Presidents Day!

Since Presidents Day fell on McKinley's 15th birthday we celebrated her for breakfast and lunch and presidents for dinner. It was our traditional meal (I'm saying that because I forgot to take pictures.) I did take Lincoln Log Cabin pictures so I'll share just a few:)

We of course had to have candles and the happy birthday song, so the cherry pie had to do. It worked! And was delish.

Yum.
Hope you all had a wonderful Presidents Day:c)

Crazy Beautiful

I did it.

I bought my business name.

I've started the paperwork to get my tax ID number.

I found a printing company.

I've been practicing.

I've had some great people to shoot.

Yep, I've finally decided what I want to be when I grow up.

A sharp shooter/sniper.

Kidding!!

I'm going to be a photographer!

I've been interested for quite a while. You can see that here.

So I found some willing victims friends that wanted their pictures taken.

And here's what I got:o)

The beautiful Ashleigh. I grew up with her mom Angie. In 5th grade we had to write a report on all the presidents. Angie and I teamed up and used my encyclopedias until we got to where mine were outdated. We then started going to Angie's house and walking over to the neighbors house that had the most current set of encyclopedias. Life before the internet! Does anyone else remember it? That is also the moment when I fell in love with all things presidential.

Ashleigh was up to anything. She did kid with me a few times, like when I told her to climb up into the window or change clothes in the elevator, but she was willing. And her pictures show her inner and outer beauty.I then had the pleasure of a 12 hour round trip car ride to and from Lubbock to take Ashley's pictures. She's our beautiful bonus daughter. Taking pictures in an unfamiliar town was challenging, but we found some wonderful places.And since we were staying with my uncle and aunt, I got to take some pictures of their daughter Amelia. McKinley usually helps me pose but she was too busy using Carrie's camera to take pictures of Amelia:o)And of course, I got a picture or two of McKinley. That girl. Never a normal smile.I promise I'm not going to make this a photography blog. Where would I whine, or tell stories about my children, or share funny pictures? I plan on starting a different website in the future.

But now that I feel like I've found my passion, my calling...expect it to creep in from time to time:o)

Presidential Love

We are all about presidents around here.

With my deep love of all things presidential starting in fifth grade it's only grown since then.

After naming our daughters after presidents, and then our dog after a president's wife you have to wonder, what else is left?

Well, it seems that one of my girls has chosen a president for herself.

She has liked him since third grade when they were cast as Mr. and Mrs. Claus in the Christmas program. But there hadn't been much talk about him lately. A few weeks ago she had her daddy help her print out a picture of him to put in a key chain she'd bought.

And then...this showed up. I really admire her using their actual president pictures.

And I just think the whole thing is precious:c)