WHAT A LOCATION!

Wow, this was a location that you wish you could have a session at every day of the week. Just an incredible farm and we took advantage of all the wonderful settings it had to offer. Just sharing a few, because soon I will not be sharing as much as to not ruin any Holiday surprises.

EXCITING GAME DAY!

WITH OUR SEASON TICKETS IN HAND, WE HAD BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS DAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. GOING TO THE UCF HOME OPENER AGAINST TEXAS, IN OUR BRAND NEW STADIUM. TRAFFIC WAS NOT A PROBLEM FOR US, WE HAD OUR PARKING PASS IN HAND AND TAILGATED SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE. THE KIDS WERE WISHING WE HAD A SWIMMING POOL WITH US IN THE 94DEGREE HEAT. BUT 3/4 OF THE WAY INTO THE GAME THE SKIES WOULD OPEN UP WITH A COOLING DOWNPOUR THAT MADE EVERYONE SMILE WITH DELIGHT. IT WAS AN AWESOME GAME, SO CLOSE WITH UCF IN THE 4TH ACTUALLY AHEAD, BUT IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE. TEXAS PULLED OUT THE WIN 35-32, BUT NOT BAD FOR THE 63RD RANKED UCF KNIGHTS AGAINST THE 6TH RANKED TEXAS LONGHORNS........GO KNIGHTS.

REST EASY

SOMETIMES AS WE ALL KNOW BABIES HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA, BUT I AM SOMEBODY WHO IS DEFINITELY USED TO THAT. BUT SOMETIMES FOR PARENTS, ESPECIALLY FIRST TIME PARENTS YOU CAN GET A BIT STRESSED ABOUT THE WHOLE PHOTO SESSION THING. I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH, EVEN WITH BABY "N" HAVING IS OWN AGENDA, IT GAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR HIS PARENTS AND I TO BOND AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME! REST ASSURED, BETWEEN THOSE NEWBORN CRIES WE CAPTURED SOME HEART WARMING IMAGES.

JUST A GLANCE

JUST A FEW THAT ARE FINISHED FOR ONE EXCITED GRANDMA! IT WAS A JOY TO CAPTURE MISS "C" TURING ONE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE "C"! IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO PHOTOGRAPH YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS AND CATCHING SOME IMAGES OF YOU WALKING AROUND.

PRECIOUS BUTTERFLY

I JUST HAD TO SHARE A QUICK ONE OF THIS PRECIOUS BUTTERFLY. WE DID THIS AT THE END OF HER SESSION TO CATCH HER IN HER ADORABLE HALLOWEEN COSTUME.

BEING A KID/BEING A PARENT

I KNOW IT IS SO HARD BEING A KID AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HELP MOLD YOU INTO WHO YOU ARE AS AN ADULT. BUT AS A PARENT, IT IS SO HARD SOMETIMES TO WATCH WHAT OTHERS DO AND SAY TO YOUR CHILDREN. I JUST HOPE YOU REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE INSIDE AND ALWAYS STAY TRUE TO YOU, BECAUSE CHILDHOOD WILL BE OVER SOONER THAN YOU KNOW IT AND THE ONE THING THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE IS HOW MUCH YOUR FAMILY LOVES YOU.

LIFE UP CLOSE

Some type of large cricket looking bugs, about 3 inches long enjoying their Saturday afternoon.

DING DONG

ALRIGHT, I'M A DING DONG, BUT IT STILL COUNTS AS MY PAGE FOR TODAY EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY SCRAPPED THESE IMAGES. OF COURSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL I WENT TO SAVE THE PAGE I COMPLETED. USUALLY MY SYSTEM WORKS, IF IT'S ON MY DESKTOP IT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET, WELL GUESS WHAT, IT DID NOT WORK THIS TIME. HEY, IT'S OK I WILL PUT ONE MOTHER'S DAY PAGE IN MY DAUGHTERS AND ON IN MY SONS.

RECYCLE

MY JOURNALING ON THE PAGE IS AS FOLLOWS:

I am really embarrassed to say that we just started to “REALLY” recycle. My kids were pestering me about doing it and asking why we were not. I could only come up with the answer that we were all being Lazy. No, they don’t pick it up like they used to in Orlando ,but that is no excuse. So it is about time we recycle.

I will not always put them on here, but I have made a challenge to myself. I don't care how busy I am, my challenge is to complete one scrap page a day until the end of the year. Either current or from the old scanned images that I am working on. Believe it or not, I find it relaxing to scrap, because it gets my creative energy flowing while emptying my emotions from the day. Yes, I guess I do tend to be a tad emotional.

NAKED BABY!

My sister-in-law took this great image of my nephew playing in the rain and I just had to scrap it. It is just amazing how the little things can mean the world of fun to children, sometimes I think we should all just stop and play in the rain.

CALIFORNIA COUSIN

JUST A FEW I PICKED SO THAT YOU COULD VIEW A FEW TOGETHER BEFORE HEADING BACK TO CALIFORNIA. MR. "C" YOU REALLY WERE A GOOD SPORT FOR GETTING UP SO EARLY ON FLORIDA TIME!

9 years ago

Fall we be upon us very shortly and I really think it is a wonderful time of year, especially when the weather starts to get a bit cooler. It is hard to believe that this image was almost 9 years ago. I can remember so much about that day, since I was due with my son in just a few weeks and I was thinking this was our last outing as three.

5 MONTHS

MY DAUGHTER AT 5 MONTHS. YES, I AM ON A BOO-WHO MY KIDS ARE GETTING TO OLD TRIP.

Are you Bored Yet?????

Alright, I'll stop boring you with my baby, I'll leave you with an image of one of my favorite times of days, sleep time.

On a Roll!

Yes, with work tapping me on the shoulder I have just decided to take a little break and enjoy doing some pages of my babies. I need to scan more of my daughter, because I have scrapped hers already that I had scanned, but scanning is just not fun, but when they were little digital was just so new! Amazing what less than 10years can do in a world of technology.

3 MONTHS- 9YEARS

I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT MY BABY IS GOING TO BE 9 YEARS OLD IN A LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS. LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS AT THREE MONTHS. HE WAS A BOOGER, BUT JUST LIKE NOW YOU CAN NOT STAY MADE AT THOSE DIMPLES.

A LITTLE BABY FIX

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF MY OWN BABY FIX AND TO GIVE YOU SCRAPPERS SOMETHING NEW TO GLANCE AT. MY DAUGHTER AT 20 MONTHS AND MY SON AT 5 MONTHS.

UNEXPECTED VISITOR

WE HAD A RATHER LARGE UNEXPECTED VISITOR THIS EVENING. IT WAS IN OUR BIG FRONT OAK TREE AND THEN MADE A TRIP TO THE BACKYARD OAK TREE. I WAS REALLY FAR AWAY SO THE PHOTOS AREN'T THE BEST, BUT JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE HOW COOL HE LOOKS.