Sunday Snapshot - the unexpected

{Easter Sunday}

Certainly not your standard Easter photos with children

dressed up after a church service and either hunting for eggs

or holding their baskets.

I did take one of those with the camera in my phone,
and intended to take more photos of the kids with their Easter baskets with my
big camera, but that didn't happen.

 Grace and Will wanted to play.

So play they did while we waited for my family arrive 

for Easter dinner yesterday afternoon.

(A serious Superman above).

Grace was pushing Superman on the tire swing
and you can tell how he felt about it!

Taken with my Nikon d700 (with my favorite lens right now), the 35mm 1.4

Settings were:

f/ 2.8
ISO 320
1/3200

 (I wanted a fast shutter speed to freeze the movement of the tire swing).

I used Florabella's Classic Color, 1968 and Soft Warmth actions
to edit these.

14 months ago my husband Dan started looking for a new job

because his company was struggling.

He traveled all over the country to interviews

and there were several 'almost' offers.

We were on a roller coaster and not a fun one.

2 months ago his company shut down without any notice.

No job, no severance...ouch!

So he stepped up his job search and got an offer on Friday!!

It was a wonderful surprise for Easter and honestly I think

we're still on 'cloud 9.'

For now we're staying put and aren't moving but

it's highly likely we will be in a year or two to Northern California. :)

If you know Dan and I well, we are 

soft spoken, low-key people, who love to laugh, and love

our children and family more than life itself.

We have a quiet, but strong faith in God.

God was in the details of all of this, in ways too numerous to count.

My own life lesson from the last 14 months has been to completely trust in Him.

Always.

We're praising and thanking God!!!

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own

understanding; in all ways acknowledge him,

and he will makes your paths straight."

~ Proverbs 3:5-6