Long time no write I know. I could say that I've been busy, which I have been but really not so busy that I couldn't have jumped on here to post. Anyway, lot's of fun stuff has been going on. I am now officially an Aunt! I have been called "Aunt" by my God Daughters but now I am a real true blood related Aunt! I am so excited, she is the most adorable thing you ever saw! It's crazy cause like a year or so ago I was helping my mom organize her pictures and she had a bunch of Holli's baby pictures in there and now I see Holli's daughter and it's like looking at a baby picture of Holli come to life.

I also got to do my first real maternity photo shoot which was just amazing! I have taken pictures of friends and family while they were pregnant but never a full on belly (and other bits) baring photo shoot. It was such a neat experience, there is little as beautiful as an expectant mother to me. Thank you so much Ashley for letting me do that! I will post a few of my favorites on here when I get them done.

So in honor of new life, today's picture is a flower that was just totally rain drenched but looked so fresh and clean. Taken at Big Sky Resort in Montana

I'm amazed.

I'm amazed at how beautiful and blessed this life truly is. I get to work with the most beautiful and cherubic children that make me laugh every day, I have a family that is the envy of most everyone I know, a small but close knit group of friends, opportunities to learn, and faith. Especially faith.

I'm reminded of a primary song I learned when I was little. It had a line in it that said: "Faith is knowing the sun will rise each time I go to sleep." I've kind of had that running through my head lately. You know no matter how bad something seems at the time, the sun will rise again and life will go on. I remember hearing something from another teacher I used to work with, she said: "Life is like a juggling act- we have so many balls that we feel we need to keep in the air because most of them are as delicate as glass. The glass balls represent things like our health and our families, but the work ball is rubber and it can bounce back". So friends in this tough economical time remember the sun will rise again and work will bounce back.

Today's pictures are of a sunset I shot in Montana to remind us that the sun will rise again :)

Life is funny like that

Don't you hate when things you've embraced in your life as "good" turn out to be you just justifying the wrong and stupid things you're doing? I've had a few moments like that lately. I've also had (possibly will have) some unpleasant things occur that may turn out to be the best thing that could have happened. I can see the lights at the ends of various proverbial tunnels.

I know I'm rambling like an idiot and that this post would make a lot more sense if I elaborated on the situations but to protect certain other parties I am not going to.

Anyway, today's picture is from a set I did yesterday, just shooting at a very random and derelict sort of place. There was this solitary picnic table in the middle of a bunch of weeds and overgrowth. Totally not a place I would go to enjoy a picnic. There were also just scores of these pretty wheat colored grasses that waved so beautifully in the blue sky. I was sure I would like those images best when I finished the set, but lo and behold that strange random table turned out to be the strongest image. So enjoy!