my first grader...

In just eight days, my baby girl starts first grade. She is mixed with nervousness and excitement. She has asked "Why can't God just make it so that we know things and we don't have to learn them?" Wouldn't that be nice? Although, I'm afraid that would mean she'd grow up faster than she already has.

the joy of girls...

Someday I'll jump through puddles, take a stroll or run a race,
Someday I'll walk across the street, or maybe walk in space,
Someday I'll scale a mountain, or join a ballet corps,
Someday I'll walk a tightrope, or explore the ocean floor,
Someday these feet will do some things that only heaven knows,
But for today they're happy just to wiggle all their toes.

this is fun...

I had another shoot and was lucky to be paired with some amazingly cute kids once again (ahem! one is more handsome than cute)! What a great gig this is!

bellflower update

I've also spent some time this week playing around with photo editing. I'm working on developing collage cards for "Bellflower Design Studio". I'm posting a couple of the designs, just so you all can check 'em out!

i had no idea...

I joined Facebook this week. This may be the reason I haven't updated the blog.

The children are clean, well fed, and happy...so I haven't squandered a scandelous amount of time. But, truth be told, I had no idea this beast existed for me. I thought this was some sort of taboo high school/college dating scene. I was wrong! (it has to happen every once in awhile :0)..)

I've found so many relatives and friends there...and was most pleased to find my old roommate and bridesmaid (hi Kelly!) whom I haven't talked to in six or more years! While I didn't find many high school friends there (come on Kentucky!!!), Jeff is in the midst of a virtual high school reunion (yes, he joined too).

What fun this is...all this social networking! It's a far cry from plugging 3 hours worth of code into my Commodore 64 just to make the 4-second sound of a baby crying. My, how far we've come.

cutey pie..

just had these photos to share...enjoy!

quoteable quotes

So...Lauren started riding sans training wheels about a month ago. Since, she's been perfecting making turns and going up and down hills.

I've wanted to start running again lately and thought the perfect strategy would be run next to Lauren on her bike last night. I actually did pretty well. I was puffing a little bit when I would talk to her and felt a little like walking, but in order to stay with her, I had to keep running. So here's the quote:

At about 1 mile, she said, "I'm tired".
I said, "I wish I had a bike."
She said, "You do. It's in the garage. You should've brought it."

Guess it didn't make much sense to her that I would run when there was a perfectly good bike sitting at home.