Getting To Know The KB Team On Thanksgiving: Let’s Ask Them Questions!
Brian Hughes, Installer
Q: If you could thank one person (living or dead) for his or her influence in your life, who would you thank?A: An influential person that I could thank if possible would probably be my grandfather Edward on my father’s side. A veteran of World War II; he was an inspiring, honorable and kind man who possessed an unworldly work-ethic.
Q: What are 3 things that always make you smile?A: Putting on that fresh KB Electric uniform each morning. That first sip of Dr. Pepper. And opening up a clients door to an enthusiastic puppy.Q: What is your favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Favorite Thanksgiving food? You have to go with the Turkey! Most important setting on the table.Q: What is your least favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Least Favorite? Stuffing. There may be recipes to spice it up, but it’s too bland for my liking.Q: What is one tradition on thanksgiving that you and your family partake in?A: A particular saying before digging in, “Good food, Good meat, good God, let’s eat!”Q: If you could invite anyone in the world over for thanksgiving who would it be? And what would you serve them?A: Jon Snow. The heir to the Iron Throne would be getting only the finest turkey leg.Q: What does “giving thanks” mean to you?A: Giving thanks to me is the ability to look at all what we are so fortunate to possess, such being family members in our lives and those who have greatly impacted it.Q: What are 3 things you have been blessed with and are thankful for this year?A: Health, Family & Friendships.Q: Happiest thanksgiving memory from your childhood?A: November 22nd, 2007. First year I was honored to cut the Turkey!Q: What are you most thankful for today?A: With the daily grind of being an electrician, most definitely Health!
Mike G., Journeyman, Field Technician, Installer
Q: If you could thank one person (living or dead) for his or her influence in your life, who would you thank?A: My dad.
Q: What are 3 things that always make you smile?A: Friends, family, and dogs.Q: What is your favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Turkey.Q: What is your least favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Cranberry sauce.Q: What is one tradition on thanksgiving that you and your family partake in?A: Family dinner at the parent’s house.Q: If you could invite anyone in the world over for thanksgiving who would it be? And what would you serve them?A: (skip)Q: What does “giving thanks” mean to you?A: Appreciation of the blessings you were given.Q: What are 3 things you have been blessed with and are thankful for this year?A: Family, friends, and good health.Q: Happiest thanksgiving memory from your childhood?A: Can’t think of anything.Q: What are you most thankful for today?A: This Chipotle burrito.
Sean B., Journeyman
Q: If you could thank one person (living or dead) for his or her influence in your life, who would you thank?A: Jesus above all! But besides the King Himself I could not thank just one person, there are too many that have played a huge role in my life. Taking me from who I was to who I am today. I could thank one family however. That would be the Busby’s. That is all the originals and their wives/husbands. If I choose just one I feel like I would be selling the rest short. Each one played a significant role in molding me into the man I am today.
Q: What are 3 things that always make you smile?A: The Garden (Jesus), Mrs. Coffee, and my family.Q: What is your favorite food on thanksgiving?A: I’m a very simple minded eater. I love the dark meat on the turkey, covered in mashed potatoes, topped with gravy, and all in one bite. In that order. I will not comprise.Q: What is your least favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Cranberry sauce.Q: What is one tradition on thanksgiving that you and your family partake in?A: Eating.Q: If you could invite anyone in the world over for thanksgiving who would it be? And what would you serve them?A: Jesus, I would serve wine and bread 🙂Q: What does “giving thanks” mean to you?A: Living life with with an attitude of thankfulness and not a sense of entitlement. When you humble yourself you can be thankful for so much more in this world. When you live like the world owes you something you will end up very disappointed. So it’s more a state of being to me, opposed to something we do.Q: What are 3 things you have been blessed with and are thankful for this year?A: Baby Busby on her way, my beautiful wife that continues to get prettier day by day, and my sweet “Sean Blue” truck.Q: Happiest thanksgiving memory from your childhood?A: I can’t remember specifics, I look forward to spending time with the extended family every year, and I have been blessed to spend every Thanksgiving of my life with all of them.Q: What are you most thankful for today?A: The Cross, one Man’s ultimate sacrifice to secure eternal happiness for thousands of His children till the end of time. It’s the reason I live, the reason I smile, the reason I love, and the most precious gift that has ever been given to me. It’s the only gift that can never be taken away, be broken, get lost, or forgotten. I am forever thankful for His sacrifice!!
Jake D., Journeyman, Field Technician
Q: If you could thank one person (living or dead) for his or her influence in your life, who would you thank?A: My daughter or wife for making me want to be better a better version than I have ever been.
Q: What are 3 things that always make you smile?A: Family/friends, hockey and the Marine CorpsQ: What is your favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Mashed potatoes and gravy with corn.Q: What is your least favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Cranberry sauce.Q: What is one tradition on thanksgiving that you and your family partake in?A: Eating till I cannot eat anymore.Q: If you could invite anyone in the world over for thanksgiving who would it be? And what would you serve them?A: My grandpa. I would serve him everything that I could fit on the plate and more.Q: What does “giving thanks” mean to you?A: Recognizing the people or things or experiences that have impacted my life for the better.Q: What are 3 things you have been blessed with and are thankful for this year?A: My family, my own house and God’s gifts that he has given me.Q: Happiest thanksgiving memory from your childhood?A: Spending the day with my family.Q: What are you most thankful for today?A: For the ability to make a change in the world and raise my daughter in it with my wife.
Melanie B., Marketing & Office Coordinator
Q: If you could thank one person (living or dead) for his or her influence in your life, who would you thank?A: My husband Keith…for bringing me closer to God, and showing me what matters most in life.
Q: What are 3 things that always make you smile?A: My husband Keith, my daughter Nora, and cake.Q: What is your favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Green bean casserole!Q: What is your least favorite food on thanksgiving?A: It’s probably weird, but the turkey. I do love it don’t get me wrong, but the sides are so much better on Thanksgiving!Q: What is one tradition on thanksgiving that you and your family partake in?A: Eating….Q: If you could invite anyone in the world over for thanksgiving who would it be? And what would you serve them?A: My mom-mom Ruth, and because I can’t have just one answer, Jesus as well. I would serve them both whatever they wanted of course!Q: What does “giving thanks” mean to you?A: Reflecting on the importance of what we have, and praying to God for the things we take for granted every day.Q: What are 3 things you have been blessed with and are thankful for this year?A: My 1 year old daughter, my family, and my health.Q: Happiest thanksgiving memory from your childhood?A: Spending my earlier years here on earth with an abundance of family members from the Klein side at the Hilton in NJ. May not have been a “home-cooked” family dinner, but it sure was fun all being together and hanging out with my cousins.Q: What are you most thankful for today?A: The beautiful and healthy daughter God has blessed me with.
Keith B., Owner of KB Electric LLC
Q: If you could thank one person (living or dead) for his or her influence in your life, who would you thank?A: King David
Q: What are 3 things that always make you smile?A: My daughter, wife and a good breakfast sandwichQ: What is your favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Being GF ruined pumpkin pie so turkeyQ: What is your least favorite food on thanksgiving?A: Most other plates.Q: What is one tradition on thanksgiving that you and your family partake in?A: Thanksgiving dinner.Q: If you could invite anyone in the world over for thanksgiving who would it be? And what would you serve them?A: John the baptist; locust and honeyQ: What does “giving thanks” mean to you?A: In humility: thanking God for the many, many blessings in life.Q: What are 3 things you have been blessed with and are thankful for this year?A: Family, business, and endurance.Q: Happiest thanksgiving memory from your childhood?A: I’m told I used to love sitting with my uncle firesideQ: What are you most thankful for today?A: Freedom in life and life in truth.