Congratulations....

little sister for making the front page of the Valdosta Daily Times! I'm so proud of you and happy for you. Ok ...so it's my right as an older sister to do a little bragging! Love you Kissy-bug!

A favorite place...

Like everyone else here....I'm so done with winter and the bitter cold, the crazy weather that will be 60 degrees one day and then below freezing the next....it's insane. As most of you know I was born, bred and raised in the deep south and I do miss it!-especially the warmth and beaches!.. So I thought I would post these pictures that I took in December in St. Augustine,FL. This town has a very special place in my heart and I always enjoy spending time there. I love the lighthouse...not all that crazy about climbing the 8 stories of stairs due to the fact that you can see through them down to the bottom, but I do love the view from the top. So I thought everyone could use a bit of sunshine today! Oh and just to let you know, when I took these pictures it was a beautiful, balmy 73 degrees that day in the middle of December! Spring hurry up and get here!

aaaaahhhhhhhh.....

Ok so I had no idea how hard it would be to find a song for my website. Due to licensing and copyright, you can't use just any song that you like...you know the ones that you hear on the radio or off of your favorite cd...no you have to listen to hundreds of clips off of royalty free music web sites in an attempt to find one that you like...and then you still have to pay for it. After listening to music all afternoon, they all start sounding the same. gggrrrrr. Ok, just needed to vent, now I'm off to cook dinner. yeah.

website is on the way.....possible logo!

I have finally sat down and started working on my photography website, and it's going pretty good...it's extremely time consuming. I'm really excited about it and I'll be posting the link for the website when it's up and running.

saturdays...

Today has been a relatively quiet and uneventful day= a really good day! Morgan's still getting over this cold mess that absolutely refuses to let go. I'm so ready for spring!!!! I'm beyond done with the crazy weather around here. This week I'm suddenly in the mood to sew...so there's been a small pile of fabric accumulating in the office around my sewing machine. Trying a few new different things and it's been fun. I frequently have the urge to do something creative, and so sewing it is for right now! lol It's been a good week catching up with friends via phone and e-mail, and then we had our good friends Jay and Jessica and Emily come and stay with us for a week. Hope you all have a great Sunday! Goodnight!

seriously...seriously!!!!!!

Ok, I know I'm not alone in this....but tell me why, why, why, why, why, is it that everytime my husband walks out the door for a TDY that things just fall apart! Aaron hadn't even been gone 24hours and both Morgan and I are sick, running fevers and coughing our heads off! And then bless our neighbor, Ryan, (who said it would be no problem to bring Aaron's truck home from the base since I couldn't drop Aaron off yesterday morning due to being sick,) who hit a patch of snow/ice only a mile from our house and hit the curb which resulted in a flat tire. So now the poor guy has spent his day trying to get the situation resolved, since the jack for the truck won't work to get the tire off! I feel so bad that something that should have been so simple for him has turned into such a mess! Heaven help me when Aaron has to be gone for 4+ months later on this year! Now, I have to make a quick run to Target to pick up some soup, gatorade and some cat food, definitely an interesting combination. I think I'm going to make " I Will Survive" my theme song for this year!!!

I know, I know....

I seriously need to catch up on some blogging! Sorry everyone! We really weren't home much throughout the holidays! We left for GA Dec. 10th to visit my family and to be home for my mom's wedding. It was a non-stop week, but it was fun to see everyone and spend some time with my sisters and grandparents. Aaron graciously watched Morgan and my little sister who's nine, so Sarah and I could do some shopping and errands. My grandmama retaught me how to crochet again which I picked up easily and then she tried to teach me how to knit ...I still can't seem to get the hang of it. But since then, I've crochet 3 scarves and have started on 2 throws, and so now the yarn section in hobby lobby now calls to me too! Poor Aaron! Anyway we got home right before Christmas. Aaron finished his 2opage paper for a Masters class and I finished edited a photography session. We had a nice quite Christmas day here, repacked our suitcases again and headed off to my in-laws in Mo (along with 1 kid and 2 cats in the car!) the day after Christmas. We had a really nice time, ate more food than I ever care to see again, and finally got to meet our 2 little nieces for the first time. I have to say that I fell in love with them and I fell in love with being an aunt! Both Evelyn and Brianne are precious, and it was wonderful to get some baby snuggle time. Needless to say both my sister-in-law and my brother-in-law are seriously sleep deprived, but they are doing an amazing job with both of them. It's hard to believe that they'll be 12 weeks on the 14th. I was also priviledged to be able to take their pictures, so I'll be posting some soon. We finally returned home this past Sunday the 4th and started back to the everyday rat race on Monday. So this week has been a catch up week as far as laundry, unpacking, sleep, grocery shopping, etc. And I still have to take down our 2 Christmas trees!! It will eventually all get done! I'll have a lot of pictures to post in the next couple of days, so stay tuned!