May Flowers POTD

Yesterday I got some great shots of my cousin flowers. I tried to get a sunflare on the first one below..not to sure on what I think about it. Soon her fish pond will be up and running. She has fish in it but its just not cleaned out at the moment. I told her I would get some shots of it for her when its ready..but for now we just kind of sit and look at it and try to see the fish.

Want some more Happiness

Happiness are when my children are crazy. There is nothing like your house full of kids and them screaming and and playing. There are about 15 years between Samuel and Brandy so the have a special bond.







Happiness is Brandy. I have been in her life since she was 6 years old and became her stepmom when she was 9. There is no step to it. She is daughter to me. We are really close and I love her bunches. We took all of these pics about an hour ago..I think it 4:30 already..Gee!!






My space...is Happiness.......

Happiness...POTD

I was happy Tuesday because Noni and I took the kids to the park. They had a great time and we took a ton of pictures. Samuel had a ball...The boy thinks he is Spiderman. We had a blast going down the slide together.





I am happy here because my wall is Red and my cheeks are not as fat as they were a month ago.



I am happy here because we got to be outside most of the day. Please ignore how we look. He was working in the yard and always has a look on his face of pain when he is in the sun without sunglasses. And I had been painting and packing up the rest of the kitchen...ohh and the dreaded laundry.

New Blog is up

Hey everyone my new blog is up and running. Now stop by and see it..don't be shy..Believe me I won't be on this blog.....thanks for looking.

New Blog

Hey there everybody...I just wanted to let you guys know that soon I will be creating a new blog. The new blog will be about me and the adventures in my life. I want it to be separate from my photography. It may or may not have pictures...It may be me just writing in to talk about my day or vent about what is going on in my life. I have found that writing has a way of calming me. I am not very good at all about venting or talking with others..I mean I can but you have to be someone special for me to be myself and that is hard for me to do. I get all my words stuck and I just can't spit it out. Now...I could not spell to save my life but in this blog ...I really don't care. I will warn you now...I have a temper and if something is on my mind I just say it. I will try and have some restraint.....but if you don't want to hear it.....then don't read it.
I have learned the hard way about not saying what you have to say and saying it way to late. If you see someone you love and you have not told them...then tell them...Trust me you might not get another chance. If someone has wronged you and you need to talk about it...then just do it. Tomorrow may never come and some things just need to be said. This is my way of doing that..just saying what I need and want to say. So I will try to be on here daily giving everyone a peek into "Me just being Me". From me being on a diet, to dealing with Autism, some photography, Noni and Sam adventures..that should be fun....Marriage,being a mom, love, dislikes, special people in my life..vacation and so on.I will also post things from Youtube. Just clips of movies and music that are special to me. I like to communicate and express myself in that way. You just never know what I will come up with. So if you visit my blog then give me a shout. If you don't want yourself to be known you can be anonymous and leave me a comment. Thanks everyone..I will have the new blog up ASAP. Everyone have a great day.

Kitchen from Hell

Today we finally tore out the last of our cabinets. It was the worst part. I officially will not have a sink or countertop for 3 wks. So it will be paper or plastic. Every time we have to go to Lowes I break out in a sweat. The past week we have spent enough money to get us to Florida and back. I think we could have bought a Ford Focus for what all this is going to end up costing...I will take a new kitchen over a Ford Focus anyday....but goodness!!! I have scratches and puncture wounds from the nails and toting the cabinets to the truck....And I know we are the most popular people on the street...we have a sink and countertop in our front yard...I hope it will be gone soon. The installers will be here on Weds to get the cabinets up..so I have a lot to do between now and then. More paint and sanding and I need to get outside to do some landscaping..when will it calm down? It won't and if it did I would go nuts. I am always busy doing something. I will keep all you guys informed of our progress...but now I must go to bed..I have been up since Friday morning..Good night all and thanks for checking me out..







I had to post the new highlights in my hair to show Noni...and Laz really likes the blonde in my hair. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY !!! So... I aim to please! He was very pleased!





I went out back on my porch to watch Sammy swing and play and noticed how beautiful the sunset was. I have not taken the time to watch the sunset in a long time. I am a sunset and sunrise kinda gal. I find such peace during those times of the day...Needless to say the past week or so has taken a toll on me emotionally, mentally and physically. I just need to get myself centered and move on to what ever comes next in my life....Karma has made sure that life has been... should I say a bit surprising and confusing the past few weeks....In good and bad ways. I guess you have to take the sweet with the sour...And since I am a very impatient person..sour does not suite me at all, but I am trying.

More Maternity Shots...

OK HOLD UP!!!! There is slight nudity involved with these shots..IF you have a problem with nudity please consider yourself WARNED!!! I don't have a problem with it at all but I do want to respect all those that visit my blog...so please scroll down.
I could not sleep lastnight and when I get in a mood...what ever that mood may be I am usually productive in my art. So I was up until 1:30am sitting in my bed working on these shots. I hope you enjoy....Thanks

Random shots,catchlights and waiting for the bus

Today I have just posted some random shots of my life. I have also tried to add some catch lights for our POTD theme. Noni took this pic of me this morning. Please excuse the puffy eye thing...Crappy couple of days...I can sneeze and my eyes swell. She took a couple of shots of Sammy and I waiting for the bus...I forgot I had on my Vlasic pickle pants on..How embarrassing!!






I took shots of Brandy and Samuel sitting on the porch waiting for the bus yesterday morning..then a picture of the weeds growing around my light post...Laz called it weeds..I told him it would be a beautiful weed. Then I just have shots of the kids Tuesday night after I got home from my photography class. Samuels was jammin on Laz computer to some song and Brandy was laying on the couch cracking up at him. They are so silly.

Catchlights per Noni

On Friday Noni took these shots of me outside on my back deck. I am really critical of well.....me!! So I thought I would just get it over with and post them. I think she did a really great job..on the catchlights.






This is just an extra shot of me getting some smuches from my boy.

Mothers Day From Start To Finish

Well Mothers Day weekend was going fast and hard for me. I did not sleep much Friday night so I was up early Saturday and had tons to do...House stuff and Sammy and I went to the park and Micky D's...Then we came home and I had to get my gear ready for a shoot at 5pm. Noni and I loaded up and got the shoot wrapped up around 6:45. By the time I got home my family surprised me with some gifts. Brandy gave me some Azalea bushes and Laz and Sammy got me a 4 gig CF card for my camera...that was what I was going to buy that night anyway...he just beat me to the bunch. So by 8pm I tried to lay down before work...well I am usually wired for sound after a shoot so I slept maybe an hour. Then off to work. Mary and I tried to make the best out of it. We were both dragging ass. Mom's to little kids do not get ...what is that word....mmmmm....oh sleep! No make up and looking like the walking dead..we had the idea of our own Mothers day pictures. I usually don't let pictures be taken of me with my glasses...but I was so tired I forgot.




Working hard....at trying to stay awake at my cart...Don't I look HAPPY!!!!!



Manca and Jemp

That is our nicknames from our grandmother and pretty much the rest of the family. Of course saying Samantha Renee and Jennifer Ann 50 times a day..that is what we are called when we are in trouble gets to be a mouth full..so its always been Mance or Manca and Jemp. We are 6 months apart in age. Our mothers are only 15 months apart in there age...So we have always been close....When we were little we even lived with each other for awhile. So we have pretty much been though a lot of everything together. I love her and I can be myself with Jen (that is what I call her). She calls me ( well I can't tell my other nick name...I am the outcast of the family. I looked like the little refugee kid they picked up on the side of the road, because I was always so dark and looked very different from my moms side of the family....so my nick name pertains to that whole thing. So anyway our youngest kiddos are 2 months apart in age. So we are all really close. This first picture of us...gosh is kinda old..I think I had been married for just a little while.


Manca and Jemp 2008...older....Wiser..who knows?




Let me explain the shirt. My dear sister bought me this in Florida. You have to understand why I am wearing it on Mothers Day. She left me to face a family stuff alone.....That is a big no..no!!! So YOU SUCK STEVIE. Thanks for leaving me on my own during a *Family Dysfunction* Pay Backs you Crack &hore!!!! Ohhh Happy Mothers Day... I do love you !!! Ohh and the funny face..that is my,I'm going to choke the crap out of you when I see you smile. Hmm Hmm!!




Me and the Hubster..he just looks so happy at the family dysfunction.


This is my Grandmother. She now lives in a nursing home in Tell City really close to my aunts and Jennifer.



This is my mom. As you can tell we look nothing alike. I think this is our first picture alone since my wedding pictures.
The days have been long and mothers day was really great this year. But now I think Samuel is getting sick and I am not far behind. I kinda feel like a cow is sitting on my chest....huh....but more than anything just tired...I have not slept good in I can't remember....Well I am not in to good of a mood this morning and kinda just blah and very sunburned....could not even wear my favorite Japanese Cherry Blossom lotion....Aloe Vera for me. I am off to Noni's for a pot of coffee and some me time. Hopefully tonight will be better. They guys will play ball and the girls will come over...so I will just drink more coffee and work on my computer tonight with the girls....well being the girls.....I hope everyone had a great Mothers Day!