Bonfires & Amplifiers

Last night we rounded up the troops and headed up to the Brad Paisley concert at the Pepsi Center in Denver. YEE HAW!! The show opened a little bit before 7:30 with Chuck Wicks (whom we were vaguely familiar with, but ended up really liking) and Rodney Atkins. Of course the best part of the night was Brad's performance - that man sure gives some of the best concerts we've ever been to, and he sure knows how to play a guitar!! We've seen him twice now in Colorado and will continue to do so as long as he keeps coming back!! Even though the weather was in the negatives (UGH!!) and we didn't get home until almost 1:00 in the morning, we still ventured out and had a fantastic time.
Click on any of the pictures below to get a better look. (It's obvious our camera is about to expire on us.) :) If anyone has a good camera that they are absolutely in love with, let us know as we are in the process of researching new cameras. You can e-mail us or post a comment.

CFA Program

(From Greg)

I just heard from the CFA Institute today and I was informed I received a scholarship to help pay for the costs of Level 1 (June 2008)! Praise God!

CFA = Chartered Financial Analyst and this designation is the gold standard for anyone looking to go into Investment Management.

Just to give you an idea of the prestige of the CFA, of the 6.6 Billlion people in the entire world, only roughly 80,000 individuals hold the CFA Charter! Of all the candidates who take the exam each year: 46% pass Level 1, 51% pass Level 2, and 67% pass Level 3!

Today, my social life has ended and my studying life has begun! Take a look at these sites to get some information on what this test entails:

www.testprepreview.com/cfa_practice.htm
www.analystforum.com/121904.pdf
www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprog/overview/facts.html

Check back in late July 2008 (exam date is June 7, 2008 in Denver) for my results: PASS or FAIL......

P.S. Since the original post, I have received my books and study material in the mail: 36 pounds of books and 4000+ pages of reading material!