The Art of Giving Back

I'm officially a proud member of this great organization - The Art of Giving Back is a wonderful thing.

All is Well

My Angel's doing great after the eye procedure, look how pretty she is! Now the sweetness pours out of both eyes :) She did great the whole time, better than her Mom for sure. This past weekend we went on a family outing so I'll post a couple of the pics soon, Bella wanted to feed the goats so we went out to Crooked Creek - they both got a kick out of it, can't wait to share the goat hug!

Take A Minute

Ava's having a small surgery done on her eye at Children's Hospital this week, so if you could just take a minute to say a prayer for her. I know in my heart this is a simple procedure and things could definitely be worse (God Bless the families who go through such pain and struggle), but she's just real small and sweet and she's my baby so I'm going to worry - no matter how simple. It'll be a good day!

Happy Impastencence Day From Bella

Well here's my little buddy, 3 months old already and just sweet as can be! His Daddy's a Fireman so I had to get a picture with the helmet - of course he's too big to fit inside but we worked it in. We're going to do more pics at the park next week, it was raining when we originally planned to go (surprise, what's with all this rain right) but there's this tree I want to photograph him under, it'll be perfect. I got a couple shots of Little Emma his sister (not a big fan of the camera - yet) but she's so, so cute and those eyes - just amazing. Have a great Holiday! Happy Impastencence Day was what Bella said the Holiday was, not Independence Day - Impastencence Day :)

Happy 232nd Birthday

Tomorrow America will celebrate it's 232nd Birthday, hopefully we remember the real reason we celebrate this day - not just another day off :) Independence Day - has great meaning; "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", people fought for our freedom and still fight for the freedom of others - imagine not being able to be your own person, this truly is a day to celebrate!
I'll be posting some pics from a photo shoot I did a while back; it was of the 127th Combat Fire Dawgs Deployment. It was a very emotional time for all present, but I feel blessed to have been part of such a thing. Even though I felt for all of the families, one in particular has weighed on my heart and mind since that day. I really tried to remove myself from the raw emotion of the moment, but I just couldn't this time. The little girl was around my daughter's age and when it was time for her Daddy to leave - the sadness was just overwhelming, she just cried and called out for Daddy. I can't imagine the heartache for all involved, the Daddy having to leave his family, the Mom having to be strong for her little girl when she's being torn apart on the inside and the sweet little girl not understanding why all of this is happening - but when she's old enough to understand she'll be so proud of her Daddy. My prayers go out to all of the families and all who serve and fight for our freedom. There really is no way to show true appreciation for what our soldiers do, but we can keep praying and supporting them the best way we know how.
Thank you again to the families for letting me be part of that trying day.

"Freedom, the last best hope for earth."
-Abraham Lincoln

BabyLove

These are some of the BabyLove Collection we started a while back, I hope they always Love each other this much. I'm very lucky that I have 2 brothers that always took care of me, and loved me as well as liked me - which I find very important! Oh yeah and I feel the same about them too :) I instill those values to my girls often, family's everything to me and I hope they always hold onto that. I thank my Mom and Dad for teaching us good Family Values, even when the world around us wasn't quite perfect. Always say "I Love You" everytime you talk to someone you love, this was one of the things taught to us - that we all do to this day. It really is important, I probably say the words I love you - 100 times a day, it's like breathing to me. Anyway love my girls, more than life - and I hope and pray that the wings we give them send them in good direction.