Maybe I Should Be A Photographer

I have always had the thought in the back of my mind that in my next life I should be a photographer. Not necessarily because I know what I'm doing, but simply because I have so much fun! I have loved taking pictures of my kids, and even though they aren't necessarily professional, I have captured some sweet moments and have gotten increasingly better since I started taking pictures two years ago. 

I just love doing it.

So of course I was excited when my sister asked if I would take pictures of her Preference group for their school dance several weeks ago. This was a new concept to me because I'm old and there used to be a photographer in a gym who would take everyone's pictures, but apparently that method is no longer. 

Our lighting wasn't perfect but we sure had a lot of fun!

And then when the mom of one of the girls saw the pictures she asked if I could take some Senior Pictures of her son. After the fun I had with the Preference group, of course I couldn't say no! Plus he had a banjo. Awesome. I definitely made him play me some tunes.
I had not felt the creative juices flowing like that in so long.
It was heavenly..

Oh yeah, and also it was freezing. It snowed in St. George that morning but we still persevered and did pictures anyway. 

So there you have it. My secret obsession. 

So maybe instead of waiting until my next life, I will try to incorporate a little more photography in my current life. Of course I will have to continue being a nurse to pay for my photography obsession, but that's alright. 

Plus I still have a ton to learn.

And the first thing on my list of incorporating photography into my life is taking my brother's engagement pictures in the next couple of weeks.

I can hardly wait.

Jesse's Unusual Grocery Story

I sent Jesse to the store the other night with a mile long list. Our fridge was getting bare, as was our pantry. It was time.

He prepared for such an event and went equipped with his fully charged phone and headphones so he could listen to comedy radio to help pass the time. He then told me he would see me in about 6 hours once he found everything on my seemingly endless list. 

Sorry, Honey... it had to be done.

When he got home, the first words out of his mouth were "Do I have a grocery story for you!" 

I of course listen because this man of mine cannot go to the grocery store without a grocery story. It is usually justification as to why there are three bags of oreos, brownies, and M&Ms, but this story was a little different. 

He said while he was minding his own business searching for things on the dreaded list he suddenly saw a guy's mouth moving but was only hearing "maaahha mdmfosffhdf sdflkjwfh." (don't quote me on that part.) So he took out his headphones and said, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" The guy then repeated, "I am new to this area and I was wondering if you get your hair cut locally?" Jesse then snickered internally and said, "Very locally. My wife cuts it in our front room! But I will pass along the compliment."

The funniest part of the story is that I had just cut his hair like two days before, and we cut it a little different than we usually do! It's very subtle, but I actually cut the sides shorter and left a little longer mohawk like strip down the front (which we then cut shorter and blended to be even more subtle). We had laughed as we were cutting it how much we liked it just a little different and apparently someone else does too! Haha! Too funny! 

Maybe I need to open up my front room to more people. 

I do offer a complimentary TV show or movie with every hair cut! 

The Perfect Day

We had the most perfect day today.

Jesse and I finally had a day off together.

The first in I don't remember how long.

It was nearly magical.

I woke up early to wake up the kiddos.

We had plans to attend a pool party that was scheduled during the later half of their nap, so, like the good mom that I am, I woke them up early so they could take an early nap.

We ate breakfast, watched Frozen {yes, we finally joined the rest of the world and have seen Frozen.}, wrestled, danced, and then off to bed for the littles.

Jesse ran to the store to pick up fruit to take, then we woke up the boys, got them in their swimming garb and went to our pool party.

Ian loved "jumping" into the pool while Briggs preferred to go up and down the steps over and over and over  and over and over and over...

We played in the water, did lots of stairs, and had a BBQ with our friends.

The weather was perfect, the company was fabulous, and our boys kept us busy.

Once the boys looked too tired to stay and Briggs was rubbing sunscreen into his eye we decided it would be OK to go home.

We threw the boys in the tub to wash off several layers of sunscreen we had stacked on them and laid them down for a nap.

And then we caught a nap ourselves. 

Heaven.

Once we woke up, we threw together dinner and then went to the mall just to wander around.

We even splurged and bought a smoothie.

I seriously have not had this much fun in quite awhile. 

I couldn't stop smiling.

I'm probably just easy to please, but  there's just something magical about spending a whole day with my sweetheart and our darling children.

My heart and arms are so full tonight.

I just love my little family and I thank my Heavenly Father every night for how good He has been to me.

I am very blessed.