Today is the Day I Have Been Waiting For!!!
Posted on December 16, 2009
Today is the day my husband John finishes law school. It’s taken 3.5 years of dedication, long nights, and basically putting everything else in his life on hold to make it through. Going in to law school we were newly engaged, just moved to DC, and had very limited responsibilities. The first few weeks in DC we visited the Smithsonians, went to the Zoo, and traveled around the vineyards in our free time. Today we’ve been married for a year and a half, own a house, and have our 3 “kids”. Our free time now is spent going to the dog park, home improvement tasks, and going to the beach. It’s strange to see how much we’ve changed in so little time and at times it’s not easy to accept someone you are so close to changing so much. There are plenty of time I miss the old us, but I find the new us so much stronger, more mature, and well on our way to becoming adults.
I bet you are wondering if I planned anything special. I wanted to have a party, that was vetoed. A cake? No, we’re about to gorge ourselves for Christmas & NYE. I settled for a UF Alumni shirt. John picked it out himself.
I Heart Faces–Pets Entry
Posted on December 14, 2009
Here is my I Heart Faces pet entry for this week. This is Cash. He’s a blue heeler, 1.5 years old, and LOVES water/mud/pools/ponds… He’s very much a boy. This is one several I took of him playing with a bulldog a few months ago. Other pet blog posts can be found here and here and here and here. Please leave comments!!! I love to hear from other pet lovers!
Christmas Party!
Posted on December 14, 2009
I LOVE Christmas parties! I love the music, food, people, and the horrible Christmas sweaters. Unfourtunatley, there were no horrible sweaters at last nights party. But here is a pic of me and the hubby. (Sorry, end of the night and on the iPhone)
Charlie Says…
Posted on December 11, 2009
Isn’t Charlie adorable? She was part of a family session I shot tonight in Gainesville, FL. I couldn’t help myself, I just HAD to post a pic of her 
Hopefully this weekend we can get around to taking a few Christmas pics of ourselves. Until then, this will have to do.
LUCKY ME! :)
Posted on December 5, 2009
Crissy & Brian’s Beautiful Eclectic Wedding is featured on LuckyMe’s blog today! LuckyMe is a blog that has inspired me creatively since I first found it over a year ago and I am thrilled to be a part of her blog. Check it out, she has so many great ideas for real weddings, fashion, and sometimes cooking
Congrats Crissy for all your hard work putting together this fresh, creative, and most of all–fun wedding!
Baby Emma Sneak Peek!
Posted on December 4, 2009
Crazy Dog Lady
Posted on December 3, 2009
Last night my good friend Jenn came to watch Cash and I in our agility class. This morning I wake to see her new Facebook status is:
Back from Dog agility class and dinner with Katie : ) I wish Apple would hurry up and turn 2 before Katie turns into the crazy dog lady!! LOL
Too Late! Here is our “herd” on the beach last week.
PS. Only 2 are mine.
I’m going to Cavalia in ATL!!!
Posted on December 1, 2009
I’m not really sure when it started, but horses have always been on my mind. I begged and begged my parents for a horse. We lived on 5 acres….horses live on 5 acres…. we should have a horse, right? I mean, why not? They eat grass. My dad wouldn’t have to mow… free fertilizer, it really seems like a win/win for everyone. I guess it was in a way–but not in a way that anyone was expecting.
It’s not like I woke up one day and decided I was going to ride horses, they have been part of me for as long as I can remember. I don’t know why. No one in my family rode, I didn’t have any friends with horses, I just knew I needed to be around them. Learning how to ride has given me more than I can express in written words: I blossomed into a confident, compassionate, tough, organized, calm, creative, reflective, thoughtful, crazy horse person.
Horses brought me more confidence than anything I have ever know. And for this, I will forever be grateful.
Thankfully, I have the amazing opportunity to see the show Cavalia in Atlanta around Christmas time with my husband and family. It is a tremendous gift to see these amazing athletes–horses and riders.
Here are a few pics of me from the EARLY years:
It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb