Holden & I we’re recalling our road trip and realized WOW! ‘Weeping Burrito’ was one year ago today! So in honor of the Weeping Burrito we are picking our blog duties back up. Last post was on January the 4th. A lot has happened since then. A whole lot……..(insert dreamlike flashback sequence here)
……….picking up where we left off, Holden did get the job at Pier 1 and worked there as Asst. Manager until June. That enabled us to buy the home that we currently live in. My wife is awesoooome. We love it. It’s a two-story brick colonial built in 1930. Three BR/2BA almost 2000 sqft. It’s got a cool old house feel, but it’s still in great shape. Got it for $110,000. Did I mention we love it?
This gave us the necessary space to give our family room to expand, which is great because we had our first baby, Whitt Thomas Hayes, on July 10 (John Calvin’s 500th BDay….yessss!). He’s pretty cool, but it took a few weeks. At first, of course, he would just sleep, eat, poop, eat, poop, sleep, poop…..you get the idea. But now he does cool stuff like smile and yell at me not unlike a Viking warrior preparing himself for battle. He also loves playing PattyCake with his Grrrraaandaddyyy…………. which is not like a Viking warrior at all. He’s still cool.
Holden is a stay at home momma. I don’t know how many of you know Holden personally, but for those of you who do know this to be true: She is uniquely qualified to be a great stay at home mom. She also serves as Head Nurturer, Chief Encourager, and Marketing/Hospitality Director of Hayes Homebuilders. I believe that qualifies as 3 or 4 FT jobs. She is also looking to add positions like Boo-boo Healer and Trainer at the Hayes Family Potty Institute (HFPI) She has the patience of Job and she’s gonna need it dealing with the 2 men in her life.
Hayes Homebuilders is weathering the storm that is 2009. We are in it for the long haul. We’re completing jobs and adding satisfied customers. We’ve begun our “marketing campaign”. It’s more guerrilla marketing than anything else, going to expos, joining networking groups, posting on Facebook and LinkedIn, etc. It’s been a tough first year, but the Lord has blessed us thus far and we pray He will continue to do so.
Hopefully, we will be updating this blog more often. Check back often!
