He PASSED! YAY!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dear Jeremy Kolb Stringer,


Your results for the June 2010 Level I CFA exam are below.
 
Level I: Pass
 
CONGRATULATIONS JEREMY!
I am so incredibly proud of my husband today. As you can see he got the results back from his test and he passed. He studied so hard and it definitely paid off. I know he appreciates every ones encouragement during his studying and test taking. Thank you so much! We also would appreciate continued prayers for the tests to come over the next two years.
 
Now on to level 2....

Stringer Beach Vacay...

Now it is about half way through July so let me catch us up on the first few weeks of the month. Jeremy and I took off work a couple of days at the beginning of the month to spend some time with his family in Gulf Shores. We all had a great time together regardless of the tarballs on the beach.

Although Abby wasn't so sure about all the sand at first, she eventually really enjoyed playing on the beach and looking for shells. Laura and I enjoyed playing in the waves one day and she actually found a live sand dollar. The house we were staying at had a small dipping pool as well as the ones around us. We discovered that there were crabs in all of the pools that were stuck and could not get out. Jeremy took it upon himself to rescue not only the one in our pool but the other three pools too. Well he did good with the big crabs because he could just scoop them up with Abby's bucket and did not actually have to touch them. The last pool had a very small crab in it and so Mr. James and Breck came to save the day. (Let me tell you all of this was a sight to see. We were laughing so hard about all of this chaos!) Anyway Breck pick up the crab and threw it out on the beach. It was a bit of a terrifying moment for me because the direction he threw the crab is where I was standing taking pictures of all the excitement. Luckily it went over my head! All the crabs that were stil alive are now free on the beach!

CRAB CHAOS...sequence of events:

          Discussing the best way to go about this    

Marta Marta Marta and Abby looking on...

Breck goes in for the crab!

They were looking at the crab in the sand after to be sure he was okay after his flight through the air. ha!

We really had a good time together as you can tell. I wish I had taken more pictures and gotten a group picture. I'll try to remember that next time we are all together. Thank you so much Mr. James and Mrs. Martha for a great beach vacation! We enjoyed every minute from watching the World Cup, to laying on the beach, to eating some delicious food, and much more. 

 

Jeremy's family headed home on Saturday afternoon but he and I stayed in Gulf Shores for the holiday weekend to extend our vacations some since we has Monday off anyway. We enjoyed some shopping and more sun! On the 4th, we went kayaking on the Bon Secour River. We had alot of fun exploring the river and jumping off the rope swing at the swimming hole. I really wish I had pictures of all of this but I was too scared I would drop the camera in the water. Oh and let me tell you kayaking is no joke even on a river with no rapids, our shoulders were hurting for a few days after. It was worth it though!

Us before kayaking

After being on the river for most of the day we went to eat at Tacky Jacks that night in Orange Beach. The food was really good and we enjoyed watching some fireworks while eating. All in all our beach vacation was alot of fun! We hope all of you are enjoying your summer too!

Eating at Tack Jacks

Wow..Is it really July already?

Well as usual, I have not been keeping up with blog posting like I should.

So lets rewind and recap the last few weeks of June.

The weekend of June 19th, Jeremy and I were in Jackson for our sweet friends Amanda and Booth's wedding. I arrived in Jackson on Friday for the bridesmaid brunch which was delicious! The necklace and photo canvas she gave us are so pretty. Then I spent the day hanging out with Melanie which was alot of fun! I missing being able to just hang out and talk with my friends, it seems like everytime I'm in town we are all so busy with all that is going on that we don't get to just kick sit around and talk. I really enjoyed that QT time with Mel! Then it was off to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. We had alot of fun, it was great to spend time with everyone and laugh at the funny stories told on Booth and Amanda!

Jeremy and I stopped by Sportsmans Lodge after the dinner to see a few of his friends from high school. It was Matt's birthday! They had a good time talking about life and old soccer memories.

(I think Pang is trowing up a "C" in this pic! Ha! C-town!)

Saturday was Amanda and Booth's BIG DAY! Everything was beautiful and the whole day went perfectly. Although it poured raining on the way to the reception the rainbow that followed was pretty and made for a special little something extra to remember about their special day! Amanda was a gorgeous bride in her dress that she had picked out while looking at dresses with me before she was even engaged. ha! It was the perfect dress for her and she shined in it! I was honored to stand beside her to celebrate this special day. 

 It was great to see so many friends that I hadn't seen in a while. Of course it was lots of fun to be with all my girl friends again! We took lots of pictures but I only included some of my favorites. Jeremy enjoyed hanging out with Milam and Dustin at the reception but they were missing their fourth comrade Boston. Hopefully we will get to see him one of these days. I also got to enjoy some time with my mom, Leah, and Hayden on Saturday. Hayden and I really enjoyed dancing at the reception! Watch out Leah and Tommy this girl is going to be tearing up the dance for in clubs one day! haha! She was so cute, I can't wait to see them all in August for her 3rd birthday. It was a great weekend which ended with Father's day on Sunday and we were able to have lunch with his dad and brother before heading back to Meridian.

Getting ready to walk down the aisle...

Busting a move on the dance floor!

We had so much fun with all of you! Great Reception!

Let's all renew our vows, just so we can keep partying together!

Ok so I have alot of favorites I guess!