Powerful words.
Isn't it funny how sometimes you stumble across the perfect words of what you were feeling and it describes it so perfectly? The exact words you needed to hear at that exact moment.


"Don't worry, you may think you'll 'never' get over it, but you also thought it would last forever'."


 

So, so true.

Just because.

It is what I am feeling these days...

“Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is how all stories unfold, I still can’t believe that ours didn’t go on forever” ~Nicholas Sparks

...and, Nicholas Sparks says it better than anyone I know can.

Change.
And, right now my life seems to be full of them...

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. ~Lao Tzu

So, I am simply trying to just live hour for hour and day by day like they say, and taking it one day at a time.

Oops!! Somehow, I managed to skip out on blogging for the whole month of January.

Oops...pucker up and bring it on February!!

Happy New Year! Cheers to you!! Hoping to make 2013 my best year yet!!!

Saturday's agenda. Even with three photo shoots this weekend, I am on a marathon for getting some decorating done. I am hitting the volume button on the ipod with some Transiberian Orchestra and digging out the tree, then tonight....I plan on making hot chocolate with the kids and snuggling up on the couch to watch one of my favorite Christmas movies ever....the Polar Express!!!!!

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more? ~ Dr. Seuss

Hope you all have a wonderful Saturday!!

Sad but true. Sometimes you just have to erase the messages, delete the numbers,

Life. Has been a little crazy and hectic around here...

Hoping to catch up soon.

Sense of humor. I'll be the first to admit...he definitely has his daddy's personality and sense of humor. You cannot keep a straight face most times even when your anger is bursting at the seams. He always seems to have the right comeback for anything. Just like his dad.

So, the other day when I was stewing about something that upset me and had me seeing red, he simply came up beside me and looked at me deadpanned and simply asked with the most serious face "Mom, do you know how my pet fish died"? And, I knew I was in for it. So I replied, "How did your pet fish die Coy?" (Knowing that we do not have pet fish, I knew the punch line was coming). So, I tried to keep my face straight when he simply looked into my eyes and replied so nonchanatly..."He drowned". And, he just walked away all serious never looking back at me. Just left me there to think about the answer and then the laughter just erupted from me and my mood went from being down right angry to being just totally smitten with him. He so cracks me up. And, I love that kid. I love that he can sense my mood and make me smile.

Yesterday. Yesterday, since the kids had the day off school and the weather was to be quite pleasant, I decided it would be a good time to take the kids shopping at the mall and then maybe on the way back stop at a location I have been eyeing up for some time now to grab a few images for one of my usual Christmas card attempts (hint, "attempt" was the key word)......

Needless to say, my goal from yesterday did not go as well as I originally planned.... 1. Remind me again why I bother shopping at our local mall? They never have what I am looking for and always have to resort to settling for something else. 2. Hungry kids make for not such great shopping partners/experience. 3. I've come to realize that it is much easier taking pics of other people's kids then my own two. {Why I have I not figured this one out already??} 4. It's always helps if you remove the price tag from your daughter's dress that you just bought before you make her put it on in the backseat of the car. And, your too busy trying to get them to sit by each other for at least 10 seconds that you fail to notice it and ends up showing in most of your images I did manage to get of the two of them. But,I think I may have gotten a few possible potential images that just might make the cut, hopefully, coming soon in the near future to your mailbox.

Living life. The way I pictured it...

Two seasons in one. I made this photobook through Shutterfly. And, this is not the first time I have made photobooks from them. And, since I was behind from last year, I decided to combine two seasons worth of images. I love using their photobooks for projects like this. And, even though I did not use all my pictures, I love it for the simple reason of being able to put all my favorite images I really love and pull it off the shelf anytime to remember. The best feature??? They have this autoload feature that sorts them by date....and that works for me!!! Especially when I had like 14 games to sort through. Trust me...its well worth the price. Their photobooks are simply amazing.

Click here to view this photo book larger

Create a gorgeous, high quality wedding photo album at Shutterfly.com.

I even had a bride recently tell me how much she LOVED all her images by putting them in a Shutterfly album. And, that's cool, too!! I'm excited to see hers as well.

Happy "Hallo-weenie". Okay, so I am a sucker for anything that involves weiner dogs. And, look at what my sister got me...how cute is he? Which, brings me to what today is. Halloween.

I'll also be the first to admit that when it comes time for trick-or-treating, I have never been that creative for dressing up my kids. However, when you have four nephews and a niece and a mother who happens to save every Halloween costume ever bought...it is super easy just to have your kids raid their Nana's attic 20 minutes before it's time to go.

And, lucky for me, they came up with some great outfits.

And, I definitely got some good laughs out of it.

Happy Halloween!!!

I don’t know what lies around the bend, but I’m going to believe that the best does. L.M. Montgomery

Celebrate. We celebrated two special birthday's this weekend. One of them being my newphew who is now officially a teenager...yikes!! And, that is scary because that just means how much older I am getting.

And, once again, all the credit goes to my mom who definitely knows how to throw a party with ice cream sundaes and root beer floats. Yum, yum.

...Happy Birthday, boys!!

Her. She totally cracks me up. There is never a dull moment with her. I love her personality, her quirkiness, her sense of humor. She always keeps me on my toes. Always asking questions and giving her opinions so freely.

"It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.” ~Nicholas Sparks

She reminds me on a daily basis that I need to be a little more carefree and just go with the flow. She makes me giggle and I adore her.

Some more autumn. It rained this morning.

A promise. God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but...

He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Kelly + Jason ~ Married. I guess you can say....I have waited a long time for this wedding to happen. And, I can honestly say...it was most definitely worth the wait. Hurry and click play below for the most beautiful outdoor wedding held at one of the most unique venues located in Warrior's Mark, Spring Mount Farms. Kelly and Jason it was truly an honor to have been the one able to capture this long awaited day. I am so happy for the both of you!!!! Congrats!!!

Autumn blur. One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photos out of foucs are an experimentation, one hundred photos out of focus are a style. ~Author Unknown.

Isn't this time of year just fantastic??