WOW!!!  I have to keep coming back to check my blog and see if it will allow me to upload pictures without a lot of trouble and it DID IT!!!

I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will be able to once again blog!!!

Photography Idol Contest

 

I saw this contest and thought, "WOW, those are some great prizes!"

I can't win if I don't enter the contest.

Here is my submission.

This was taken in the elevator on the way to

the honeymoon suite.

This couple exudes that passionate young love

for each other.

Check out the Photography Idol Contest!

 

Photo Restoration (FIRST TIME)

Blogger seems to be working better...still having some problems, but not enough

to keep me from uploading these pictures.

I had a friend contact me to restore a picture of her

mother, the 1948 Rodeo Queen.

Her mom's only copy of the picture was stored in one

of those oval frames.

I worked and worked....good thing it looks old.

We made it into a poster that will be

placed on a leather pillow.

I didn't even know they could put pictures

on leather pillows.

I sure hope she shows me a picture of the pillow

when she gets it.  :)

Why am I CRYING?????

WOW!!!  I think blogger fixed my upload problems....I might just CRY!!

I have missed blogging soooooo much!!!

Still Having Trouble UPLOADING Pictures to Blogger - HELP!!

I have several pictures I am wanting to upload to my blog, but I can't because

they keep messing up.  I need help and I can't find anyone that

knows how to fix it.

Here is one of my mother and oldest sister...it is one in a series and

sadly, you cannot see the series because the pictures are so distorted.

I have tried and retried to upload...

This makes me very cranky and sad.

What I am doing for Lent 2012



Fat Tuesday has come and gone.

I often wonder if people who celebrate it realize

its purpose.

We are now entering the weeks before Easter.

It is supposed to be the 40 weekdays leading up

to Easter Sunday.

I know that Lent is man-made activity, it is not

in the Bible.

I choose to observe it to give me a more intentional

focus.  I am in deep prayer for the week before

Ash Wednesday (which is today).

I ask God to show me where/what he wants me

to put my focus.

If you recall, last year he had me doing intentional

blessings.  It was a difficult but rewarding task.

I also choose to continue my Lenten Focus on weekends.

I do not feel it is genuine if I have weekends off...this isn't

a work week thing.

My spiritual growth has been a work in progress as it was meant to be for Christians.

If we try to do ALL the stuff in one shot, we would FAIL.

The area God has me focusing on this season is.........

MY CURSING (cussing if you are an Okie).

YES!!!  I have a FOUL mouth...ugh.

There I said it!!!!

Now don't get me wrong, I would NEVER say GD....and only if

I were realllllly made did I let loose with an "F" bomb.

Which in my little brain was okay.

Then God pointed me to this verse in the Bible.

LUKE 6:45

⁴⁵ The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

I tried to quickly skim right on by that verse....

then came

LUKE 6:46

⁴⁶ “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

UGH!!!!

How do you argue with that?????

So, here I go.....giving up CURSING.

He doesn't have me JUST giving up cursing....no!  of course not!

I now have 100 one dollar bills.

Every time I let lose with a curse word, the person hearing it

is allowed to ask for $1 for every bad word.

On Easter Sunday, whatever amount I still have left will be given to God.

Why am I doing the money thing?

Because I am either witnessing FOR God or AGAINST God.

Would I rather give the money for God's work or Satan's work?

At the end of Lent, I will figure out how often I let Satan

speak for me.

If I run out of money, I will get another $100 and keep going.

Just know that if you haven't started cursing yet....DON'T START!!!

I want to have that moment when I get startled and the

"S" word doesn't fly out of my mouth.

I CAN DO THIS!!!!

I CAN DO THIS!!!

With God's help, I CAN DO THIS!!!



...And Then I Shot a Prep......

Meet Kyle.

Kyle is near and dear to my heart.

Remember these 2 people?  (CLICK HERE)

He is their youngest child and only boy.

I've known him since he was a wee "chuckle head".

That is what his dad called him because

his body was soooo much smaller than his head.

As you can see, his body caught up and

he turned out to be quite a handsome

man.

You never really see how fast time flies unless you

relate it to children.

You never feel very old until you look

at children that are now old enough to reproduce.

(BETTER NOT TRY IT KYLE)

Kyle has a bright future....I even understand he has the

talents for a job on the side working his way through

college.  HA!

Don't worry Kyle, I didn't put the picture of you

pole dancing.....

Kyle isn't quite sure where he wants to go to school....although, I did

here him mention OSU...as in OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY!!

GO POKES!!!

Sorry...I get carried away....

I hope he enjoys his time at college....

I hope he stays there all the time...

Why?

Why would I say this?

Because when the kids are gone....

the parents shall play!!!

Yep!  When you don't have to worry whether the teens

are having a party at the house while you are out to

dinner with friends, you can linger a little longer after

the meal....yep, that's why you need to STAY AT COLLEGE.

Thanks for letting me shoot you Kyle!

I can't wait until I get to shoot the AGGIE side of you

in a few month!!!

HERE IS HIS SISTER I SHOT LAST YEAR.  (CLICK HERE)

HERE IS HIS OLDEST SISTER AND HER BOYS.  (CLICK HERE)

I NEED BLOGGER TO HELP ME!!!!!

Blogger is really messing up my pictures.

I am finally just going to show you what it is doing.

My posts have always been picture heavy, but

I've never had trouble uploading before now.

This started about 3 weeks ago....almost every picture has

these gruesome colored lines on them.

I was excited this morning when I uploaded a test picture

to see if it was fixed....then I did a 2nd picture...

and NOOoOoOOOOOOooOoO.

Someone HELP me figure out why it is doing this PLEASE!!!

Our Very First Christmas Ornament

I am having a terrible time with blogger...I had to upload this picture 9 times before it loaded correctly...arrrggghhh.  Needless to say, I can't upload entire stories or series until

I get this problem fixed.

Anyhow, when David and I first started dating, I received this little

mouse in a tennis shoe from David's mother, Bonnie.

It has gone on a Christmas tree every year since.....

Did I tell you I started dating him when I was just 15 years old?

I married him at 19 years old.

I love him more today than I could have ever imagined!!!

Shadow Play!!!

YAY!!!  I got a picture to post!!!!

Blogger has been uploading my pics all funky and stuff.

This one is the only one I got to work right

after uploading it 8 times.

Taken Christmas Day 2011.

This couple has been together since 7th grade.

That is 17 years!!!