Trey...the kid keeps me guessing. God love him, he is a sweet boy....he's just A BoY! :) That means, everyday when I pick him up from Kindergarten I have to ask, "Good day or bad day?!" Then, I have to hold my breath and turn the page in his binder to where a note would be from his teacher.
Yesterday, I was fulfilling my civic duty of voting...with the kids in tow. Moms, I know you know what that can entail. On the way there, we had the discussion of how to act at the voting place. VERY quiet, whisper and you have to stay right by mommy. Luckily, we vote at a church, so I got to a booth that had a row of chairs near by. I instructed Trey and Em to sit there and be quiet...I then went to hand Trey my iphone. He totally snubbed my phone, and says "It's okay mom, I'm going to look for my sight words"...as he's thumbing thru the Bible. I almost cried. It was the sweetest thing EVER.
It's moments like those, in a week that is never ending, that God reminds us to STOP. I stopped and just thanked HIM for that reminder to enjoy these moments with Trey and Emery...and then I gave Trey a big kiss on the forehead for being Trey.
Emery's not to be left out...she's a character. She's decided that she should be practicing her spelling like her big brother. Any thing you ask her to spell right now is 'P-E-R-E-Y'. So she'll say, "MOMMY, I can spell SEAT...P-E-R-E-Y....SEAT" She did that for a good 5 minutes last night at the dinner table and we were all just laughing. Trey was getting frustrated because he knows how to spell it and she fights him on it. It's really quite comical.
Love my 2.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Got questions?
I thought I'd do a little more interacting over on my Owens' Originals Photography blog, so I'm going to do a little Question and Answer session. The only problem? I only have 18 people following over there, so I thought I'd bring it over here...click on THIS LINK and head on over to ask your questions. It can be about Photography Stuff. Camera Stuff. Football Family Stuff. Whatever you got {as long as it is blog appropriate...I feel like I'm talking to my high school kids, sorry} :)
...and I'll leave you with one of my favorite recent pictures from a session! {Sorry, a little partial...my Godson, Lane}
...and I'll leave you with one of my favorite recent pictures from a session! {Sorry, a little partial...my Godson, Lane}
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
{Halloween 2011}
Another Halloween is in the books! I pulled a Mother of the Year...more on that later. I'll butter you up with pictures first.
Wanna hear about my mother of the year award? Y'all know when you're taking pictures of the kids, when you say, "Wait, one more!" Well, Joe was done and the kids were ready to go. I said, "WAIT, I need one of Emery withOUT her special face"...so we got a few more shots. Joe said, "come on Em, let's get in the car"...and then it happened. She slipped on the rocks and landed booty first. She immediately got up and cried the 'I'm hurt' cry...moms, you know the difference. I didn't see anything, but Joe checked her in the car and came back and showed me what she landed on. There were some small metal spiky things that we didn't even notice. She had a few scrapes on her 'cheek' and I was 'sick to my stomach' mad at myself. We got home quickly and got her all cleaned up, and once the bandaid was on then all was right with the world again. My guilt is finally starting to ease up. At first, I was sure we were going to end up at the ER clinic having to get a tetnis shot...here's a newsflash for you {that I didn't know}...if the kids are caught up on their vaccinations thru age 4 or 5, they don't have to get a tetnis shot when something like that happens. WHEW. There it is for for ya...one more reason I will have the M-O-T-Y trophy on my mantle.
Em, and her special face...
This was his tough dude pose.
Awww.
Help me, please...she gives me gray hair.
Bein' sweet for 2 minutes.
How about a cross eyed clown? That dang nose would not stay on.
She does these faces all on her own. I swear. I know, we're in trouble.
That's one mean turtle.
They were ready to go!
Emery being nosy. Every picture of them at the door looked like this.
Wanna hear about my mother of the year award? Y'all know when you're taking pictures of the kids, when you say, "Wait, one more!" Well, Joe was done and the kids were ready to go. I said, "WAIT, I need one of Emery withOUT her special face"...so we got a few more shots. Joe said, "come on Em, let's get in the car"...and then it happened. She slipped on the rocks and landed booty first. She immediately got up and cried the 'I'm hurt' cry...moms, you know the difference. I didn't see anything, but Joe checked her in the car and came back and showed me what she landed on. There were some small metal spiky things that we didn't even notice. She had a few scrapes on her 'cheek' and I was 'sick to my stomach' mad at myself. We got home quickly and got her all cleaned up, and once the bandaid was on then all was right with the world again. My guilt is finally starting to ease up. At first, I was sure we were going to end up at the ER clinic having to get a tetnis shot...here's a newsflash for you {that I didn't know}...if the kids are caught up on their vaccinations thru age 4 or 5, they don't have to get a tetnis shot when something like that happens. WHEW. There it is for for ya...one more reason I will have the M-O-T-Y trophy on my mantle.
Monday, October 24, 2011
4.7 Miles
4.7 miles...that is now all that separates Grandma & Papa from us! Grandma & Papa have semi-retired and moved down here from Dallas. We've had a countdown on for the last couple of months, and this weekend was the big event. Their furniture however, will be here tomorrow...thanks to some heavy fog in Dallas. Trey and Emery are beyond excited, and to tell the truth Joe and I are too! :)
Last night they got to come over for some Papa Murphy's and hanging out...and it felt so funny not telling them good bye and sending them back to Dallas! I'm not sure it has quite sunk in yet. They say it feels like a permanent vacation. :)
Joe posted this picture on Facebook last night with the caption, "I could get used to this." Yep.
Welcome to Cypress, Grandma & Papa!
Last night they got to come over for some Papa Murphy's and hanging out...and it felt so funny not telling them good bye and sending them back to Dallas! I'm not sure it has quite sunk in yet. They say it feels like a permanent vacation. :)
Joe posted this picture on Facebook last night with the caption, "I could get used to this." Yep.
Welcome to Cypress, Grandma & Papa!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
LONG week
You know it's going to be a long week, when you stay up Monday morning until 1 a.m. and then get up for work at 5:15. I thought I was going to bed early last night...a whopping 11:15. Tonight, I have my sights set on 9, but we'll see if that happens! What am I doing up at that hour you ask? Editing, editing, and some more editing. I had an October 1st wedding that I shot solo, and that's what we have here...Enjoy. {I promise Trey and Emery will make an appearance on the blog, sometime this month!} :)
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Need a Good Laugh...
There are many days that it is SO easy to get stuck in the rut of being a wife, a mom, a teacher, a photographer...and the list goes on. To lighten my mood, I turn to Pinterest to take a load off and to get my mood in check. I bring to you some of my favorite Pinterest 'humorous' quotes...
I'll start with the ones that I would love to display in my classroom...however, I value my job way too much to actually follow through.
Now for some random stuff that makes me laugh. Usually at my desk, and yes...I usually get crazy looks from my students.
I definitely have these days...do you?
No joke!
Not gonna lie...
I had one of these days last week...No, really.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Another Week
Yet another week has FLOWN by. Tomorrow is October 1...how did that happen?! Football season is rolling along. My photography business is booming {LOVING it}, and school just finished up the first 6 weeks. Y'all remind me, the next time someone asks me to be in charge of a new gradebook system for 300 teachers....to say NO. We updated our system this year to Teacher Access Center, and it's a nightmare! Teachers, if you use it, you probably know exactly what I'm talking about.
Moving on. There hasn't been much excitement this week. Trey had to dress up as his favorite nursery rhyme today. He chose Humpty Dumpty. I looked online for ideas on a costume, and refused to buy one. One of the 'homemade' options was to cut a hole in a poster board and have his face go in that hole, and then draw the egg on the poster board. Really?! I'm sure that would have lasted 5 minutes. So, while Joe and I finished off the last 3 episodes of 24, season 6 {ADDICTED to that show, we may just start it over when we get thru season 8...I'm not joking}, I painted. This is what Trey's Humpty Dumpty looked like. {I'm a bad mom and didn't get a picture of him in the shirt this morning...hopefully, it's still in one piece this afternoon.
Moving on. There hasn't been much excitement this week. Trey had to dress up as his favorite nursery rhyme today. He chose Humpty Dumpty. I looked online for ideas on a costume, and refused to buy one. One of the 'homemade' options was to cut a hole in a poster board and have his face go in that hole, and then draw the egg on the poster board. Really?! I'm sure that would have lasted 5 minutes. So, while Joe and I finished off the last 3 episodes of 24, season 6 {ADDICTED to that show, we may just start it over when we get thru season 8...I'm not joking}, I painted. This is what Trey's Humpty Dumpty looked like. {I'm a bad mom and didn't get a picture of him in the shirt this morning...hopefully, it's still in one piece this afternoon.
Tomorrow, I'm off all day to photograph a friend's wedding. It's going to be so much fun I can hardly stand it. I'll miss another football game, but I won't miss the after party. Grammie is keeping the kids, and they are SO excited about that. Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!!
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