January-February 2009

	Jobs, Jobs, It's All About Jobs! The news this past several months is primarily wrapped up in the jobs arena. No pictures. Consider this: Dan just resigned his high-flying job with Avanade to take a lower-paying but non-traveling job with Interactive Intelligence Inc, located right here in Indy. He wants to spend more time with Laura and Nathan. Joe resigned from a solid take-no-chances job with Northrop-Grumman to take his chances working from home for a small start-up company headed by a friend of the Flinks. More risk, but greater opportunities for growth. Andy just found out he'll be laid off from his factory job as Eaton Industries moves jobs from Greenfield to Mexico. Fortunately, he'll have the rest of his college degree in business paid for (he's in his 3rd year now). Emily awaits her Brazilian visa to resume her work with the International School in Carpina, Brazil. Luke graduated from Purdue University at Christmas and is frustrated at the lack of jobs in Financial Planning. He's planning to go back to school to get a degree in Nursing, while the economy is in the stinks. Fortunately, (or unfortunately if you're the patient) Chas' work in Cardiology has not abated.
	Nathan 7 Month Pictures This kid is just getting too cute for his own good. Crawling at warp speed, he's not easy to photograph. And he never stops!
	Toboggan Run Fun We had one really good snow that allowed us to make a pretty decent ice run this year. It was great to have neighbors and friends stop by to enjoy the fun with us.
	Jon Plays Upward Basketball A local church has begun an already very successful community outreach called Upward basketball. It's everything that's good about sports, with the Gospel and character lessons on top. Very impressive. Jonathan has enjoyed every minute, and has gotten awards for memorizing his Bible verses!
	A Few Other Pix Dan's 32nd birthday and a couple of others.
	Panoramas Several more panoramas of the back yard. I've collected one of these pictures representing nearly every month of the year. Notice the trampoline disappeared between the January and February entries: 50 mph winds came through the area, taking down trees, and depositing the trampoline in the farmers field across the street. It was mangled beyond repair.

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