I am ecstatic but so very sad to share the most recent Smith Family news. Friday morning we traveled to Willcox for a job interview Cody had. It was perfect timing because we were already making the trip to Safford for the annual light parade. Late that afternoon Cody received a call and found out that he got the job. We were so excited!!! Then we started to have all of the stress of the upcoming changes set in. We are still so happy that we have been given this blessing. Unfortunately the company Cody is currently at has not been doing that well and they have had to make a lot of cuts. We worried everyday that he would come home without a job. Luckily that has not been the case. The new position will give him so many opportunities to learn and grow, and will take away much of that worry. But in the next couple of weeks we will have to leave our home, our family and friends in Tucson, and the place we have built our lives for the last three years. On the other hand, this will be a great new start and I am sure it will provide us with many new adventures. We will miss everyone so very much and hope that we will have the opportunity to make new friendships in our new home! We will keep everyone posted on our progress and hope to stay in touch with those we are leaving here.
So I have been super swamped with photography sessions over the last few weeks because of the holidays. And I am loving it! However, the whole reason we invested in our camera was so we could get quality pictures of our family. So we decided that we were going to get ready and head out to do our own session. With that comes it's own difficulties. Joshua decided to sleep longer than normal and had to be woken up so we could make it before it was too dark so he was a little grouchy (as you can see in the pictures), but we made it work. Cody got really creative and found was to get Josh to look at the camera like throwing rocks at it. It's a good thing he's got a good aim. It became a game, we would count to 3, Cody would throw it, and we would snap some shots. On top of a grouchy boy, we left later than we had planned which left us with only a half hour of time to get shots before it was too late. The light was not the best, but the pictures are still special to me. A special thanks to Grammy Talley for Joshua's handsome Christmas outfit! Enjoy taking a look at our adventure.
