One word...Busy.

With Lots of white roses, sore feet and many smiling faces they got hitched. I was so busy with other things I never once took my camera out of my purse to even take one picture. I am relying on Kevin and Judy from RI to email me some when they get a chance...please??!

Monday was back to the grind at work and indeed there was some grinding. Wearing big girl panties is sometimes not an easy task, but you have to do it. So to a little hard work and extra hours I say bring it on I'm ready... I'll take a vacation later.

So unfortunately my blogging may not be more than once a week and probably short and sweet until something worth talking about happens other than just work.

Wedding Bells!

Johnathon's brother Jeremy will be wed this weekend to his fiance' Heather. Cute couple, don't you think? So due to the fact that I have been coordinating this grand event my post have been few. Johnathon is also participating in the wedding as "best man" which by-the-way is a wonderful title for him and should be permanent because he is just that wonderful! Our 4 year anniversary is on Thursday so I'm getting a little sweet on him. =)

Anyways...I think everything will go well and this will be a grand event to be remembered.

You know you have arrived when...

Ladies and Gentlemen we are big timers now. How do you know you are moving up in the world as a business?? You have matching office furniture! J. Levens Builders, Inc. has just undergone a major milestone. In October we started building a new office building that would triple our size and we moved in on Monday! This was no easy task; but we did it and we were only down for about 10 hours. Here is my office before (old office):

So you might be thinking "Wow, Ali you must really be at the bottom of the food chain" sad thing is all the offices looked like that. Now for the after picture (New office):

It is a glorious day! Yes, that is a pink hard hat on top of the overhead storage. I may work in the construction industry; but mind you I work it in-style. he he he.

Internet Filter...

My Internet filter decided last night that it no longer was going to allow me to post on my blog. However, I could view it. Go figure!

As promised, but delayed, here are some pics of our trip to Pixabaj, Guatemala. The purpose of our trip was to aid in building Phase 2 of a private, sponsor funded, Christian school. This school is part of a ministry called Outpost Ministry http://www.theoutpostministry.com/




The kids attending this school are unable to afford an education so through sponsorships these kids are able to attend school and not only receive a good education, but also learn about Jesus Christ.

The first pic is of J and I with 8 of the 10 kids my parents sponsor at the school. We had a great team of people who went from our church and some other gentlemen who met up with us in Houston that joined our church team. I happen to be the only female on the team of 13. I was responsible for feeding everyone and making sure they did not contract some horrible parasite from using unclean water. I'll have you know by day 2 I had the whole "boil the water to wash the dishes in" to a perfect science and how to use the water twice to conserve what little we had. It was a lot of hard work and manual labor but it was worth it.

The hardest part of the whole trip was certainly the challenge of drying my hair. Forget the language barrier and parasite invested water. I consider myself a rather resourceful kinda gal when the "going-gets-tough" as can be seen here, I was able to adjust quite nicely.
You might be wondering "From the looks of your surroundings in the last picture you surely had an electrical outlet to plug-in a hair dryer...why the oven?" Well it's simple...you can not take a hair dryer on mission trip to a 3rd world environment and expect the Lord to move in your life fully...and I was trying to impress my husband with my false sense of humility by packing the least amount possible. That's it in a nut shell. I would like to write more to inform you about Zach formerly known as "the boy"; however, I must leave to go have my nails done.

Pictures and Stories to follow...

I am well aware there are 2 very important updates I need to give: 1. being Zach formally known as "the boy", yes we were officially introduced. 2. our trip to Pixabaj, Guatemala. Do not fret my faithful readers...yeah- I know there are only 2 or 3 of you, but it sounds good to say that...I will be blogging tonight during the American Idol commercials and bring our life up-to-date in the blogging world.
Chow