to give too much away, but our movie "Bike Shorts" was inspired by a trip to a local park and this children's exhibit there. For those of you not part of this family reunion, we should warn you that you might be receiving our little movie as your Christmas present from us this year. We have had quite a lot of fun putting this together and while the production quality is pretty low (considering that we shot the entire first short story with the wrong setting on our digital camera, we are not exactly a professional outfit), we still hope the final product will capture some of the spirit of our endeavor.

Staying in Tennessee

This week I signed the contract with my department, so we are committed to staying in Tennessee at least for three years, and probably much longer.

Because my promotion involves a substantial pay raise, once we get back from vacation we will probably start looking for a bigger house, hopefully closer to work. We simply have outgrown our current home. The two girls have really struggled to share their small room, and it would be nice to be able to put them in separate rooms. Because I need to spend a lot more time at work, it would also be helpful to cut my commute time to as little as possible. Hopefully we can afford to do both.