Triple play Thursday

Anatomy of a photo shoot:

I thought I would share how I came up with Drew's five month photo. So, here we go:

1. Find cute subject - check

2. Find nice location - check

3. Feed subject so he is ready to smile like a crrrrazy.

4. Take a bazillion photos.

5. Pick one (ooh, easier said than done!)

6. Do a little fine tuning in photoshop.

7. Upload to scrapblog and create new header.

8. Share 'leftovers' with friends and family in a post.

9. Voila! there you have it!

Triple play Thursday - part II

Here's to Grandma and Paka

{this post is for Grandma & Paka who gave Paige this pretty necklace for her birthday}

Paige loves wearing this every Sunday to church
it's the perfect accessory for a pretty princess

Triple play Thursday - part III

I give you: St. William's Spring Festival
**WARNING: VERY pic heavy!**

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Sorry all, things have been incredibly hectic. It all started last mmm, last Thursday I think when we got a call from Neil's brother who said he would be in town on business and would get in Saturday evening. It was a really nice, but short visit - I'm pretty sure fun was had by all. Earlier on Saturday we spent some time at our church's spring festival. The kids had a blast. Ashley was not with us since she spent the weekend at a retreat put on by Challenge, a Catholic girls' group that helps them discern vocations. Sunday morning we found out my great Aunt Josie passed and we made the trek up to Waco to pay our respects on Wednesday. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, we all had a lovely time visiting with family. The kids even got to meet some new cousins! It was nice hearing the priest reflect on my Aunt Josie's life and how incredibly kind and wonderful she was. My memories of her were mostly from my childhood and I remember she had the most sweet and melodic voice. Always had a smile on her face. Never an unkind word.

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They say it comes in threes

**UPDATE**

Well, I have two updates. My great Aunt Josie passed away this morning. We're still waiting to hear details for funeral arrangements, but hopefully with everyone's prayers she made a peaceful transition to her eternal life with God. The second is my friend's mom, who we found out yesterday that it is, in fact, lung cancer. Please continue the prayers as I am sure they are comforted by them.

**PRAYER REQUEST**

When anything bad happens, you can usually count on it to happen in threes. Except the year after I graduated from high school...then it was threes times two. Six relatives died from June '94 to September '94.



This time, I am asking for prayers for three different people in my life. The first is my great Aunt Josie who is slowly leaving us. Her blood pressure is high and is experiencing renal failure - her body is simply not responding to medication any longer. My sweet cousin, Natalia, has been keeping me informed of the situation and despite storming the heavens with prayers for her return to good health, it seems as though God's will is different than ours. The second is my father-in-law, Larry, who is going in for a biopsy next week to determine if they will be dealing with cancer. And lastly, a dear childhood friend of mine just found out her mom, Kathy, who initially went to the hospital with a blood clot in her leg, found out that the clots had moved to her lungs where they then found an aortic aneurysm and black marks on her lungs. Doctors are now saying there is a 50-50% it is lung cancer.

Life is precious and fragile and if for no other reason, let me serve to remind everyone that life is too short. Don't let time slip away without telling those around you that you love them. You never know what lies around the corner...waiting...

Shameless self-tag

In an effort to get creative with blog topics, I'm doing a reverse 'tag, you're it' from Emily's blog - if you get a chance to peruse her blog, it's well worth the time spent. She's a total blog artisan and I just hope she doesn't mind me blog stalking her for great ideas. :)

Four Jobs I've Held:
# Gallery assistant at Austin Children's Museum - translation - gave tours to huge groups of people and made sure kids didn't get lost, lol
# Commercial accounts receivable for Long Fence
# Kindergarten Teacher
# Wedding Photographer

Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over:
# Reign Over Me (thanks Kat!)
# Anne of Green Gables
# Anne of Avonlea
# Notting Hill

Four Places I've Lived:
# Austin, TX
# Clifton, VA
# Manassas, VA
# Nacogdoches, TX

Four TV shows I like:
# Scrubs
# How clean is your house? BBC
# CSI (the original and Miami)
# Little People, Big World

Four People Who Email Me Regularly:
# Beth, my BBC buddy :)
# Blog updates
# Fly Lady
# Holly, Emma, Kat, Melissa, Cindy

Four Favorite Foods:
# Filet Mignon from Cool River Cafe or Truluck's
# Yogurt pretzels
# Dark chocolate covered peanuts
# Cream slushes from Sonic

Four Places I'd Rather Be:
# On the beach in Hawaii
# At my favorite day spa, Halina's oh wait, I get to do that this Saturday courtesy of my thoughtful hubby's b-day gift to me!
# Shopping, by myself, or with the family.
# Italy - absorbing all the culture and seeing the beauty of Catholicism

Four People I'm Tagging:
# Kevin
# Dana
# Kat
# Cindy