I was introduced to Beyond the Veil band over a year ago when they performed at my son’s school during a chapel day. I became more acquainted with them through Facebook.
This summer, I got a chance to capture the band’s live performance at Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department (KIVFD) Carnival. I believe the music performance was part of their “BTV Gives Back” program. The program helps other organizations to raise funds.
Anyway, here’s Sierra Tuner, vocalist and percussionist.
My Wife works with a Supervisor who is also the Founder of a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to support the children in India, specifically for school tuitions, stationeries and uniforms. He and his Team named the organization – Uplift a Child International.
Once a year, the organization conducts a gathering, which invites the people who sponsors the children, to give updates and to share information about the progress of the children. This year, one of the gatherings was held in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Back in mid April I got a call from San Fransisco (I recognized the area code). Apparently, it was from the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC). They said that they liked my photography style. They wanted to hire me to cover a grant-receiving event for the United Communities Volunteer Fire Department (UCVFD) at Romancoke. I was the first photographer on their list, so they really hoped that I could do it. I was excited and told them that it would be an honor for me to cover the event.
The grant was from Papa John’s Pizza, recommended by Glenn Jones, Vice President of Operations, also a Kent Island native. The fund will be used for audio visual equipment in a new station training center and classroom.
Finally, I got a chance to breath and catch up with my blog again. Phew… :p
Marcell’s birthday was in March. BTW, see any similarities between his name and the month? That’s exactly why we picked the name Marcellus. The name itself means “little warrior”, which we realized later that it actually fits his character well.
Anyway, the party was bigger than last year because this time Marcell had his school friends as well. He actually wanted to invite everyone from school! But we told him we couldn’t have everyone, since our house is small, and also due to budget constraint of course. Yup, it’s never to early to teach ‘em some money management. 
So we settled with inviting friends from his grade and their siblings.
We rented a moonbounce so that the kids could have self-entertained fun. We got it from the same place as last year, Tents 4 Rent, but since there were more kids, we opted for a larger one plus that it has more added features i.e. slide and and basketball ring.
Birthday cake… custom made by Icing for Joy.
Yes, I’m late again posting this blog for the same lame excuse, busy with work. But hey, at least I post it. :p
This was a Valentine’s Day celebration at Kent Island Christian School. The school called it “Love Your Neighbors Day”.
This is my second year covering the “After the Holidays Gala” event hosted by The Tapestry Church. I guess they liked the results from the first one and liked working with me so that they hired me again for this year. As always, it was a lot of fun covering their annual event.
This fund raising event was held at Rockville this year. The venue was smaller than last year, but it did not hold back the guests to have fun.
Pastor Dustin explaining the purpose of the event.
Here is the second part of the day.
The children went outside again to play some games. They were divided into three teams. In the first game, the children were paired with a team member on their back and had to run sideways to the finish line before the next pair could run.
Kent Island Christian School doesn’t really celebrate Halloween. Therefore, they designate the day as Special Characters Day. Children cannot wear monster (scary) costumes, villains, and rock stars. Historical character, good guys, and biblical characters are allowed. Last year, it used to be limited to just biblical characters.
I’m starting to use the “read more” feature for the blog since there are so many photos I want to share, especially on this one. I’ll let you decide whether you want to see the rest of the photos or not. Another benefit of using the feature is that readers can browse through and find a particular post quickly without having have to go through all the photos.
Anyway, here are the children getting ready to do the parade around the school ground.
This blog is a journal of my work, my life, everything in between, and the story behind them. :)
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