Well I had a BLAST on my shoot with Ashley on Saturday! We trashed a wedding dress and swam in the other. It was a blast! I thought I would share one of the sneak peeks that she has put up for me to see! It's my favorite picture out of the ones she's put up so far! I just think it's a gorgeous shot!! We had a blast really! We had even more fun on Sunday when we got my cousins, Aunt, & Mom together for a girls only shoot!! She's a very talented girl!!

www.AshlynnPhotography.com

Long week ahead!

So this week my cousins are here! I love when they visit! They are like my mini mes....yes they have my attitude, and sometimes it's overwhelming but it's fun! Today we are going to go and take pictures together! A friend of mine is a photographer and she's going to do a photoshoot of us girls, my Mom, my Aunt Leaoma, and then the Mini's and me!! I can't wait! I'm going over to do hair & make up on them at 4 and then we have the shoot at 5:30!! It should be fun! These girls are just such a blast and they are going to be here all week long!! So I'm sure that we will be swimming if weather permits it and one day this week I plan on taking the oldest one out for a secret driving lesson! I'm excited about that! Once her mother reads this I'm sure I'll be in trouble, but every girl wants to drive...so it'll be fun!

Anyway, nothing else going on really. Seth & I have been out fishing a couple more times and I've caught some pretty big fish...I still am not taking them off the hook and that is irritating to him but I'm a girl so what do you expect? It's so pretty out there, so soothing to be that disconnected from everything. I LOVE it out there. If I could build a house out there and stay I would. It's just nice, no one out there to be noisy, no traffic really, just quiet. There have been deer out there every single time I've been and it's just nice. So pretty. Anyway, I'm off to get ready I'll write more some other time!! OH here's a pic from the last shoot I did with Ashley. And I'll post a link to her website!


www.ashlynnphotography.com

The Finer Things In Life

Tonight Seth & I went out to some land that his best friends family just inherited. It's one of the most gorgeous places I have ever seen. There's 750 acres of land with at least 3 ponds on it. I've seen my first wild hog and buck out there. I also got to see some gorgeous red bird today singing his heart out. He was so pretty. The only dash of color in a field of green! It's a really beautiful place out in the middle of nowhere. Seth caught a perch in one of the ponds. We drove all over the place and just kinda explored it a little bit until we get the chance to take our 4 wheeler out there and really take a look around. We really have enjoyed getting to be out there. It's a really neat place. We found a million of these berries out there too. I am thinking they are edible...maybe we will pick some sometime and see. >
Anyway that was all we did today. I just wanted to share because I thought it was gorgeous and I got some great pictures of Seth while he was fishing! We are going to send some to his best friend in Afghanistan.

As for everything else in my life. Dad's surgery went really great. They ended up only putting in one stint and they said that they think with a good diet and some exercise he will be good as new. Maybe even better! I appreciate all the prayers & thoughts everyone sent my way. I'm so thankful that he is doing better.

4th of July!

I LOVE the 4th of July! I've been sitting outside tonight listening to the sound of firecrackers being popped by the neighbors. I must say I LOVE that sound. I LOVE 4th of July so much. It brings back some of the most wonderful memories. I can remember being little and sitting outside with my little brother watching the fireworks on the trampoline when I lived at home. Oh we had so much fun watching them. And I can remember my cousins coming up from Texas and us watching them from the WalMart parking lot back when it wasn't open 24 hrs a day. I can remember my Aunt Peg & cousin Kari talking about what flowers the fireworks reminded them of. And my most recent memories are of my Aunt Leaoma and her daughters (my mini me's) coming to my house to watch them. I loved them being here. I love my house being full of people. My husband could live with out it but I LOVE it! It reminds me of home. Our house was always full of people. We had a never ending party it seemed. My brother always had friends over or I did so that house was NEVER empty. The 4th is the only time other than football season that my house if filled. It's the one time of year that this house feels the most like my home. I mean it always feels like home but it's different when there is laughter and talking and people here. I love having people here. We have had cook outs and friends over on the 4th every year for the last 6 years. It's kind of our thing. It's the one time of year that my husband puts aside his anti-social behavior and we have friends over and I LOVE it. It truly is my favorite holiday. It is when my home feels most like my Mom's. I know now why she had such a hard time when we moved out. It's nice to have that noise in the house and when it's all you've ever known...or have known for 23 years...it's hard to adjust to quiet. So I guess, I just wanted to share tonight how I felt about the 4th of July. I am glad that there are men & women out there fighting for my freedom so that I can sit and enjoy the things that I enjoy and so that I can have my little cook out tomorrow. There is a Marine that is out in Afghanistan right now that I wish could be at this cook out with us. I hope he knows that we are thinking of him and praying for him daily. He is Seth's best friend and we miss him being here during times like these. A party isn't a party without him here. So thank you to the ones out there serving our country...it doesn't go unnoticed. I'm thankful.