more summer pics

here are a couple anyways-more to come

Its been a while again...

Well I've been busy with this thing called life and then someone reminded me I haven;t posted o the blog in a bit. Or maybe more like months. We have been busy playing this summer and trying to get life back in order from the school year. My list of things to do only seems to be growing. I added a garage sale to August's list. Our Jeep is finally working again so we can enjoy that, we have been going crazy with new excavating in our yard to make aplay area for the girls which has morphed into a pole barn project as well. Amazing how that happens isn't it.

Anyway, on to the girls. Caitlin and Sam both had VBS and then Caitlin went to camp at our local Nature Center. Since then we have been swimming and enjoying eachother. I am struck by how much Sam has changed in such a short amount of time. SInce summer break she has just blossomed. She is talking so much more, understanding everything and she and Caitlin have been so wonderful together it is truly a sisterhod meant to be. Sam walks around telling us she has a sister and that she is a sister. I think sometimes she makes connections that show she is happy to be with a family. Speaking of sisterhood, the girls have been camping out together on one or the other's bedroom floor since summer break began. They want to share a room but I think the novelty would wear off fast. So they can camp out 'til their hearts content I guess. I may even have some video of it if I can find it. I am truly blessed to be a mama to both my girls.

I have been trying to catch up on my reading. I have magazines galore-three to four months of Birds and Blooms, Shutterbug, I have also been reading a book by Angela Thomas called Dance. It is about being a strong woman for Christ. I have quite enjoyed it. I heard her speak at a conference in June and purchased her book there. One of the best parts is about letting go of guilt and I do harbor lots of that. Guilt over how I could, should have and wish I would have done so many things differently. I have so many wonderful family members, and am blessed in so many many ways. Sometimes I think I am a litte self destructive. So anyway the book has been uplifting-check it out. I keep wanting to read something mindless, and a little smutty but I haven't gotten to that yet. Probably won't too much to do.

I photographed my first wedding. It was exciting and scary. I learned alot and look forward to my next wedding. I am hoping to get some family shoots this summer yet and I may have a senior shoot coming up. I am really excited about a Sports Photo class at our local art school in Sept. I hope I can take it this year.

I should be able to get into school soon to start putting my room back together. That is bittersweet time away from the kids. I need to get in there though so this year can be more prganized than last year. A trip to China in Oct was pretty devastating to my organizational skills. I was a bit scattered the remainder of the year.

Hopefully, I 'll post more often from now on. So here is what you all really want. Pictures...

Hmm-can't seem to post pics right now. I'll try again in the morning. Off to read...