Back in the swing of things.

Well, obviously this blog had kid of fallen off the radar.  It was started when my husband was deployed to pass some time.  And once he returned home, I guess we got busy.  But I really enjoyed blogging and I am back now!
As I said, Christ returned home on August 3rd.  And we are over the moon to finally have him with us again!  Kiley sure did miss her daddy.  Anybody who has never experienced a military welcome home ceremony, I highly reccomend it.  They are such a happy time and make you so proud to be an American.  They are just awesome!  Chris' plane arrived near midnight, which in my own weird way I found even more exciting.  Haha!  However, it was extrememly hot!  Everyone was sweating and fanning.  It had to be 100 degrees.  Kiley was miserable and began to ask if we could just go ahead and leave without daddy.  I didn't know if she was going to make it until he arrived.  But finally, they came over the speakers and asked us to walk outside to watch the plane touch down on U.S. soil.  Once we did this and saw the plane come down, Kiley was just excited as everybody else!  She was waving her flag and cheering.  So sweet!  I began to cry as soon as it landed, as it was the official end to the stress, sadness, and worry from the past year.  He was home!!  Here are a few pictures from that very special night!!  Well.. pictures coming soon.. my computer is apparently not in the mood to upload pics at the moment.  :)

Back to the photo challegne!!

DAY 2: What you wore today.

I am such a fan of Nike's running shorts.  They are pretty much a staple of my daily wardrobe.  

I have about 8 pairs in all different colors.  LOVE.

DAY 3: Something green.

A leaf floating in our pool.

And some new photog pics while I'm at it!

I have been loving all the practicing I have been able to do lately!  My best friend Brittany lives up at Fort Bragg in NC.  So I don't get to see her and her family any where near as much as I would like to.  However her daughter Madison was home in Alabama visiting for sometime with her grandparents.  So I was happy to be able to take some pictures of her.  Now if I could just get her mom to come home for a little while!!

 I also got to shoot my good friend Shea's little boy Aidan.  He is a doll!  We had a "Western" theme, I guess you could call it.  There is an old abandoned barn not far from our house, that photographs really cool.  Lots of photographers in the area use it.  So we thought we would try it out!

 

 

 

And then of course, there is my own little model, Kiley.  Model might be a little of a stretch though.  She definitely is the most difficult child that I have ever shot.  People tell me all the time how photogenic that she is.  What they don't know is, that for every good picture of Kiley, there are about 100 ones of her fake smile or pouting, or yelling!  Haha, she is "over it" fairly quickly.

 

 

And here is one of the photographer herself..

Have a good night!!

Yea..

Ok, well we see how awesome I was at following through with that photo challenge.  Whatev!  I am currently (like as I type) procrastinating my move.  I should probably have already done it.  But jeez, moving is such a hassle.  And in case you don't know me, I stress out easy.  Or some other people might call it "being a baby".  Well whichever, I have been actively putting it off.

 

I definitely would rather have the house somewhat ready for Chris to come home to so that he can just come in and relax.  But people don't really jump at the chance to help you move.  Unbelievable right?!?!  I have had a couple friends offer and I will gladly take them up on it.  I don't know why I am dreading it so much.  That's not true.. I know why.  I hate change.  I never handle it well before it happens.  I can adjust quickly but I freak out before it.  And also (it might sound silly), this will be our first time living off-post.  To be honest, I am just kind of scared to be there at the house by myself out in the "normal" world, even thought it isn't for a long period of time.  I should probably start trying to list the things that I will enjoy about it instead of all the things that are bad.  Wish me luck!  :)

Day 1: A self portrait

UGH!

I swear, this deployment feels as though it will never end.  I just got off the phone with Chris and somehow it ended in us both hanging up mad.  I hate when that happens.  Does this ever happen to anyone else?  I talked to him this morning, and I admit I was in a grumpy mood.  Because of my bank, not him.  He happen to call at a time when I was just mad.  It wasn't at him at all, but that conversation didn't go so great either.  And somehow the one this evening became just an extension of that one.  So, my question is..  is it illegal to be in a bad mood every once in a while?  It was right in the middle of me trying to call the bank and credit card people, just bad timing.  But now, I feel guilty (partly because he guilted me)  but I do anyway.  I know that it is the only time that he gets a small break from his day and that he would prefer that I am cheerful and funny and what not.  But also, my life is still going on as it did.  Business wise at least.  The bills still have to be paid and so on..  I was trying to fix that problem and that is when he called.  I wish these phone calls had both gone better today.  But I'm not a totally horrible person right?  :)

Another 30 day challenge!

I have done a few of these things, but this one is different!  This one is a photography challenge.  So, it will be fun and maybe helpful as well.  YAY!