So I thought that I might jot down a few thoughts!

I have completed my first semester of my graduate work! 3.9 GPA – pretty excited about that!

My son is awesome and I do not think that I could have asked for a better family – Sarah, Kenny, and I have a wonderful life here being blessed by the Lord in all that we do!  God has placed us in His Grace, by giving me a job that I love – and a house to call home, and friends to call on if I am in need!  This is my world that I live in and I love it!

Serendipity: ·i·ty/ˌserənˈdipitē/ Noun: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way…

The new logo for Serendipity

The new logo above is for Serendipity, which is going to be the restaurant that my wife and a couple friends and I want to start.  It is going to be an eclectic experience that anyone can afford or enjoy!  The restaurant will keep an awesome level of professionalism and then you will be able to enjoy a fresh brewed beer!  This is very exciting for all of us and we would love to have your support on Facebook by sharing Serendipity with your friends!  The more “Likes” that we have on Serendipity the sooner we are able to start an actual restaurant!

Short post, but just wanted to give a shout out and let you all know about our new venture that we hope to have up in at least 5 years!

Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/SerendipityFoods

PEACE!!!

My Son at 1 Year Old

I have not posted in a long time here and after reading a friend of mine’s blog I thought that it might be an excellent way to go ahead and get people to catch up with what it is that I am doing!  I am doing well in all aspects of life; even with the economy down we are doing well!  Holmes Photography is not going to be where it was planned to – being in a storefront, but it is going to be doing photos still for the same low prices that everyone has come to love and enjoy!

My son is now 14 months old and is doing great!!  He is the light of Sarah’s and my world!  We love his cuteness so much!!! He is the best thing that may have ever happened to us – even if he is a little hard at times to handle because he is into everything!  But we love him still the same!!

After my friend Adam VanKirks blog, I really started thinking about today is the way I am…

First of all:

• I am a Christian.
• I am  a Father.
• I am a Husband.
• I am a Brother.
• I am a Son.
• I am a Soldier.
• I am a Friend.

I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior and God.  I believe that I will be going to Heaven, and that everyone will be judged on their final days!  I am a Christian and I want to be certain that I am able to follow the will of my Lord.  I have been on the edge of the cusp and am happy to stay on the cusp, but I am not willing to go to the far side of humanity.  I have been to war, and only in war do you really see what evil really is, but on the flipside of that you see what true goodness is, too!  Life as we know it is really everything that we know and love and Jesus is Lord!

Second of all:

Fleur-de-lis

I believe as a father, I must defend the notion of humanity and Christianity… I believe that I must make certain that people are ready to be able to hear the truth that is conservative in nature and righteous in thought.  Profound in nature.  I, as a father, pledge to make certain that my son is going to be raised in a way that is going to make him a responsible citizen of the United States of America!  He is my son and I am going to see to it, even though he is crying and throwing a fit right now, that he is cared for and all of his needs are met.

KennyLeeHolmes.com is growing and is looking up!!  Let me know whatever you would like to see, but I am signing off for now to put a little one to bed!! I hope you like his photos I posted!!

PEACE!!!

The best seats I have ever had at Wrigley

Sarah and I have been so busy lately…  We haven’t really had any time for our self.  Well we finally had a day planned where we can actually enjoy each others company!  We actually had more fun with Brandon and Hillary as well – Sarah’s friend she works with and her husband – very fun!

So the drive to Chicago really sucked because we almost got ran off the road into the embankment, scarred the poop out of everyone in the car; not me though, I was cool under fire!  Just cussed a lot out of the corner of my gritted teeth. lol

The whole way there we did nothing but laugh and joke, and carry on about miscellaneous ideas and ideals!  We got to Chicago and really all I really wanted to do was shoot the Garmin – or Jill as Sarah’s father and I have dubbed it!  She took us through the city, onto 90, through the city, onto 90 – moral of the story – Google Maps is most likely your best friend! However, we did get some really awesome parking – paid $25 and we were literally right across the street from the stadium!

To top it all off as the best trip to Wrigley (other than the first, no one can top that, ever) we got the most amazing seats – featured left.  That is the view from what we saw!!  I believe that this visit was in in fact the best seats I have ever had! Moral of the story!  Loved it!!

I also realize that there is nothing cheap in Chicago… Our meal that we had at the bar across the street from Wrigley Field – the Cubby Bear – cost almost $40. And Sarah and I shared two appetizers…  Thank you Brandon and Hillary for picking up the tab!  Beers on me, at the game!!

At any rate this game, even though the Cubbies lost, was a blast!  We had many beers and many laughs! It was a great day!  The drive home was excellent as well!! Hillary, Brandon, Sarah, and myself laughed almost the whole way home what an excellent end to a near perfect day!

Sarah and I at Wrigley

The Bonfire Pit!

So we built a fire-pit in our backyard!! And it is freaking awesome!!! So excited that it is a fully functional fire-pit!!  I am sorry… Did I say “fire-pit?” What I meant to say is BONFIRE PIT!!!!   This pit is awesome!!!  It is five foot in diameter and three feet tall!  This pit works awesome as well, we have tried it and are going to have a party tomorrow night!! (Saturday May 21st, 2011).  I have to thank two of my good friends for the help that they gave to me on building this pit - Ross G. Yoder and Brock Bowers!

Building the pit

So obviously we wanted to know how to build the pit and we were not able to find to many good tutorials – so here is the steps and pictures along the way:

1.Dig the pit (I have no pics of this before) We dug the pit out of an old garden that the owners of the house was before us. We dug the pit two feet deep and five and half feet wide in diameter.

2. Then we flattened the ground off with walking and jumping up and down on the ground – we looked like idiots, but it got the job done great!!!  I recommend renting a ground pounder! Makes the job that much easier!

3.Then we put the first layer down! This was easily put down – it is very important to make sure the layers are flat – doesn’t have to be perfect, but it makes it easier if it is all equally flat!

1st Layer

4.Then after that, Ross and I were trying to figure out what the heck to do next…  We were trying to figure out how to make it right!  So we did the most logical thing we could next – that’s right!  We asked Sarah (my wife)!!  We were trying to figure out the structural integrity of it…  We eventually decided to put some Quickrete into the mix and made it so that it would not fall apart when some drunk ass decided to walk over it!  So, I became a mason for the day!  Not great at it, but I did alright I think!

Quickrete did the Trick!

5. We then put the second layer of blocks on!  It started looking great!

6. Quickcreted again and then put the final layer of bricks!  It was great!! We had a finished product!!

The final brick!

Oh yea!!

Grrr!!!

PEACE!!!

KennyLeeHolmes Logo

Thank you for coming and checking out the long awaited – the long overdue redesign to this site and it’s blog!  So I had to make an executive decision – and while it was a very hard decision to make it was a decision that I chose to make… I did not import the old entries!  I have kept the old entries to myself.  The fact of the matter is that the old entries were exactly that: OLD!  I decided to go fresh and if maybe I am running short on blog idea’s I may revisit the old blog and turn it into something more, um, well – let’s just say we’ll revisit and bring out some of the articles again!

First of all people generally want to know what is this site generally about other than just the man, the myth, the legend that is Kenny Lee Holmes.  Well the fact of the matter is this – I really am not that vain and I don’t care that much about myself!  This site is about taking the questions out of what I am thinking and respond to what is going on in the world, and to express my artwork for everyone to see!  To show off my family – including my little son – Kenneth William Lee Holmes.

Kenneth William Lee Holmes - "Bubbie" - my son Photo Courtesy of Marc Lebryk Photography

This site is dedicated to the business of photography;  to the rest of my family – my wife, Sarah, my son Kenny “Bubbie” William Lee, my mothers(in-law), and father(in-law); my Grandmother, and more.  This site is dedicated to all of those who love fun and love photo’s!  This site is going to be laden with photography and pictures from my past, my brother, and sisters, my friends, and my family – mostly my family!  This site will also show my wife’s awesome cooking ability, and my Grillmasterism’s! lol I will talk about sports, mainly the Indianapolis Colts, and the Chicago Cubs!! Because those are the teams that I like.   I will also post photos from my phone that I take periodically!  Basically speaking this site in layman’s terms it is about ME!!  It is all about my family, my politics, my religion, and more!

I hope that you enjoy this site!  And I hope that you all come back often to check out the site!

PEACE