White Thanksgiving???

Since there is ice everywhere, I thought that this would be a great time to share some pics and video from Thanksgiving. We travelled to Abilene and was greeted with about 4 inches of snow! Needless to say it made the day more exciting that it would've been.

Enjoy!!!

Job Change Part Two!

So when we last left the Sawyer family, Phylliese said "SO LONG!" to the man and began staying home with the kiddos. Tom was taking care of a small network and loving life. Raiden, Merry, and Joy were beginning preparations for "Me and My Girl."

In this episode, things have changed. BIG TIME!!!

As I typically like to do, I updated my resume and put it out on Monster to see what I could find. Not thinking I would change jobs or anything.

After one week of my new resume being active I had 3 recruiters contacting me about jobs. One recruiter got my attention by telling me he had the perfect position for me. He also stated that the location was REALLY close to where I was currently working. He wasn't lying either. The company is right next door to Mercer.

I went over to Lopez Foods for my interview. It was a Monday afternoon. Meet with the IT director and their system support dude. They asked me to come back and and test for them on Thursday. I took the test on Thursday. It absolutely kicked my booty. Apparently I did pretty well. After reviewing my test, the entire IT team came into the conference room to do a "Firing Line" interview with me. Five people were firing questions left and right to me. I answered them all and had some fun with it too. I left thinking I did well but wasn't so sure they were going to offer me.

Come Friday morning, I am driving to North Texas, which was a regular occurrence for me at Mercer. At 8:30am I received a phone call from the recruiter offering me the position at Lopez for a lot more pay and an AMAZING benefits package. I accepted it immediately.

So I started this past Monday at Lopez Foods and just finished my first week. I am now responsible for portions of a MUCH larger, MUCH more complex network. I finally get my hands on Cisco equipment. Plus I am part of a team. Although I prefer to call them "people I can now blame." :)

IN OTHER NEWS - The house isn't moving. We have a realtor now and have not been overly impressed. However, we understand that November/December is not the best time to sell a house.

Raiden, Merry, and Joy are in the production of "Me and My Girl"at the Family Theater Warehouse January 4-6, 2008. Raiden will be on stage for all four shows. Merry and Joy will take part in the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon performances. If you want tickets let us know.

We turned off our home phone and now are entirely mobile.

You can now go to www.sawyersgonewild.com to get here. :) I bought that domain and a bunch of others.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas season!!!