just a couple of shots from the past few weeks

These past few weeks have been so busy. I've been shooting but definitely not as much as I'd like. Here are just a few of what I've shot. I'm still working on a logo, so forgive all the changes!

hello, goodbye

one sissy saying hello to another upon her return from her first year at college. even though it wasn't taken with my 'fancy' camera, I'm so happy i captured this shot.

listening

"Can I crack the egg in the bowl?"

"If I do it gently, can I please hold your new puppy?"

"Is Elvis still alive?"

My niece is full of things that I wish I had more of- wonder, excitement, curiosity, playfulness, bravery, certainty.

I listen to her and I remember being like her. Before the homework gets to you. Before the peer pressure and school rumors chip at your happiness. Long before dating and unreturned affections, and taxes and bills, and presidential races. Long before life catches up with you.

To be seven again...when life was good because hula hoops waited for your return all day.

i heart faces, week 13: my friend and i

This picture was taken yesterday evening. It shows my husband and our new shelter rescue baby, Mattie.

Mattie was a rescue from the most recent large puppy mill raid in Arkansas. More details and pictures of sweet Mattie tomorrow.

working hands

After work last week, my husband decided to go outside to do some yard work. I spotted his hands- his strong, working hands that provide for me as his wife. I am so blessed by his simple hands. They don't have diamonds on them. They don't gold rings on each finger. But they're mine and they're perfect as they are.

It is amazing and powerful what those hands accomplish. They hold mine tightly when I get scared taking off on plane rides. They bring me my nightly vitamins every day. They envelop my hands when we are praying in church. They tuck me in at night. They hold my face tenderly when he kisses me. And for this and more, I'm so blessed.