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This is my first post in the new series I’m calling “My Life Monday.”  Each Monday {I’ll sure do my best to hold true to this} my goal is to share bits and pieces of my life from the previous week.  I may share a silly story about my kiddos, a new or favorite recipe, my personal movie review, or maybe even a helpful article/blog I came across having to do with anything from photography to parenting to…you name it.   Each week will be something new, and if you have a question about anything you read here, don’t hesitate to shoot me an email.  I think this is a great way to get to know me and I’m excited to get started!

So onto the personal stuff…..

I officially have a walker!  Although I did just have a birthday;  I don’t mean that kind of walker!  Okay-lame joke!  Actually, our youngest {Jozlyn} just turned 1 last month and now she’s cruisin’!  How fast a year goes!  Here is my little dumpling….

She has a weird fascination with clothes.  I can’t leave folded laundry in her reach, she’ll have them all over the floor in no time {and unfolded clothes are no exception}!  I can’t leave her in the bathroom when her brother and sister are in the tub because she’ll take any clothes, towels, you name it, and throw them in the bath water!  I hang a dish towel on the stove- 2 seconds later I turn around, and she’s walking around with it on her head!  I just hope this obsession with making a mess of my laundry comes to an end with her toddler years.

Switching gears…..I would consider myself a ”do-it-yourself-er.”  I scrapbook {scrapbookedrather, in my past life when I wasn’t out-numbered by children} and when it comes to doing home projects, the skies the limit.  My husband and I recently did our backsplash in our kitchen, laid ceramic tile ourselves in our bathrooms, and did the same thing for family.  I’m pretty much ”tiled out” at this point, but it’s gratifying to know we were able to do it ourselves.  We just watched some videos online and gave it a whirl.  We joke we should start our own tile business;  however, I know I couldn’t do it everyday.  If you’ve never tackled a project like this with your spouse/significant other, you should try it at least once in your relationship.  We’ve been remodeling since we moved here 7 months ago and there have been many times we didn’t agree.  When you see the finished project though and what was accomplished together, it makes it all worth it!

Boy, I’m finding I could just ramble on….I have so many things swirling in my brain right now that I would love to share.  But I think I’ll keep this first one on the short & simple side.  The big news of the week is our daughter is now walking!  Yay!  

This week I have to decide if I’ll be attending to see a guest speaker in Watertown, SD.  His name is Jerry Ghionis and he’s been named one of the top 10 photographer’s in the world by the WPPI {Wedding & Portrait Photographer’s International}!  It’s a 4 hour drive, which I don’t mind,  but I just have to figure out a plan for the kiddos!  It’s being held next month and I would sooooo love to attend.  We’ll see if it works out! 

Also, one more thing from a favorite blog of mine to stalk… Wrap it up! Win a gallery wrap canvas from Paperie Boutique & @colorinc / colorincprolab.com – visit paperieboutique.com for details!  I could win a 16×20 canvas gallery wrap!  woo hoo! 

Anyway, I will close for this first edition of My Life Monday.  Until next time….live, laugh, and love the one you’re with ;)