April 12, 2011

I have been thinking a lot recently about how much I have to be thankful for. I am so fortunate that my family and I have a home.

April 11, 2011 Thankful

I received two thank you cards from friends this weekend. I was looking at them this evening and it made me so thankful I have such wonderful, kind people in my life. I'm lucky.

April 10, 2011

The pretty weather has us busier and my daily photography assignment has certainly suffered because of it. We had soccer games, birthday parties and a baptism this weekend that all got photographed, though. When we got home today I was excited to see the first blooms on my knockout rose bushes. By the end of the week I think they will all be in bloom. Next weekend we plan to get some tomato plants in the ground.

96/365 Spring

Things are starting to bloom!

95/365 What a difference a day makes

The view from the same room a day later--6:30 pm and tons of sunlight streaming in. You would never know we had such wild storms yesterday. Time to head out for a run in the sunshine!

94/365

It's been a Monday of crazy storms and some tornado touchdowns in our area. We are very blessed to be safe this evening and just a little rain outside the window is a welcome sight right now!

93/365 sunny Sunday

We got to go for a sunny drive in the convertible today and toured another historic plantation in the area. We are on a history roll lately! There is so much in the way of civil war history here that we have just never taken in. Today we toured the Carnton Plantation. It is the site of the Battle of Franklin in 1864, and also the setting for the recent bestselling novel, "The Widow of the South". The plantation was actually used as a field hospital after the battle and over a thousand of the confederate soldiers that died in the battle are buried in the cemetary. It was an enjoyable and informative afternoon!

92/365 Saturday

My attempt at macro of a ladybug on my rosebush, soon to bloom!

90/365 Waterdrop Macro

So I love seeing these really cool photos people do of water droplets and since I have a macro lens now I figured I would give it a try. I quickly learned it is a whole lot harder than it looks and I obviously need a tutorial of some sort...

89/365

My love/hate relationship with running continues with my 1/2 marathon 4 weeks away. My magnetic board in the workout room tells it all...

87/365 Savannah

Trying to get back on track with taking my photos again every day. This time last week, our 11 year old friend, Savannah, who I've mentioned on here before, lost her battle to cancer and gained her angel wings. She had been battling an aggressive soft tissue cancer for over five years and just a month ago was placed on hospice care as there was no other treatment available for her. It's been an emotional time for us, since we have known her since she was four years old, and my heart is just completely broken for her family.

One thing you could say about Savannah was that she lived! Her family made sure that she experienced life to the fullest and made every moment count. She was always happy, smiling, and laughing. She loved to dance and loved anything to do with fashion and bright colors. Her casket had a large tied died peace sign on it and these earrings of my daughters reminded me of that today. I took a picture of them because they reminded me of Savannah and they made me smile.

We love you, Savannah! And we know that heaven is a much brighter place with you in it!

81/365 Spring day

The kids and I spent the morning touring the home and grounds of President Andrew Jackson here in Hermitage. It was really interesting and a beautiful spring day!

80/365 Fun spring colors

Loving these cute and colorful lanterns I got from Pier One and just put out on my front porch today.

77, 78 and 79/365 Getting caught up

The kids have been away all week with spring break and because of that my routine has been really disrupted. I haven't posted for several days but have taken my pictures every day. Mainly we have been out and about enjoying the spring weather and colors. We went on a historic plantation tour on Saturday that ended with a wine tasting and then on Sunday we visited our favorite local winery for a relaxing afternoon of wine and a little music!

76/365 Spring!

So excited to check out my rose bushes today and see that things are ready to BLOOM! Love seeing those red leaves!

74/365 Gotta run

Logging some miles with just 6 weeks until I run the Country Music 1/2 Marathon. It has been so great to get some outdoor running in lately with some nice weather!

73/365 Macro Monday

Just playing around with some macro around the house

Sunday March 13 72/365

The Sunday morning pancakes--unaffected by the loss of an hour in our morning!

71/365

Just now realizing that tonight is daylight savings time and we lose an hour tonight, I thought the morning would go a little smoother if I made our morning pancake batter ahead of time tonight. An extra few minutes any morning always helps!

70/365 Newest Lego Creation

My son gets Lego magazines and decided he wanted to enter one of the contests to win $100. The theme was space station and here is his.