Thursday Thankfuls

Even though life here seems to be as crazy as ever and the time flies to quickly, I have so much to be thankful for. On a day to day basis I don't stop to think about it, but today is the day to reflect on those things that you are truly grateful for in your life.

1. I am so thankful that after 10 years of not going to church and not living my life through Jesus, that we have decided to start attending church and teaching our children the right way to live. We have a long way to go but we are definitely on the right track.

2. I am thankful for my husband for being ever so patient with me in the last few weeks, while I study photography and teach myself photo editing. Ive been up many late nights while he watches TV alone until he falls asleep. He keeps encouraging me and believes in all that I do.

3. I am so thankful for my children they are my heart. I really don't know what I would do without them.

4. I am thankful for all my family and I have alot!

5. I am thankful for every ones health and that my Nana is here another year to celebrate with us. Because Thanksgiving week 4 years ago she had surgery to remove colon cancer and we didn't know if she would make it...She is doing great!!!

6. I am thankful that even though I don't have a paying job...that the Lord has blessed us to keep paying our bills, putting food on our table, a roof over our heads and a full tank of gas. The rest will come in time. (Its not forever just for now,the part about not having a paying job)

7. I am so thankful for my friends. Each and everyone is special to me in some way and I love them all, even if I don't get to spend as much time with them as I would like.

Well I think I have went on enough, I am thankful for alot more, but I would be here all day and I have to get packed to go to GA this afternoon. We will be spending the rest of our holiday weekend there with my Mom, Pop, Jeremy, Kiley, Katie, Savannah, Mandi, Bubba and Kiley's mom Mrs. Julie. The guys will be hunting in the woods and us girls might be hunting for sales and pecans! Oh and I have a photography shoot scheduled for up there also!

BTW I started a new blog with my photography pics, I will keep this one as personal and the other to post pics on. Check it often as I will be updating it with all my latest shots.
http://www.blessingscaptured.blogspot.com/, the link is on the left also under Blessings Captured Photography.

If you want to join in or check out other Thursday Thankfuls go visit Jennykates spot she always has something wonderful to say! http://jennykate77.blogspot.com/2008/11/thursday-thankfuls_27.html

It Finally Got Me & New Photos

The same virus bug that has been circulating around finally got me yesterday...Right in the middle of a very busy week for me...I'm feeling better today, just a little weak and tired. I just have to put everything in perspective and hopefully I will get it all done...

I have 3 photo shoots to edit and a yard sale to get ready for. Not to mention trying to decide if we are in fact going to GA for Thanksgiving and we have had another issue on our minds & hearts but at this time I cant really say anything about but maybe later when the time is right. So needless to say we have been terribly busy and I really did not have time to get sick!

I'm so excited, I have had 4 photo shoots in the last week and I have 2 more coming up in the next week. 2 shoots are edited and I'm working on the rest. I'm going to be starting either a new blog page for just my photos or a regular photo page...but when its up and running I will put a link on this page so everyone can visit it too. If you or anyone you know is looking for someone to take photos give them my page link or email me directly skishy25@aol.com I will do any type of photos maternity, family, children, babies, engagement, wedding or events.

Here are a few from this past week, I will have more soon! Hopefully the quality comes out ok, I compressed them for quick upload...let me know if they look distorted.

This is my cousin's baby Cali-

This is Amanda & James taken at Venetian Gardens in Leesburg. We will be taking indoors pics soon.

Not Me! Monday

Since everyone missed my Not Me Monday last week, I knew I had to do one this week...but its going to be quick and short this week...I have to be at the school in 45 minutes!!!

*I did not forget to put sugar in the tea and make Larry his bottles for his lunch...only for him to wake me up to say " I think you forgot to add sugar to my tea"...

*I do not have a wonderful Mom & Sister who writes me the most beautiful notes to me in my birthday cards, that I cant read until I'm alone because they make me cry.

*I also don't have a great family who I love and adore so much!

*I did not go from this hair style....

to this hair style in 3 hours (BTW that's my best friend Rhonda of almost 20 years!)
*I did not sing karaoke with my friends for the first time in my life "Ice Ice Baby" at that!!!

Hope you all enjoyed my very short Not Me Monday!!! See Ya next week!

If you want to join in click below to go to Mckmama and see all the other Not Me's!

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What a Busy Week!

Well as you all can see I didn't post much this week. Things have been CRAZY!!! The kids were sick, which they are now better Thanks for all your prayers! The only other one in the family sick was little Katie she had bronchitis again, but the rest of us are fine so far (finding a piece of wood to knock on).



I know you all missed my Not Me Monday post and I will try to do it next week. I started volunteering/mentoring at Cheyenne's school on Monday's & Wednesdays, this week and Ive been trying to get back into the routine. I love going there. The 2 little ones I mentor are so sweet and I enjoy spending time with them. I had them both last year too. One of them may be moving and he told me "I don't want to move now, you are my mentor again"...Hopefully he wont be moving anytime soon. They have the mentoring program for children who need an extra ear to read too or just chat and be a friend. We talk about their week, their Friends, family, problems what have you...sometimes when I'm having a bad day when I go there it makes me realize how lucky I am for what I do have. I try to make them see the positive in everything in their lives.


I also started volunteering with a wonderful 1st grade teacher. I enjoy helping her and the kids are great...I can see a great friendship growing between me and Mrs. Ryder. She is a alot of fun to work with.


On Thursday I went to Ocali Cracker Days with Cheyenne's class for a field trip. What an experience that was!!! It was really neat, they had an old Florida Cracker village set up with a blacksmith making tools, a corn grinder making corn meals and grits (yummy), a lady making butter(that butter was better than the store bought stuff), Civil War reenactments, ladies spinning cotton, cracker houses and a church/school. Oh and the ever popular face painting!!!The kids had a blast. Plus I found alot of great places to take pictures!! I will be going back there for some practice!!!


Check out these pics of the fun!







And Today is my birthday! I am 33!!! Wow times flies when your having fun...
Anyway I spent the morning getting my highlights touched up and I cut my hair off...I like it but Im not sure my husband will... Maybe I should do a My Husband Rocks Friday just in case to smooth it over...LOL. He loves long hair and so do I, but after 3 years Im tired of it and I wanted something new...not sure if it will stay like this, I may let it grow back out, but what the heck its only hair! Thank goodness that is one thing that will grow back in no time!!!



We have a whole birthday weekend planned since my brothers bday was Thursday, Mine is today, Jordan's is tomorrow and my niece Lexi's is Sunday! So I will be doing lots of celebrating ! Im sure I will have new pics soon and you can see my new hair do!

The Things We Do For Kids!

Of course this past weekend was all about kids. Halloween, a baby Shower, a costume/birthday party and sickness!

Friday night we started out getting ready for the Fall Festival at the church. I was busy as usual multi-tasking, ironing a sequin thing to Chey's costume, baking cookies, checking my email, answering the phone, feeding the animals... so I had another baking dilemma, I burnt the second batch of cookies! So instead of having a plate of brownies and a plate of cookies for the cake walk, there was just one plate with a little of both on it! I was told later by Larry, I should not multi-task and cook at the same time...LOL.

The Fall Festival was fun for the kids, they got lots of candy, played on the inflatable slides and did the cake walk 1000 times until they both won something... My niece Katie was so funny she kept running up the slide bouncing on her butt at the top and it would almost throw her to the bottom, cat ears flying off, then she would get up, put them back on and run to the top to do it all over. Here are a few pics from Friday night.

Then on Saturday morning I went over to my BF Rhonda's house to help her get ready for her daughter's Costume/Birthday party. We made caramel apples and ghost cookies. Since the party was kinda my idea, I volunteered to help out and Jordan said she wanted the adults to dress up too...

In between all the fun of the party we went to Sloan's baby shower, which was so nice. They had it decorated the cutest and she got so much, I dont think she will have to shop for that baby until she's 20...

Back to the party...we rushed home to get ready. Cheyenne was going to be an 80's girl, Brant, Mask from Tap Out, Larry a giant Roach and me the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz. Now first I have to say that Larry really didnt want to be a roach and I didnt want to be the lion. We borrowed the costumes so we didnt have to spend the money on buying them...so we took what we could get...If I had my way I would have been Goldie Locks or Little Red Riding Hood and Larry something cool and manly...all for the love of kids...we wore this...

Me The Lion, Rhonda was the Cow, Beth a Cat & Susie an Angel

Mason was The plumber, Rob was Batman and Larry the Roach!

I just have to tell you guys soemthing ...My husband is such a good sport, he really did not want to be that roach and when he got out of the truck at the party, he got the tentacles stuck in the truck door! I thought I was going to wet myself laughing so hard!

Needless to say the men had the costumes off within 45 minutes, the kids all had theirs off a little over an hour later and the only ones left dressed up were us four ADULT women!!!! What fun it was though, the kids had a blast and so did we!

They had a sleepover for the girls so Cheyenne stayed there and Chase came home with Brant, but at 5:30 a.m. Rhonda called and said Chey was sick, she had thrown up...so I had went to pick her up, I got her home and she slept until 1:30 p.m. the new time (2:30 the old time). She didn't feel well when she got up so she laid around the rest of the day. We went to mom's and ate dinner then back home and back to bed for her.

She went to school yesterday and felt a little better until today...I got a call from Brant's school at 9:45 to come pick him up, then at 11:45 I got a call from Chey's school...They are both home now...poor Brant is very sick throwing up and Chey has been laying in bed...oh I hope they feel better tomorrow and no one else here gets it! Keep us in your prayers!