Distractions Abound

Imagine my surprise when I looked at the calendar and realized it was the last day of February of 2010.  How did that happen?  These two months have proved to be a whirlwind of activity for me personally.  Most was good with just a sprinkling of really bad.

On January 5th, our good friends, The Powells welcomed their sweet and precious Taylor into the world.  As my gift to their family, I offered up my photography hobby to capture their precious bundle.  I was surprised to have such a willing participant at only three weeks of age.  The end result was a ton of pictures of Taylor and her new family.  With the help of Aunt Lori, I created a slideshow for them that chronicled the journey from the surprise pregnancy to Taylor's debut as a fashion model.  A few samples...

 

 

Next up, our good homeschooling friends, the Stricklands.  Their family is awaiting (any day now) the arrival of their new addition.  As my gift to Kim (mommy-to-be) I offered up myself again.  This time to create some memorable pregnancy photos and family shots.  It didn't hurt that she is truly a beautiful pregnant woman.

 

I also created a slideshow for Kim and presented it to her at her Blessing Way.   Needless to say, my creative side has been very fulfilled while working on these two projects. 

But, reality is a fickle bitch.  This is going to be vague and I ask for your patience in this matter but I needed to get it out there to enable some positive thoughts to head our way.  My family is dealing with an scary issue that really, for lack of a better word, sucks.  It is not me, Joe or the boys.  If you are the praying type, do that.  If not, just send some positive vibes into the universe for us.  I'll take what I can get.  Please also keep our friend Chris in those prayers/thoughts too.  She was severely injured when her deck collapsed with her on it.  She has a long path of rehab ahead of her with a lot of pain to go with that.  As stated before, sucks!

It's been a strange start to 2010.  I can only hope that the bad stuff is over and the joy that I have gotten from my creative endeavors keeps on coming.  And snot, I am really tired of snot.