batter up.

Mason and I played a little game of tee-ball in the front yard today. And I must say that his ability to keep track of his ghost men, or "the dead guys" as he called them, was quite impressive. He managed to score a lovely 23 points with his team of non-existent team mates. Me? I scored two points. Apparently, my ghost men are much more dead than Mason's.

Gasp! Sputter! cough cough! Deep breath in, then out...

That was me breathing again (in case the "deep breath in, then out" wasn't quite clear enough) after two days, over 48 hours, without internet access.

I felt like I couldn't breathe - trapped in my own thoughts - disconnected from the world - missing a hundred vitally important emails - certain that the blog world was full of life changing posts...

But now I can breathe again.
And blog so...

• hobby lobby has made my valentines day by carrying the very specific type of conversation hearts that I prefer - NOT brachs, very soft, NOT crunchy, small, NOT those nasty big ones, Sweet, NOT tart, and most important - bags filled with primarily pink, yellow and purple, NOT white. I'm very particular about my sweethearts. I have consumed...um...well, a lot.
  
• i love the internet.
  

And really, after finger tapping on the keyboard for a moment, that's it. Sweethearts and an admission of my addiction to the internet is all i got.

the advantage of a new locale...

some really cool settings for really cute pictures! Imagine how cold that water must have been!

so sweet

It's amazing how sweet my babies are when I've been away from them for any length of time. Last night when I got home (after a 7, yes 7 hour stay at dfw), I went into their rooms and, oh, how sweet they were. And how big! They both grew exponentially while I was gone I am sure. And then this morning, their little voices were precious. Perfect. Oh, I just have been squeezing them all morning.

Mason is home sick from school today for the first time this school year because he finally got that cold Grant and I had. He's handling it much better than I did. Either he's super tough, I'm super wimpy, or he's just got a slight version of the horrible cold I had. I'm super wimpy, I'm guessing.

The Houston trip went well - the couple was sweet, the weather was perfect, and I didn't lose my camera or erase the memory card on accident or any of the other nightmares I was afraid to see turn into reality. The biggest mishap was when i totally busted it in a huge mud puddle - I mean flat on my back right in the mud. But the camera was spared so just my pride was injured.

And the extended layover in DFW got me a flight voucher so even that wasn't so bad.

So, I'm home and now have hundreds and hundreds of pictures to go through. And after my first glance through them, I don't think I'll have to mail them their check back with a note of "sorry I stink at picture taking" apology. Thank goodness. :)

The title of this post no longer goes...sorry. :)

jet-setter, I am!

Tomorrow morning at 7:30 am I'll be on a flight to Houston! All by my lonesome. (but a little "lonesome" time isn't always terrible for a mommy, right?)
I have a shoot for a super sweet couple whom I've never met, but just have a gut feeling, I'm gonna really like them. I just hope they really, i mean, really, like me! Because, man, when someone flies you to houston to do their pictures, well, you better not disappoint! yikes! But I'm excited and can't wait. I'll miss my boys, but they probably wont miss me, because they'll be having a blast with Aunt Bekah for two days.

Thank you all so much for the amazing response to the website! I'm so glad that it was so liked! It took me like ten million years to choose pictures, and upload things, and find music and decide on colors and...it was tough. But so worth it! There will be additions and changes, but I just wanted to get it out there! I still can't believe that it's working - you know? I feel like...you know all those quotes about dreams? I get them now. I just feel so out-of-this-world blessed to be doing this and i appreciate so much all the support you have all given me. :)

Now, I have to go stalk some other photographers' sites and get some new ideas for this engagement session this weekend. Failure is not an option on this one. double yikes!

Check it out!

So, remember that sprinkle thing i was working on?

Here it is:

The new (and much improved) Sprinkle of Grace Photography Site.

Enjoy!

And let me know what you think! :)

bullets.

• i'm better. Praise Jesus. Grant got it too. He's now better too. Double praises. :)
  
• I'm working on something SUPER exciting for Sprinkle of Grace. I can't wait to show you, but you'll just have to wait. Ha!
• I haven't run in a week and a half. Ugh.
  
• I can't think of anything to say. What's wrong with me?
  
• Uh.
• Hmmm?
• um...mmm....uh..
• OH MY GOD! the fever drained me of all my words!!! What should I do??? HELP!
• seriously. Nothing.