This weekend, I met a beautiful family who asked me to take their Christmas pictures. It was so fun getting to know them and seeing the personalities of the two lively boys! Such a fun time. Getting a 1 year old and 3 year old to look at the camera AND have smile was quite a challenge, but well worth it! I also had the pleasure of meeting both sets of grandparents and including them in some pictures. We had a great time and I am so thankful they let me capture their memory! Thanks again to Amy for mentioning my name to them. You are a sweet friend!

Meet the Millers.

Christmas Cards

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope y'all got to enjoy as much turkey and dressing as I did! Oh my goodness, it was so amazing. I'll post some pictures of my family from today a little bit later. I'm finally hungry again so I can snack on leftovers. :) Tomorrow, we are heading to Eric's mom's house to spend some time with that side of the family. I'm sure we will have lots of fun!

It's almost Christmas time again. I LOVE Christmas. The season just calls for lots of singing, warm cookies, and looking at lights. Some people like to do the picture Christmas card thing.... I think Eric and I are going to do that for his family that lives in North Carolina since we never see them. Anyway, I took pictures for a Christmas card yesterday and I want to share them with you. If there is anyone else who wants to have theirs done, let me know. :)

Here is the Forbes family:

Hope you guys like the sneak peek!

Family Portraits

Recently, I had the pleasure to photograph two sweet families from church (which, by the way, the two women are sisters and I NEVER knew... ha!). They were truly a joy and oh so patient with me as I tried to hurry and post-process them all amidst the whirlwind of finishing up this semester. Finally, finished. (Well are we ever really satisfied with the post processing? I'm not...) Anyway, here are some of my favorite pictures.

5 weeks and counting

That's the most exciting news I have for everyone.... only FIVE weeks (including this one) until the semester of death ends. Really, this is so exciting. 3 weeks from Thursday is Thanksgiving, and then there is only 1 more week of school after that and then finals. HOORRRAAAYYY. My quality of life will improve immeasurably this December and I cannot wait.

More good news about school. I looked at my degree evaluation for this spring (my last semester of school EVER) and it said that I will only need 11 hours of schooling to graduate. Only 2 more classes are required in my degree so I can take 2 extra elective classes or do an internship. PLUS... if I get an internship somewhere, the 2 classes that I need will be on Tuesday/Thursday... and I would only have to come to school 2 days a week. Next semester will be the best. Apparently God has been hearing my desperate cries for help. :)

Yesterday, during the second two sermons at church, I finished my history paper... which left a few hours in the afternoon open for me to take a nap. My husband/dad/mom decided it would be fun to all go golfing, so I had to sacrafice my nap but it was well worth it. Perfect weather, relaxing environment, and quality time with family. It was awesome. (Even when Eric and I each threw our own little temper tantrums because we stunk it up on the golf course. But hey, Eric just started playing this summer and it's been about 8 years since I've played a round of golf so I was happy to even connect the club and the ball... HA!)

I'm at school, so I only have a couple pictures from yesterday on my jump drive... and I'm going to add them both. The first is of my mom and dad. They are so cute and we had lots of fun with them yesterday! The second is just a pretty picture of the fall scenery. Love this time of the year!

I had permission...

...I promise. I wanted to post these pictures because I'm so proud of my husband. Not that he isn't cute as a button as a chubby little high school kid, but he has really undergone a transformation inside and out since that time in his life. He has lost almost 100lbs which has made a drastic change for him physically. He has also had a transformation into a great leader in ministry and as a husband. He really is a blessing and I'm so proud to be his wife. I wanted to share these because I know everyone loves to see before and after pictures!!! :)

Lake Highlands Varsity football team 2003




Lake Highlands Baptist Church youth outing.... hahahaha I love it!!!



Doing his thang!!

He's back!!

Like some of you already know, I'm a big scaredy cat. I knew this about myself... but I didn't REALLY know. I mean, I understand that I'm only supposed to fear the Lord and he's my true protector, but I have to admit that this week I got a little nervous all by myself. Eric left for a church leader conference in Atlanta last Wednesday, traveled up to South Carolina on Friday, and just returned home yesterday (Monday). So I had 6 days and 5 nights all by myself. I had a huge paper due so it was nice to have time to focus on that... for the first couple days. Then I was l-o-n-e-l-y. Days/Evenings were boring and night time was spppooooookkkyyy. Romie is of course SUCH a good watchdog (not) and I knew that I could go to my parents house if I needed to, but I wanted to stick it out like a big girl. I did... but not without making sure the door was locked a hundred times, sitting up in bed a billion times a night to make sure no one was there, and running and leaping into bed after a short trip to the bathroom. Seriously? Yup. So I've deduced that I'm a big baby!! Luckily, Eric came home last night and was able to protect me from all the scary monsters under my bed. Sheesh.

Busyness is a way of life

I finally did it. I got sick. There is just so much going on this semester and it really was just a matter of time before I got run down. Now is the time. Although, I have really enjoyed some of the things that have made me more/less busy depending on how you look at it. :)

This past Friday night, the ol' Pastor's Wives took a trip to Grapevine for a little de-stressing and shopping. We had a really great time and I can't wait to do it again soon!

This was taken at a little Italian joint where we ate on the roof and a local country band serenaded us (well, and everyone else on the roof) . Super fun. I think the lead singer of the band actually took this picture. Apparently he should stick to singing. haha



There was laughing.



And of course some crying...



I want to live here!! All the wonderful buildings for taking pictures!



Yesterday was a tough but good day for our family because we moved my grandpa into an apartment here in town. Good because he's so close and we are going to really enjoy getting to spend a lot of time together. Tough because he had to leave his home where he and my late grandmother lived for over twenty years.



Here is his cute little place.



You can tell he's pretty worn out.



Also, a couple Saturdays ago I took some pictures for some friends from church. We went to the Botanical Gardens and just walked around and took lots of pictures. Here are a few.







And of course, here is the cutest 10lbs I've ever seen. I love him.



On September 30, my dad celebrated his 49th birthday. We ate at the Jalapeno Tree and it was fantastic. My parents are so cute and I love them so much. My mom got my dad a golf membership for his birthday and my husband and I were included in the membership. So far, my husband has benefited from my dad's bday present more than my dad. (Insert eye rolling here.) hehe



So lot's of fun stuff going on in addition to the monotonous school/work routine.... but in result... the cold I'm suffering. I'll be fine, I'm sure, but I sure can't wait until May. Yes, just a season in my life... but I'm SO ready for Spring. :)