Nurturing The Sick

today and yesterday was spent nurturing a virus stricken paige back to health. we finally went to the doctor today and there's something about just going to the doctor that can make one feel better!! i don't know what it is but it always happens to me and of course today after our visit with the doctor paige got increasingly better and i think she'll be heading to school tomorrow (against the doctor's orders)....BUT she's up and going and not complaining and even rode her bike this evening while i walked! also, this means i'll be heading back to work tomorrow with two days of unattended work to tend to.....yikes! oh well, baby steps i guess. :0)

anyway, hoping this is something no one else has to contend with as it seems to be something going around....so here's to good health!!!

i hope everyone had a great day!

Be Kind To Yourself

i love reading inspirational things. here is something to read and really think about:


Be kind to yourself

Be kind to yourself. The better you feel, the more value you can create for your world.
Learn from your mistakes, but don't hound yourself relentlessly with them. Build for the future, but don't withhold from yourself the joys that you can live right now.

Delight in life's pleasures without sinking into meaningless excess. Enjoy the beauty that surrounds you as it resonates with the beauty that is within you.

Find genuine satisfaction in productive, meaningful effort. Give the best that you have, and discover the real, lasting treasures you receive from doing so.

Provide yourself with the energy, commitment and determination to do much. And regularly give yourself some peaceful, relaxing time to do nothing.

Treat yourself with kindness, courtesy, respect and the highest of expectations. For life is as good as you choose to make it.

-- Ralph Marston


as busy as the world is today it's easy to get caught up in worrying about everyone else and not thinking about our own lives and what WE need. be kind to yourself.

Canvas Prints = Project

i absolutely LOVE being able to capture images of my beautiful (not so little anymore) girl that i can just sit for hours and look at .... we'll at least i can go back to over and over and look at and just absolutely be in love every time.

i have already shared this image....but it's an image i want to share again!!!





i love this. it's her and it's unique and no one else could have captured this for me.

i'm working on a project to capture images of paige to use down the road for some huge canvas prints. as i've mentioned before....i'm working on a new living room in our new home (at least it still feels new to me). it's a former formal dining room that we are going to transform into a living space. this project is still on hold BUT planning is not. the huge canvas prints are going to be the wall art for this space and i cannot wait to see the end results.

before i do this, i have to make sure i have the images i want in place and feel 100% sure that i'm ready to create them. this image is definitely in the running. i want images that are artistic of paige and they have to represent paige in a natural way....as this image does very well.

i CANNOT wait for this project be done and the canvas art prints to be hanging on my walls and able to share them!!!!!

A Weekend with Friends

this has definitely been a weekend with friends (for paige) and has been packed full of fun......waterpark.....movies and lots of play time.










check out isabelle now-a-days!!! hasn't she grown?! she's such a sweetie!

Albums

a 5x5 album to stick in your purse to show off! this is what i like to call a brag book. an album you can easily tote around with you. this album below created from the session with mikiya turned out beautifully!!!!

the cover of the album features a picture taken during the session and it's completely bound....no cover jackets to fool with! the basic album features 20 pages front and back with fully custom and unique layouts. pages can be added too!!

















i hope everyone is having a wonderful tuesday!