Skullcandy + Dave = Awesome

The title of this post is a little bit of an inside joke.... I hope we remember about it when we are old and re-read this :)

For the last 2 1/2 yrs Dave has been a successful entrepreneur.  He and Quinny, his (business) partner {heheheee}, started a company called &Art.  It is/was a small videography company.  They had a few clients but ONE major client who was Skullcandy.

If you don't know already, Skullcandy makes headphones.  What do headphones have to do with video?  Well, Skullcandy sponsors professional BMXers, Snowboarders, Skaters, Motocross-ers.... &Art would film and edit everything they would ask them to do.

Turns out Skullcandy wanted to bring the video side of things in house.  We were VERY grateful for the monthly work.  It blessed us tremendously! But the opportunity of being in house with Skullcandy would be such a blessing.

They talked to Dave about this possibility a long time ago.  After much talk, Quinny (we call him that, that's not his real name, its just Quin ;)) and Dave thought this was the best direction they could take.  Plus, Quinny wanted to go to school.  So, IF this opportunity became a reality it would be PERFECT, for both of them.

Skullcandy had said, back in November that they wanted to make this position effective at the beginning of the year. Well, January came and went.  Dave continued to do work for Skullcandy, by himself, since by this point Quinny was in full-time school.  For us, "the beginning of the year" meant January 1-15ish.  February, also, came and went.  Still, the same thing, Dave continued to do TONS of work for Skullcandy.  He would talk to his-would-be-boss weekly and he would assure him that this was still a go and that he was hoping to finalize it "next week."

By this point we were just getting used to the idea of getting disappointed and we were getting used to the uncertainty of this ever becoming a REAL thing.  Then, March.... "next week we are going to get this all said and done"... blah blah blah, yeah, right.  I've heard that before.

Then out of the blue, when I got back from my run on Monday, Dave says, "Brett called." I was THRILLED and couldn't wait to hear what he said!!!!!  Dave has not been blessed with an "excited" side to him (like me or his girls.  We get excited over anything and you KNOW when we are excited... we show it :)).  Anyway, we read the contract and felt good about everything.  After a final talk with Brett, later in the evening, everything was done and the contract has been signed!!! YAY!!!!

We are SO happy and this is exactly what we wanted and needed!  This is a HUGE blessing for our family.  We will have insurance again!!! YAY!!! I am so proud of Dave and excited for this new adventure and chapter in his life.  I think all of his hard work is finally paying off.  Can you tell I am SO HAPPYYYYY???!!!!  Cause I TOTALLY AM!!!!!  WE are totally thrilled!  Dave has a new... I don't know what to call it... a new "feeling" about him.  He seems to have a new bounce to his step.  LOVE IT :) 


ps.  I like to rock my Skullcandy Chops while I run.  They are the perfect headphone, in my opinion, for exercising.  :)