End of August

Many lodges are dark now, so I have been able to do some personal fun things, like photo shoots lately.  As I said in my last post, I was able to photograph a Make A Wish presentation party for 4 year old JoJo.  Sometimes the term "life changing" is over used, and in this case I may not say it was life changing, but it certainly was "path affirming", if that makes sense?  It has helped us see that the path we have chosen is certainly one that makes life a little better for people, and greatly increases the joy in my life to be able to provide the little bit of happiness to others.

After the Make A Wish party, we headed to Bellingham to do some photos at Larrabee State Park.  We met up with Past Grand Worthy Advisor Taylor and headed to the park for some golden hour time.  I love finding new locations and the fact that I can usually find a Rainbow Girl, majority or active, nearby to test the location out is a huge bonus!

Monday was a day off from work, so what do we do?  We grab another majority Rainbow Girl and head to a new location to see what we can do!  Sophie joined us on this day and we headed to Rattlesnake Lake!  Stunning location and great model made for some amazing photographs.

Tuesday was back to Lodge in Sultan-Monroe and being still the summer "dark" season attendance was limited, but we got some important work done with the group we had.  As always, the conversations at Sultan-Monroe were extremely interesting and educational.  We discussed some Masonic topics in Lodge, then continued those conversations in our after hours discussions.

Wednesday I attended a meeting with the District 8 Resource team where we learned about the direction the VWB Larry Foley wanted to go and provided input and recommendations for the future of the resource team.  Looking forward to great things from our Deputy!

Friday night was time for us.  Robin and I attended the Mariner game and cheered them on to victory!  There was music and fireworks after the game.  With all we do, we do try and do things for us too, that is so very important.

Saturday off to Leavenworth for a Cornerstone at the Peshastin-Dryden Elementary School.  What a great facility this is.  Remodeled are renovated to bring education to a new level.   After the cornerstone we returned to Everett for the Scottish Rite night at the Aquasox.  It was great time for fellowship, brotherhood, and FIREWORKS!  The Sox unfortunately gave up 6 runs in the 9th inning and lost, but it was still a great night!

The last event of the weekend was off to the East side of the mountains on Sudnay for a wedding!  Congratulations to Majority Rainbow Girl Khatya on a beautiful lakeside ceremony.  Bonus of the day, we got to see her sisters Ahnja and Rhya who now live in Arizona but were back for the wedding.

I so look forward to all of these, but like I said, no matter how much good you are doing, no matter what you are doing to make a difference in the world in your little ways, always remember to take time to take care of you!  All too often I will forget to put things on the calendar and someone will call and ask about a Masonic event or a Photography shoot, and I didn't put the special day for us on the calendar so I fill it with something else.  If you are always busy like us, schedule that time for yourselves and don't forget to put it in writing on the calendar!

Until Next Time!  Be ALL In!