I am head over heels....

with my camera. I took it with me everywhere this week. Here are a few images that truly captured my heart.


Lauren, Jerrod, Breleigh and Ace



Beautiful view...

Fall- hard not to love

I have always been captivated by this drive.





Our youth minister and his new son, Cason at 1 week old.

Baby Cason



The two most beautiful red heads I have ever seen!

Thanksgiving week

I am so happy that we have a week off of work and school.  I could not come at a better time.  I know you are not surprised..... I did not clean the house.  Now I have a whole week to get that done.....  Lauren, Jerrod, Breleigh and Ace are coming this week.  I can't wait to see them all. 

Ode to my mother

My mom, is an awesome lady. She has been there for me always. She taught me how to be assertive as a woman and be heard. She taught me how to listen to the heart of what someone was truly saying. She made sure that I internalized the"remember who you are and where you came from" as an automatic thought daily. She taught me to always give my best. She taught me that family is sometimes all you have... but then they are all you need. She loved me through times when I thought I knew it all, and clearly did not... and times that I thought I did not have a clue... when the answer was with me all along. Mom developed a great "should" attitude in my life that makes me look at the needs of others even when I have needs of my own. She sets high expectations and I always try to meet them. Mom loves with persistence, teaching us give our whole hearts to those we love. Mom pushed me to be my personal best. In a world that often shirks responsibility to limits personal effort and accountability, mom teaches us to do what is right, no matter what it takes to do it. She is quite the lady.

Ready for a busy week

If you have read my facebook, you know the struggle I am going through to get motivated to clean my house. I just can't seem to get motivated. I would rather edit photos, sleep, pretty much anything else.... just not clean. My commitment this week is to break the cycle... to just do it. Let's see if I can do it. I will set a goal to post pictures of my success at the end of the week. So here's wishing! I posted this photo because it brings me peace.... I think I might need that this week as I look at my schedule.

Today marks 38 years

This is where it all began... Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant Oklahoma. One kiss at the fountain....

Today marks the 38th wedding anniversary of my parents today. They have been a real life example of love for me and my siblings. While we all dream of the fairy tale, with happily ever after, not very many people find a love that meets that fantasy. What my parents have found is something so much more than that fairy tale. They have weathered storms of all sizes. Times with money, times without money, times with family near, times without family at all, times with plenty and times with nothing at all. Through it all, they remain committed to one another and the family they have built together. While sometimes they wonder if their children have learned anything from them,they have been the standard, that we all have held each relationship to ove r the years while we looked for our spouse. Lauren and I looked for a man like our daddy, who was strong and committed to our family, that did whatever it took to provide and love us. Who looked beyond our flaws and loved us in spite of them. Josh and Change both found women that shared the same confidence, fierce protection and love for their family that mom taught us. We are blessed to have such a wonderful example of love. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad. You



are makingmajor love history!

Colorado Trick or Treat

My neice and nephew, Breleigh and Ace, had a great time on Halloween. I wish I had seen them in their costumes. They look so cute!

More of my favorites

I can't get enough of this little cowboy and cowgirl.


If you can't see the attitude in this girl's eyes...



Annie Get Your Gun.... somehow I am feeling that is in Kate's future.




Face painting... what all good fall festivals are made of.


My little neighbor. Owen was the cutest monkey!