VLV Photography

So…it’s official…I’m a www.paperieboutique.com blog stalker!  Who can’t be with the awesome prizes offered?!  I was sooooo close to getting a sweet prize {20×24 gallery canvas wrap from www.pixel2canvas} and with my birthday coming up soon;  I would’ve been a kid in a candy store….would’ve been!  I’m still drying my tears {sigh}.  BUT…..there’s still a chance to win, hence this post!  So come on random.org….show me some birthday love!!!!!! 

I am really crossing my fingers for this giveaway….a year’s subscription to “Clickin’ Moms!”  I’ve been wanting to become a member for quite a while!  It’s a place to learn, meet others, and grow as a photographer.  So I’m crossing my fingers!!!  I’ve yet to win a giveaway but it’s just gotta happen someday…..right?

Also, I have to mention this sweet site I came across….www.paperieboutique.com…love it!  A wealth of information for photographer’s   I’m sure to be a blog stalker!

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I remember as a teenager going to the ice rink in my hometown.  I would go every chance I got and as I skated I would listen to my disc-man (yeah, those are ancient-it was the 90′s….ipod’s didn’t exist yet!).  It was just me, the ice, and the crisp, night air.  One of my favorite songs then was a song by Joni Mitchell called “River.”  It still is a personal favorite; however, the version I always listened to was by the Indigo Girls. 

I’ve felt many times in the last few months like I wish I had a river to skate away on.  This is sure to be a winter I will not soon forget as our luck since the snow fell has been terrible, unbelievable really.  But my family is healthy, my children lighten my days with the crazy stuff they come up with to say, and we have each other….what more could I ask for?  So….the moral of this post is….no matter what terrible things may come and darken your days, there is always sunshine that will eventually come your way, in one form or another;  you just have to look around and see it.  Since I have kind of a before (all gloomy, reminder of cold days to come) and after (sunny days ahead) images that seem more than fitting for this post…here they are…..

So…it had come to my attention that I was unable to receive comments on my blog due to this Spam-Free plug-in I installed on my website.  What is supposed to be a good thing, turns out to be a headache later on because, uknown to me…there are certain settings that need to be checked off in order to receive comments that aren’t even spam.  Grrrr….if I’m talking in circles it’s only because my head is spinning thinking about all this technical mumbo-jumbo!  As a photography business owner, I’ve pretty quickly realized that not only am I the gal behind the camera;  I’m a bookkeeper, tax preparer, designer, head of communications, and finally…..computer tech…blah!  Anyway, the problem has been resolved, so comment away   Since I should have an image with a post…here’s one more of little Caevence, or actually his little piggies :)

This is my newest nephew (and also my Godchild)….and a gift from God he is….all 5lb. 7oz. of him!  He’s just a little dill pickle   Every feature about him is tiny….it should really be against the law for babies to be born so small.  Thankfully he was born healthy and with a pretty good pair of lungs on him too…although I hear he doesn’t use ‘em too often…at least not yet, anyway!  I’ve said it before, but there’s nothing like the smell of a newborn….wish I could bottle it up.   Anyway, love this collage which can be printed up to a 20×20 (would be an awesome canvas to fill that empty spot on the wall mama!).  I’ve used the lettered blocks before too and seem to be a big hit and thankfully I had enough letters!  Enjoy the images mama & papa….I’ll be working on getting your gallery up soon!  Now to the star of the show……

My baby turns 1 today!  How fast a year goes….{sigh}…I think I’ll have to post a few pics on here of her cake-messed face!  I’m so blessed with a loving, supportive husband and 3 healthy, energetic, and sometimes too-smart-for-their-own-good kids!  This coming fall our oldest will start kindergarten {sigh again} and our middle child will start preschool.  Where or where do the years go?  All we have to hold onto are images of the past and present, so in the future we can go back to the feeling of that very moment in time that made us smile.  If you have a camera, go get it right now and take some pictures….of your kids, your house, your children’s rooms (so they know what their rooms looked like as a child), your spouse/love of your life, the cat/dog…..whatever makes you happy in your life.  The memories in images are priceless!  Now onto my little dumpling……