i know it’s been forever since i’ve posted. i hate that. i use to be so good at blogging when i had nothing to blog about and now that i actually have stuff to share i have no time to share it!

lots going on.
good stuff.

did a great wedding workshop this weekend. did an awesome engagement session.  had a great weekend w/ my group of 1oth grade girls during DNOW. made a commitment and went out of my box a bit and got a prayer and accountability partner.  nailed down several dates to 2nd shoot several weddings. spent some time chillin’ w/ michelle and running around town shooting some great photos for some different worship elements at church. edited and ordered 3 albums for clients. ordered 2000 boxes of girl scout cookies for brooklyn’s brownie troop and will pick them up and distribute them this week…that was a chore.

lots of good stuff. busy. exhausting but exilherating none the less.

hasta pasta!

I had so much fun at this shoot. Seriously, so much fun! I told Lex & Shea I was going to just going to have them be my regular stand in models when I wanted to go out and about and explore and have an awesome time!  This could totally pass for an engagement session….however, they are siblings.  They wanted a session done so they could give the photos to their mom for her birthday.  I got to go to the party and let me tell you….it only solidfied the fact that I do indeed have the best job in the world.  She was speechless and in tears….and then had almost the entire party in tears….including me.  That’s what it’s all about peeps.

so i woke up on january 1 feeling good and chipper and cheery and ready to ring in the new year…..and then i realized i felt like crap. yea, i’m not always that observant….

as the day progressed i quickly realized my chipper lil’ spirit was taking a dive.
thank you mountain cedar.

by mid-day the allergies were full blown and it hasn’t let up yet.

if you notice i’m posting this before 7am…..and yes, parker had one of the his best night’s sleep in a couple weeks but because of this crap (and a sick cat) i only slept maybe 3 hours last night. yes, i’ve been up since 4am and i’ll be having lunch by 8am and ready to take a nap by 10am…….

being sick bites.

in other depressing new year’s news….

lola died.

lola is my barely 6 months old laptop.

lola is at the laptop dr. right now and i pray to the high heaven’s that her harddrive can be recovered and i can get her back soon because not only does being sick bite….but being sick w/out my laptop bites even worse…….

happy-freakin’-new-year…

I’m so glad it’s january. I’m so glad it’s a new year. i’m so glad to be done with christmas parties and holiday obligations. i know ba-hum-bug from me.  i totally love the holidays and the cold weather (which i’m not ready to say good-bye to) but this year was just nuts trying to juggle it all. it seemed busier than normal. i think i was so pre-occupied by Carrie’s wedding and mom’s relocation in november and then working like a crazy woman in december to bust out holiday photo orders and in the process fit in several birthday and christmas parties, plan brooklyn’s bday party and completely redecorate her room in one day (8 hours….while she was at school) before i knew it it was december 23rd and i was exhausted!

so i breathe a little sigh of relief to start the new year. 2007 was an amazing year. one of great struggle but also great growth and of course i gave birth to another beautiful son.  soooo many huge huge changes. some very unexpected. it seems almost surreal to look back on it all and see how God has shaped me in just one year. how differently things look one year later….yea, it’s something to ponder and take in and appreciate how good it feels to TRUST and let go in a way that allows something bigger to come in and reshape, rework and reconcile you in ways that you never knew you needed.

i think 2008 will hold many more changes in my life and in the lives of those i love and care about. i have so many people i am praying for. so much further i hope to go, so many more questions i seek anwers to and so much i hope to learn and be apart of in the coming year.

i look forward to more change, more growth, more understanding, a deeper desire and renewed passion for life and living!

here’s to ‘08!