Category Archives: life

Click on the title of the blog post to view the entire entry.


Weekend thoughts

Random things on my mind this weekend:

1.  Canon, could you please release your fall rebates on Monday?  I need a new cute little red stripe.

2.  Papa Murphys, you are the best!  I was in a rush today and not only did you have my pizza out right on time but you went above and beyond & made a couple of photocopies for me too.  (I was in a bind - out of paper & on a tight deadline).  Thank you!

3.  Single mommies & daddies, kudos to you–I have no idea how you do it!  Brian is out of town this weekend (he is on a men’s retreat with our church) and I am struggling through the whole working + single parent thing.  I’m counting the hours until he returns!

4.  I hired a babysitter for the first time ever tonight.  Since we have family less than a mile away, I have never needed a sitter before.  I think that the whole thing was scarier for me than it was for the kids.  Erin, thanks for watching my kids tonight!

5.  I am ready for Hannah’s temper tantrums to end.  (Sorry you had to witness a bad one Erin).  She’s in a silly stage where she likes to dress herself in crazy outfits & needs to have things “just so.” It’s all really cute until something is out of place or missing–that is when the tantrum will begin.  Her outfits do crack me up though.  Yesterday she wore jeans + two tee shirts (layered, with clashing patterns), a princess gown + socks pulled up to her knees (over her jeans), mittens, and a hat.  She was so proud & excited that she did it all by herself.

6.  I have had fantastic sessions this weekend!  I worked with an adorable young family this morning and photographed a gorgeous party this evening.  I can’t wait to share the pictures with y’all!

7.  Brian, I love you and I miss you!

8.  I need to pick up my house but I’m absolutely exhausted.

9.  I’ve been mentoring a photographer & helping her start up a business (she lives in another state) and I’m so excited to see the progress she is making.

10.  I like chocolate.

Typical Friday

With a toddler & preschooler at home, my house is always a disaster!  They pull out toys & books faster than we can put them away.  Thankfully, my housekeeper came today!  Since the kids are taking naps right now, my house might actually be clean for the next hour or two.

Since my house will be probably have toys strewn all over it by the time Brian arrives home, I decided to take a quick picture to show that from approximately 2:00 - 2:02 pm, the house was actually clean (it won’t last long)!

Look, quick–no toys!

We try to stay out of Emelda’s way when she is cleaning our home.  Today we went to Mae-Mae’s (Grandma’s) house then met with Brian for lunch in Odessa.  By the time we got home, both kids were asking for their night time stories.

Sam went right to sleep - he did not even take the time to lay down straight.  OUCH!

Of course Hannah has her own unique sleeping habits.  Hannah likes to gather up all of her things for naptime & night.  Her “friends” fill her entire bed–good thing there are rails on the sides to keep everything from falling off.

Family night out

Tonight we had a portrait session for our church directory.  The pictures were taken by a national picture-chain that frequently does these types of church directory pictures.  The pictures turned out as we expected.  Hannah has a very bored/solemn/angry look on her face and Sam is almost rolling his eyes in the picture while Brian & I look awkward . . . and that was the BEST of the seven pictures they gave us to choose from!

We did have fun after the portrait session though.  We went out to eat & the kids got to hear a mariachi band for the first time.  Hannah & Sam could hardly keep their eyes off of the musicians.

family

Why I don’t have a headshot: reason #57

I ran out of makeup.

I used the last of my foundation back in April and never bothered to replace it. Okay, okay . . . I usually do wear some makeup but it seems like every time that I pull out the camera, my face is bare.   no makeup

Happy birthday Hannah!

Happy Birthday Hannah! Today is our daughter Hannah’s third birthday. We started celebrating on Saturday and will continue celebrating today with a small family birthday dinner.

birthday party

birthday party

birthday cake

birthday party