Spotlights

Was driving tonight taking a friend home at about ten pm and i was driving up they hill and saw this truck moving very slowly on the side of the road with a spotight out his window. Some people who live in the city would probably think this is very weird but living out here in the country its really not. The man was spotlighting for deer. Brought me back to the times when i was a little girl and my dad would take us out spotlighting on the side and back roads. It was always a fun time and i remember on numerous occasions actually seeing some look right back to us! it was so awesome as a kid. I also remember my Dad always telling me to pull the light in when we would pass a random house. Never understood quite why but he would remind me that it was because we didnt wanna shine such a bright light into someones living room. Now that im older seems pretty obvious but its out of this stupid litttle question that shows my Dads patience. ALways wanting to spend time with me and make sure i understood and never getting frustrated. This is just one of the few memories i have of him of the thousands that are as precious as jewels to me. Just thought Id share since this special memory was brought to my mind today! Love him!! RIP Daddy! 2.17.60~2.11.03

Life

It funny how life works out. So many people have so many different opinions and philosophies on life and how to deal with certain things but I honestly don't think any of them really apply to my life. I mean ya there are a lot of quotes and such that relate but nothing really covers every basis. Life knocks you down and you gotta get back up and keep going. You have hard days and voodoo days and you pray the good out weigh the bad and that you also learn from the bad. I think it's crazy how you can have such a horrible day buy yet such an awesome one the next. I had a pretty rough night last night but I went to bed put it Past me and kept on chugging today. Thanks to awesome friends I had a great day laughing my butt of and just enjoying life. We made my grandpa's recipe for homemade orange donoughts! Usually that would make me sad and miss him but instead it did the opposite. Made me happy and remember all the good times we had and shared with him! We watched the brave little toaster which I hadn't seen since I was a kid and it made me feel like a kid again. Just a good night in with family and enjoying the little things in life! I heard an amazing quote today from my mom and it said this. "do you know why your windshield is bigger than your read window? It's cuz what's ahead of you is alot more important than what's behind you. Leave whats in the past in the past and stay focused on what's ahead!" I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you will have rough days. We all do but God puts them there for a reason and he also gives us the good days to go with them. Don't get discouraged but try to stay opptomistic. Better days are ahead. It may be raining now but it can't storm forever. Get out there and look for your rainbow. The promise from your heavenly savior who loves you more than anything!!!!!

New Semester!!!

Well its been almost a whole semester since i have been on here! feels like forever! i had a great thanksgiving and Christmas! i loved being off of school and just having more time for myself. we were low in kids at the daycare so i didnt get many hours which isnt too good for my bank account but i took the time to hang out with some awesome friends and just relax! Its time to go back to school and ive been back for about a week now. I hated the fact of having to think that i had to go back but now that im back in the routine of everything i feel much more organized with my days and schedule. I have been coming quite a ways with my photography as well. I have three photos in the Burchfield Nature and Art Gallery in West Seneca and today i entered one of my Niagara Falls pictures into the CEPA gallery in Buffalo! All of them but one is shown above! SO excited about both! The CEPA show for sure though! I was having a hard time deciding what picture to enter and my teacher just loves my Niagara Falls pictures so thats the one i chose! SO exciting and such a way to get my name out there as an artist! CEPA is the first art gallery in Buffalo that was set apart just for photography which is awesome. I am so thankful that God has allowed me the oppurtunity to make such beautiful work out of his work! Someone once told me that i do an amazing work with my photography. Although it was a very nice compliment, the truth of it is, uis that it isn'y my work! God does amazing work and I'm just trying to show everyone how beautiful it really is! It is absolutly breathtaking and i love to just go outside and walk around or drive around and just see what beautiful things you can see from our own back yard right here in western New York! Im gettng very excited for this semester and what God has in store for me during this time in my life!! Hope everyone has an awesome day and praise God for the beauty around it. Even though we dont always like the snow, if we really look at its beauty we will all be astounded! Have an awesome day!! and God bless!

New Semester!!!

Well its been almost a whole semester since i have been on here! feels like forever! i had a great thanksgiving and Christmas! i loved being off of school and just having more time for myself. we were low in kids at the daycare so i didnt get many hours which isnt too good for my bank account but i took the time to hang out with some awesome friends and just relax! Its time to go back to school and ive been back for about a week now. I hated the fact of having to think that i had to go back but now that im back in the routine of everything i feel much more organized with my days and schedule. I have been coming quite a ways with my photography as well. I have three photos in the Burchfield Nature and Art Gallery in West Seneca and today i entered one of my Niagara Falls pictures into the CEPA gallery in Buffalo! All of them but one is shown! SO excited about both! The CEPA show for sure though! I was having a hard time deciding what picture to enter and my teacher just loves my Niagara Falls pictures so thats the one i chose! SO exciting and such a way to get my name out there as an artist! CEPA is the first art gallery in Buffalo that was set apart just for photography which is awesome. I am so thankful that God has allowed me the oppurtunity to make such beautiful work out of his work! Someone once told me that i do an amazing work with my photography. Although it was a very nice compliment, the truth of it is, uis that it isn'y my work! God does amazing work and I'm just trying to show everyone how beautiful it really is! It is absolutly breathtaking and i love to just go outside and walk around or drive around and just see what beautiful things you can see from our own back yard right here in western New York! Im gettng very excited for this semester and what God has in store for me during this time in my life!! Hope everyone has an awesome day and praise God for the beauty around it. Even though we dont always like the snow, if we really look at its beauty we will all be astounded! Have an awesome day!! and God bless!