Easter Funny...I mean, Easter Bunny.

Painting

Ever since we moved into our house we have called one of our spare bedrooms the 'blue room.' Surprisingly, we called it the 'blue room' because it was blue. Really, really, blue.

This is Deviny's confused face

We still haven't painted the fan

But here is a splash of one of the new colors in the 'blue room.' We also painted parts of it white.

Hummingbird

Emily and I have finally come to the realization that what people have been telling us is true: we are terrible bloggers. Actually, let me clarify that we just have a really hard time blogging when we are both in school. Now that at least one of us (me!!!) is done with school I thought I'd work on catching everyone up on what we've done for the last few months...

On March 5th and 6th Emily and took a group of about 40 of her students to a nearby music camp called Hummingbird to work on some of their competition pieces and to have a little bit of fun. Emily and I had an awesome time and I think most of the kids did, too. Oh, and they learned a lot as well.

Troy gets one-on-one time with one of the clinicians.

Streeeeetch. FYI: the three guys in the middle never actually figured out how to bend at the hip.

Time for a break...

...and a hike!

As you can see, the views at Hummingbird were awesome!

Time for more work...

Bus ride!

Invested Here.

The bank I work for is currently undergoing a re-branding and along with that they are spending a little bit of money on advertising. The name of the bank here in Albuquerque has changed from First Federal Bank to Washington Federal.

Here's are a short ad we will be showing in movie theaters. We've got a bunch of billboards going up here in Albuquerque and we're advertising in the newspaper, radio and on buses, too. If you live in Texas, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon or Washington--be sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled over the next few months for similar adverts.

Bob's New Job

Most readers of the BBBBlog know that I graduated from UNM in May of 2008 with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance. The Monday after graduation I started work at First Federal Bank as a Commercial Credit Analyst. Basically, when a business wanted a loan from our bank I would analyze the businesses' tax returns and financial statements and help make a decision as to whether or not we should loan them money.

Staring at tax returns and crunching numbers all day long was interesting (for a while), but a few weeks ago another opportunity opened up. The Branch Manager at our branch left unexpectedly and my boss told me that he wanted me to apply for the job. There are several aspects of this job that I don't have any experience with, including working with deposits, producing loans, and managing workers, but I feel like it could be a very good experience for me.

Well, I've just completed my first full week as the newest Branch Manager at the First Federal Bank. It was a crazy first week on the job--our deposits were up 22% and I'd like to take all the credit for the deposit growth, but most of it has to do with the awesome employees we have at the branch and a recent bank failure in Albuquerque that has driven a lot of deposits our way.

On a related note, First Federal has now been owned by Washington Federal Savings for three years and we are finally going to be changing our name over. I'll keep you posted (with pictures) as we get new paint and new signs at the branch.

I've got a lot to learn over the next few weeks and months, but I'm really excited for the opportunity and the challenge. Let me know if any of you need a CD, a checking account or if you need a mortgage loan!