This whole 'owning and operating your own business' thing has been a bit of a figure-it-out-as-you-go, trial & error sort of thing for me, but I've been lucky enough to survive on ...
Life and work are both kicking my tail right now, but I hope to be back to posting next week. Thanks for being patient with me. And just a few shots of Coley that I took a few months back (when I ren...
Hey... I meant to mention that Erin Cobb (one of my most-favorite people in the world) is doing a give-away on her Facebook page to celebrate her birthday and to celebrate the big move into her new b...
Have been meaning to write this post for a long time now, but was never quite sure what to say or how to say it. I've been blogging for about six and a half years now. When I first started, it w...
Just a few shots from a program (The Amazing Jerusalem Makeover) at the kid's school last week... It was so funny and so fabulous. Coley is the third kid from the right in the first row. And Cou...
As some of you already know, I always forget my wedding anniversary and this year was no exception. My husband always remembers though and since he had to do some work in Ferndale, California, he dec...
After hitting the tub, we headed downstairs to the make-shift spa-station I set up. (I know it's a little cheesy, but she's six so she thought it was quite fabulous.) The first part of her ...
Josh and Coley decided they needed a 'mancation', so after school last Friday, they drove down to Redding, California (a 2 1/2 our drive) to have In-N-Out burgers and to watch The Avengers....
She was breaking open pods to find larva to add to her ever-growing bug collection, so I just kept shooting until I ran out of batteries... Have been thinking so much about how big all these kids are...
Didn't do a whole lot of shooting on Mother's Day, but I did do a whole lot of stuff... We hit the grocery store around 8:00 and was at Grandma Jo's house by about 9:00, where Josh and...
Having computer problems again so I'll be back once I get them resolved. I hate computers.
It seems like everything I heard and everyone I know (especially military members/military wives) was warning me that the transition after Josh came home from Afghanistan was going to be hard. His bo...
Ross and I spent most of the day together on Friday (before he moved on Saturday) just hanging out and talking. Then we picked the little kids up from school, loaded up the car and headed out to my m...
Ross moved up to Marysville, Washington on Saturday. That's 447 miles away. I was sad when he moved to Klamath Falls a few years ago, but that was where I went to college and I was excited for h...
Josh got a room for us at the Columbia Hotel in Ashland a few weeks back so we could have a night away from home. We planned everything so I could get there early, go running, walk around town, get r...
1. Josh Downs recently sent this email to our softball team: Happy Saturday Believers! Tomorrow is going to be a great softball day. Good news first...we're 5th in our division. Bad news...there...
After the first part of the party, it seemed like everyone was ready to head home, so we decided to carry all the chairs and dinner supplies back from the creek. But then everyone set their chairs do...
I didn't take one shot all weekend (Coley took that one for me) but it was a busy one none-the-less... - Courtney asked if I could wake her up early on Friday morning so she could get her room r...
Still needing to sort through the rest of my Easter shots, but no time this morning so I'll just share this one for now... I walked into Courtney's room the other night to find this. So I s...
We spend Easter out at my Uncle Donnie's/my mom's place. (Long story, but my mom used to own this place, but later sold it to my uncle and now they're both living out there.) Grandma J...
Is it too late to post Easter photos? (I guess I would have been a bit more eager to post them had I taken a single good shot...It's almost humerous how poorly my Easter egg hunting shots turn o...
If you're looking for more information on the Clickin Moms drawing I'm doing, click here. But if you're one of the 148 people who made a pact with me in the comments of my blog on Janu...
If you're looking for info. on the Clickin Moms drawing, here it is. If you'd given up hope that I'd ever show photos of Annie's room, read on... I actually planned to post photos...
This is going to sound lame, but I have an aversion to doing anything where failure is a possibility. Its a huge flaw, I know, but I've spent the majority of my 39 years only doing things I felt...
I come to you seeking advice, yet again. (Because you guys rescued me from my year-long hip problem...a foam roller along my IT band after every run and before bed every night. Problem solved. Thanks...
Some of you may remember that the kids and I (and a family friend) were all training for the Pear Blossom together. (Here's some of our training photos.) Well, the race was on Saturday. Josh and...
If you're interested in more details about the give-aways I'm doing, go here. But if you want to see some pictures of the birthday boy (Ross turned 20 today.) then you came to the right pla...
If you're here to find out more info. about the drawing, click here. If you're here to see some Easter Egg photos, carry on. The girls (Courtney, Annie and their cousins, Brooke and Tate) ...
As many of you know, I made a choice a long time ago not to advertise on my blog or to be a part of any affiliate programs. It's just a personal choice that works for me because I want to keep t...
That's Coley and I on a three mile run the other day. (It's not so easy to jog while simultaneously trying to take pictures with your iPhone.) About a year ago, I started feeling pain in my...
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