black and white at the beach

This is one of my best friends and her kids. While we were at the beach she asked me to take some shots to give to her husband on Father’s Day. It felt so SUPER good to be behind the camera and shoot. We’ve been so busy lately I haven’t been able to make time for photography. This beach session made me realize just how much I missed it.

beach pictures

Well I have my camera again and the cannon powershot is finally charged so I finally uploaded all our vacation (I mean trip) pictures. I wish I had taken more but it just didn’t happen. Keeping five kids fed and in clean clothes kept us extremely busy. We had a wonderful trip and I can’t wait to do it again next year.

Packed out my friend’s mini van! Previous years photos go here and here.

Only a five minute walk to the BEACH!

We even made a day trip over to Disney. It was CRAZY fun. We crammed 3 parks into one day. Thankfully it was a slow day for Disney and the lines were unbelievably short! I have hardly any pictures because we were racing around to make the most of the day. We had the BEST time!

new coop

It’s 100% completed! Whew!

The chickens have been in the roost and nesting area for a week but now the ramp is complete and the coop has been moved out to the yard. Tonight at dusk we opened the door from the roosting area to let them venture out into their own personal yard. It was so exciting! My man did an amazing job building it. I love it! I didn’t take a picture of the completed project because a huge storm was looming overhead and we needed to get to dinner. Maybe tomorrow I will get a picture.

back from the great escape

Sometimes you just reach your limit and you need an escape. Well last week I was at that point and thankfully I had scheduled a beach trip with a friend and the timing was absolutely perfect. I’ve been gone for about 10 days and I am SO glad to be home. I am re-energized and almost completely focused on what is ahead. We have a contract on our house. The negotiations were settled only an hour or so before I left on our trip. All three of the kids are in a play this coming weekend so we’ll be diving into the theater first thing tomorrow to help get things set up.

I was able to enjoy a wonderful meal with my mom and my dad’s family at my aunt’s house after visiting my parent’s church this morning. I hate I left my camera there in my hometown. I am bummed that I can’t share any pictures! It’s probably best that I don’t have it. I would want to stay up for hours digging through every photo.

I am too tired to type anything else. I am off to spend time with the most awesome man in the whole wide world. 10 days with out him is just too long.