{A to Z...}

No, this isn't photography related, but two blogs I read (hey Kari & Carrie!!) posted this today, so why not? It's my blawg afterall :P

A -Age: 29
B- Bed Size: Queen, but boy do we want a King.
C- Chore you hate: Mopping.
D- Dog's Name: No dog or any other four-legged creatures. We go to Nana's house for that!
E- Essential starts to your day: Diet Coke & my meds!
F- Favorite Color: Blue, of course!
G- Gold, Silver, or Platinum: Platinum
H- Height: 5'6"
I- Instruments you play: Piano, a bit
J- Job Title: Wife & Mom to my two favorite people and photographer to many
K- Kids: 1 girl, who gives us a little sunshine everyday!
L- Living Arrangements: With my hot hard-working husband and my fabulous little girl
M- Moms name: Daphne
N- Nicknames: Babe, Dane, that's about it :)
O- Overnight stay in the hospital other then Birth: It took me five minutes to add this up, but I'm going with 7 times.....4 times of those being for a surgery.
P- Pet Peeve: Clutter
Q- Quote from a movie: I'll be your Huckleberry..
R- Right or Left handed: Right
S- Siblings: Sisters, Tammi, Krista & Anna Brother, Joe
T- Time you wake up: That depends on the day. Usually around 7:30
U- Underwear: Always!
V- Vegetable you dislike: Cooked Spinach
W- Ways you run late: Forgot my cell phone!
X- X-rays you've had: Wrist, Dental, Sinus
Y- Yummy food you make: Shepherd's Pie
Z- Zoo Favorite: Lions & Tigers..........oh my :)

And because I refuse to post without a photo, here's one from last week...

National Delurking Week!

Did you know this week is "National Delurking Week" in the online world? Yeah, me neither! It sounds like fun to me, so humor this cold and weary photographer. Delurk, come out of hiding, reveal yourself! Leave me a comment and share one of your favorite memories of 2008!

It isn't hard I promise! :)

"The beauty of a woman.."

I run into so many Mom's that always want photos of their children, their children with their Daddy's, but none of themselves. They feel they look overweight, frumpy, or just not "put together" ....I can't tell how disheartening it is to hear this more and more. What Mom doesn't have a few pounds to lose? Or doesn't always get a chance to paint their nails? Or has an occasionally (or daily for me!) bad hair day? None of us are perfect.

What kind of example are we setting for our children by letting them think we aren't "good enough" for a photo? We are who we are, and to not have a healthy self-image is an insult to God, really. He made us and we are all beautiful in his eyes.

It's really been on my mind to encourage my readers to encourage your Mothers, your friends, your girlfriends, sisters, cousins....whoever! Life is short and we all want the best for our children...and I know as a Mom I want to be able to pass photos onto my daughter and my future grandchildren. What if I pass before I get to know them? Well, they will at least have photos to see and stories to hear from my daughter.

Take the time to snap a shot with your children, makeup or not. These are the moments you will cherish long after your children are grown and gone.

This quote really says it all.

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows.
And the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years." -- Audrey Hepburn

6 quirks!

Jobeth tagged me to list 6 quirks about moi...here goes!

#1 -- I organize my towels. As I put away new ones, I bring the "older, unused ones" to the front of the linen closet, and put the new washed ones in the back. It's a wash, rinse, repeat cycle :)

#2 -- I have a diet cherry vanilla coke every single morning. I can skip breakfast, but I *must* have my diet coke fix. :)

#3 -- I "tidy" my house every day. That means beds are made, dishes are washed (or at minimum dirty ones are stacked neatly.), and there isn't "stuff" everywhere. Doesn't matter if the dust is an inch deep or my floors are dirty, as long as everything is in it's place I'm fine.

#4 -- My full-time job is bookkeeping. A few of my responsibilities are paying the bills, keeping a register, reconciling checks, etc. ~ guess what I never do at home? That's right. I procrastinate when it comes to writing checks and reconciling our register. Thank goodness for online banking!!!!

#5 -- One of my terrible quirks is organizing too much. I usually do it when Chris isn't around then he can *never* find anything around our house later. Sad thing is I don't remember what I do with everything.

#6 -- The last quirk I can think of is that I luuuurve to dip my pizza in thick, cold & creamy sour cream. It is simply delish :)

Who to tag, who to tag.....I tag Amber, girl from florida, and Garrett!

Ladies!

I'm planning on having a Kelly's Kids catalog party soon ~ if you'd like a catalog to look at drop me an e-mail and I'll make sure you get one :)