Something More?

"Gotta be something more, gotta be more than this, I need a little less hard time, I need a little more bliss...." This is the song I heard on the radio this morning driving to work....
Do you always feel like if you had that one more thing in life then life would be perfect? I have been feeling that way recently. I've also been feeling that I'm never going to reach that dream.... Songs have always been more than songs to me. It seems like whatever I am going through in life there is a song that says it perfectly. Miley Cyrus' The Climb, and as it so happens Sugarland this morning are two of those songs that seem to be my life story right now. If you read this please pray for me, my future, my dreams, hopes, and desires and I will do the same. I know that God knows the desires of our hearts... God do you see my heart? Can you speed it up a little please?

And since no post is complete without pictures, since I'm a photogirl... here is my little Campbell from when she was very tiny, and then about a week ago at her birthday party. So big yet still so little!

Read more...

Full Circle?

I never expected my life to be like this. But yet, here I am a widowed mom at the age of 36 with three young girls to raise. When Jeff first died I was scared to death! How was I going to take care of anything and everything by myself? Well, I still don't have all the answers but I feel like the circle is completing itself in some ways. Trusting in God and trusting in what we can't see yet is the hardest thing. But I think something awesome happens when we let go of the fear, we become comfortable with where we are. I was telling a friend of mine just the other day that I felt comfortable with my life where it is right now. I spent all day last Sunday in my pajamas working on my house and watching TNT and TBS all day. And it felt good. There are other good things happening in my life right now and I'm just letting them develop but I'm letting them do so slowly.

So where does full circle come in? I know this may sound weird but I love Boston Terriers. My parents had Bostons when I was growing up, our first Boston Terrier, Bimbo (I know, weird name) died when I was in 2nd grade. Then we got Ben when I was in the 5th grade. He passed away when I was in college. I still remember going to the breeder's farm to pick him out. We stood back about 10 feet and called to all the puppies. The one who got to us first was ours.
So I have always wanted to have my own and for my girls to have a Boston Terrier. We adopted one about 2 years ago and he was an older dog, Campbell was still young at the time and there was too much ear pulling going on. So we found a rescue group to take him and I cried buckets when we left. For some reason this week I felt compelled to look again and we found our Boston!

So without further ado... meet Buster!














And this little girl .... she's the one who will grow up and have maybe 5-6 dogs... She spread out dog food on the porch so she could attract all the dogs in the neighborhood... so, Makenna, one will have to do for now okay?

Read more...

Makenna's Big Day!

Yesterday was Makenna's 6th birthday! We celebrated with a trip to the mall and the "Build-A-Bear Workshop", did a little clothes shopping, and finished up the day with a dinner out at one of her favorite restaurants "Red Robin". We had a great time and then she was in tears as her green balloon from Red Robin escaped and floated up to the skies. Earlier in the day however she was quoted as saying "This is the best birthday ever!"

Read more...

Sno-Cones and Summer Blahs

I'll admit it. I've got the summer blahs. Something good came to an end, something I looked forward to is now over, something good I thought was going to be a part of my life again won't be. I really feel alone even though I have my three girls.

As much as I appreciate the extra time to "chill" with my kiddos, I really do crave that routine of getting up and getting out the door. I know that I should enjoy this extra time with them because I know it probably won't always be this way. I need to stop wanting what I don't have and enjoy and appreciate what I do.

So I'm going to finish this post and head up to my bed to read a good book and maybe have a good cry, wake-up tomorrow and hopefully have a better attitude.

Read more...

New Lens Practice

So, I finally did it- I got a new lens! For those of you who don't know, I shoot with both a Canon and a Nikon, I mainly use my Nikon now, but up until now have only had my kit lens, and 18-200mm 4.5 f stop lens. So today I decided to purchase the Tamron 28-75 mm 2.8- yeah!!
I really wanted something different and new to take with me on my trip to Colorado Springs this weekend! I am headed there to 2nd shoot a wedding with Heather and I also get to meet someone else new :) I'm looking forward to playing with my lens and getting some great shots on Saturday!

Read more...

Campbell's Curls...

I love this picture! I know half of her face is cut off, but I think has such a sweet "peekaboo" look to it.... and love the nice catchlights that were captured at almost 8pm. I went out with the intention of capturing her curls that are more curly today because of the humidity and rain we had, but I'll take this one of her eyes!

Read more...

Soccer Girl

We had our last two games of the season over the last two nights. Morgan scored one goal in each game- I'm so proud of her! I'm also proud of her team and their attitude. Even though they only won one game and tied the last game, they aren't upset by this at all. They just go out, play soccer, and have fun. I love to watch the determination on her face!

Read more...