Life has been pretty crazy lately.
Between work, my family, and life in general it gets pretty hectic. I’m grateful for all that I have and I’m blessed for everything God has given to me. But, I’ve been having a hard time enjoying things lately because it’s been so crazy. When I was feeling down, I heard this song on the radio and this verse really hit home;
“When my life is like a storm
Rising waters all I want is the shore
You say I’ll be ok and
Make it through the rain
You are my shelter from the storm”
I started to cry and realized that I’ve been trying to rely on myself to get through the storm. What I need most right now is to trust that God will take care of me.
Without further ado;
Addison Road
“Hope Now”
If everything comes down to love
Then just what am I afraid of
When I call out Your name
Something inside awakes in my soul
How quickly I forget I’m Yours
I’m not my own
I’ve been carried by You
All my life
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
When my life is like a storm
Rising waters all I want is the shore
You say I’ll be ok and
Make it through the rain
You are my shelter from the storm
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
I am not my own
I’ve been carried by you all my life
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
You’ve become my hearts desire
I will sing Your praises higher
Cause Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
I submitted a piece of art work for a showing in a gallery and it was accepted!
I am excited to announce that my photo of mine will be on display at the Sixth Street Gallery in Vancouver, WA.
You can see their website here.
The art will go on display on May 1st through May 30th. I know I’m a bit early announcing it, but I wanted to make sure I didn’t forget to share it here on my blog. I’m also not too ashamed to admit that I’m excited about it!
The theme of the show is “Staring Back: Portraiture.” I titled my photo “The Beauty of a Child.” The submission requirements called for you to interpret this theme in any way you’d like. I took it literally and submitted a photo of her staring back. Unlike some artists, I’m not too deep into the meaning of my photos. I do tend to like serious photos versus smiling photos since only some of our emotion is smiling. It’s interesting to me to see serious faces of children since children are often depicted laughing or smiling.
Anyway, enough of that serious business. Here’s the photo…
(and as usual I’m totally biased and think that my baby girl is the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen)
My muse.
She is how I got started into photography. She’s still my favorite subject and I never tire of photographing her. My baby girl who is growing up so fast.
I was photographing her little brother and the wind picked up. It caught her hair just slightly. I managed to catch this shot in the perfect moment.
Spring is finally here!!
I’ve been waiting patiently for the sun to finally make it’s appearance here in the Great Northwest. We had a very long Winter and I’m looking forward to being outside more often. Yesterday and today were especially beautiful. As I’m typing this, my hubby is mowing the lawn and the smell of the fresh cut grass is pouring into the house. It’s such a wonderful time of year.
Here’s a couple of Mr. D. He’s now almost 15 months old. Time sure flies by!
My dad says this about kids quoting my very wise grandmother.
I’ve found this to be true in my life. No matter how many kids I’ve had during different stages, it was usually one more than I felt I could handle. Now with three kids, I often feel like I need ‘just one more hand’ to get them all wrangled together. Having three kids and two hands always proves to be an interesting experience when grocery shopping (or doing anything that requires running around town). The baby is usually on my hip, Tinker holds onto my pocket and Little Miss usually knows she needs to keep close. I don’t worry about her too much. According to her she’s practically grown up anyway.
Course as crazy as I feel with my kiddos at times, I still love kids. I think I’d have a dozen more if it weren’t for the whole financial/space issue. Though when I see moms with multiple kids, I wonder how on earth they manage. I know my friends with only one or two wonder how I do it.
I just tie a rope, hold on, and enjoy the ride.
Here’s a few from last week of Little Miss M. I had a quick mini-session with her. You can see her sister a few posts below (little miss “C”). Thanks for being such an adorable model. I hope you enjoy your photos!
