A New Era

I took these this morning and haven't edited them. I just felt like I needed an update so that I wasn't heartbroken everytime I logged on.

So, it's been quite a week. We've been adjusting to the new routine. I must say, I have made it to work earlier lately. I really didn't realize how little time it takes to get Abby Gayle ready for me to leave in the mornings. She is pretty much the same as always, the new routine has been a bit confusing but this baby doesn't know what a depression is. Truthfully, it is because of her breed I believe. "It's all about me!" should be her motto.

Heartbroken

This is my baby.

XENA.

The love of my life.

(prior to my wonderful husband).

Had to let her go today. I will miss her more than words can express.

I took this Sunday as I was deciding whether or not I should go through with a photo session scheduled with a weather forecast of storms.

Had no idea this would be her last photo ever:

LOVE HER and MISS HER TREMENDOUSLY.

My Little Photo Blog

A lifelong hobby is becoming an obsession...

Easter Weekend

I had a great Easter weekend! I drove down to Dothan to visit on Thursday and had a great dinner with some of my favorite people!!!

THEN I went to Wendy's to attend and take pictures of Emme's 2nd birthday party! It was SO CUTE and she is such a mess!

Finally, I drove back home and we attended a wonderful church service at Frazer and a yummy brunch with Matt's family.

WHEW, what a weekend!

The 1 millionth freaking out because there is SNOW post...

Short and sweet because it's bedtime!

Abby Gayle isn't a fan of having wet feet so the snow wasn't so fun for her~ but she got used to it!


Xena had a rough time on the slippery tile that resulted from wet feet but didn't mind the snow falling a bit! She decided to take a moment to enjoy it and plopped right down in it! Not exactly what I had in mind when I took her out that time!



The "way back" backyard was gorgeous and perfect...

- at least until Matt wrote his name in the snow.





I drove around the neighborhood a bit and ran into some little friends~ I may post those pics later. They were having so much fun throwing snowballs!

I also happened upon the COOLEST snowman ever~ it happened to be in a co-worker's yard so I stopped to check it out up close! It was HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




How messy will my yard be tomorrow? Good thing we both have rubber boots!

New toys sure do take up a lot of spare time.

It's been a while. Things have been a bit hectic since Christmas and the last thing I think about doing is blogging when I have a free moment for the computer. And that is due to my Christmas presents!
Last year Matt gave me Photoshop - CS4. This year, his mom gave me a new lens I'd been wanting so bad. So, I've been playing a lot! I've been trying to learn how to really use my camera and I've tackled PS after owning it for a year and not having a CLUE what I was doing!
Anyway...maybe I will get back to blogging soon. ;)
Until then, this is what I'm up to:

Trying to lose weight because I ate too much of this,


Pestering Abby Gayle to be my model since we don't have kiddos,


Wishing that I had taken more time to enjoy this,



Practicing on things like this when I can't find Abby Gayle,



Watching and LOVING lots of this (GO CATS!!!),



Pulling for our Colts while AG sports this,


Wishing I had more models like this,



But still so thankful for this,

RAMMER JAMMER! Championship Bound!

our view

Matt and I had the most FABULOUS weekend!
We traveled to Atlanta to see our beloved Tide DOMINATE the Gators!
We've been to a lot of football games together and had some great times, but I must say that this one is at the top of the list. When else have we been able to enjoy such a win? Admittedly, I was extremely nervous and didn't breathe easily until the last 3 minutes but it beat the heck out of waiting until the last minute to win! The scoreboard never indicated that there was any question we'd win!
(Unlike the best game of our lives- The Colts/Patriots AFC Championship game when I was unbelievably nauseous at halftime thinking about how much $ I'd spent on Matt's present- TOTALLY worth it in the end!)
It's been an incredible season for us so far- all 3 of our teams (Alabama, Colts and UK Basketball) are undefeated!

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I must say, I like Tim Tebow. As a person. As an athlete (as incredible as he is) I will admit I was tired of hearing about him. Probably as much as other NFL fans get tired of hearing about Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. But as a person I think he has done an amazing job of putting God first and foremost and I was super impressed (as always) with the class he showed Saturday night in Atlanta in what had to be one of the biggest disappointments of his career. Not to mention the attention God and the Bible receive everytime his name is mentioned!

Back to the subject at hand... Good Luck Ingram!!!!! You've definitely earned the Heisman in our eyes!

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ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!