A taste of the good life.

So yesterday I was fortunate enough to shadow one of my co-workers/friends as he shot a wedding. As most of ya'll know, this is what I want to do for a living! I was very excited that he let me tag along and learn some tricks from him. Of course, his are much better quality because he has all the gadgets, but here's just a few of my favorites that I took. I loved being able to get up and go to a job that I looked forward to and left even more excited to go home and see my creations. That's a good feeling :)

Thankful Thoughts.

As November continues to float on by like the leaves falling from the trees, I'm beginning to remember a few important things. To start, I'm remembering to be thankful. As cliche as that is this time of year, I am trying to take a step back from the craziness of it all and just rest. Rest in gratefulness. I'm thankful for the people that surround my daily life, but also those who I am away from. I have been incredibly blessed with friends, family, love, and health. Sometimes it's hard to remember their value, especially with financial struggles, discouraging people, and the stresses of work, but those are not the most important things. So I'm challenging not only myself, but my readers as well...be thankful, be joyful, be love, be grateful, and be happy for what you have.

Friends...



Family...

Love...

Tricks & Treats.

I love Halloween!! I enjoy dressing up, all the yummy candy (which I'll be eating constantly for the next few weeks), pumkins, and fun decorations. I do not like scary things though. Jamie and I took the boys we live with, Logan and Zachary, to a haunted yard the other night. Our neighbors block off their yard with tarps and set it for a month in advance. They create scenes from scary movies, graveyards, and just frightening things and then haunt it with bloody people, zombies and chainsaws. I'm a huge baby, but I made it through with only a few screams. It was a lot of fun and just the perfect amount of scary. The night of Halloween I had to work but we got to dress up and make it fun. Here's some pictures of our Halloween events.

Bundled up and about to venture into the haunted yard.



Applebee's crew.