the lately in our home & why i love pictures

i've always been a visual person.

i connect with an image, 

i plant that image in my heart & see it over and over.

my love for photography began back in highschool

& is in overdrive these days.

instagram, iphones,

any phone with a camera honestly

i love it all.

last night i was doing a noonday show at a friends home 

while the rest of my family was out & about.

this morning i checked instagram, as i obsessively do each morning

& saw the next two images...

i know i did a big smile when i saw these.

i've mentioned savannah's home this summer doing an internship with our church.

well once a week, our church loads up buses of ( primarily students) folks

& heads in to clarkston.

clarkston is the largest area of multi-ethnic muslim refugees

( i think) in the united states

& it's basically around the corner.

basically they roll in and love on and play with the children

who are always eager to see them.

so that's where my emi, caroline & savannah were...

 

meanwhile madison had just gotten back from cheercamp

so she & dan ventured to a new food place.

i love that she apparantly loved spending time with her daddy.

those phones are worth their weight in gold

capturing those images!

so, speaking of phone photos...

 

brinkley waiting on a playmate

emi & her sweet friend

 

my reading stack. well it was. i've finished a few of these by now.

 

last day of 5th grade pool party

 

mother daughter matching. again.

heading to church. twins.

 

my hydrangeas

 

tiny dancer

rosemary from the garden for homemade pizza

 

he shops for golf shoes.

 

he never shops.

 

retro bathingsuit beauties

 

switch to summer themes on the photoboard

 

she stretches.

 

we go to the pool. finally.

 

summer reads. from a sweet friend.

 

perfect summer weather before it gets africa -hot in atlanta

 

breakfast date with my sweetie.

getting carded for my mimosa!

awesome trader joes packaging.

awesome trader joes sunflowers that last forever.

 

diving in to summer.

 

talking with dad.

 

her favorite bracelets from between collection.

 

little cup of coffee before bedtime drinker.

 

madison, aka manicure artist extraordinaire.

last day of school craziness.

 

lunch. spinach. ff yogurt. blueberries & raspberries. flax seed. protein powder. 

 

she bakes pink lemonade cookies for her friends birthday party.

total cuteness

the end.