This blog is a place where I post pretty photos and tell you about our lives and the lives of our fabulous clients. It is sort of a keepsake I am building for not only our business and our family, but also, for me. I have really been encouraged by reading other people’s experiences in life through their blogs. I know there are some of you that are just super excited to see fun pics and that is awesome! But I have to give you a heads up that from time to time this blog will also be used as a sort of personal journal that I don’t mind sharing with the rest of the internet world. Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings.

I guess it hasn’t really only been reflection Wednesday lately. It has been more like reflection every day of the week. Ask Ted, I spend A LOT of time thinking about what I might be missing. This week, I went to visit my parents in Illinois. It was a super quick trip but anytime I go back and visit them I stay in the house I grew up. I sleep in the room in the basement where Ted and I stayed for a few months between jobs when we first were married. I sometimes do my hair in the room I spent many a night sleeping, studying for tests until the wee hours of the morning and hiding under the covers to talk on the phone as late as I wanted as long as I was quiet. I walk around on the five acres I spent many a day digging in the dirt, playing with our many dogs and riding four-wheelers. As I do all of these things I think back who I was then and what my dreams were for the future. I remember looking at 29 year olds and thinking they were SO old and I would be all that I wanted to be by that time. Through all of this reflection, I have come to the realization that I need to live intentionally. Days are flying by really really fast. So fast that if I don’t take time to stop, take a deep breath and look around, I will miss it. I think my desire to soak up life has created an unhealthy fear of missing something, anything. Maybe that is why I am obsessed with taking photos. If I take a photo of it, I can keep it all forever. I don’t know about the other photog’s out there but I tend to spend special occasions behind the camera instead of inside the moment.Today, I will be intentional about checking fear at the door. Instead of being fearful of missing something, I will try to slow down and take more mental pictures inside the moments.

In the meantime, for those of you who are wishing I would just put a sock in it and post some photos already, here ya are!! I will be posting DJ and Amy’s wedding here soon!! Have a great Wednesday everyone! Remember, enjoy today!