I am slowly working through my pictures from our visit to the Frederik Meijer Gardens a few weeks ago and found a few more that I love…
Oh I am such a sucker for flowers. They just make me happy.
But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. [Psalm 68:3]
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I must be getting braver because last Friday – on my birthday – I actually asked Joel if he’d mind capturing a shot of me. I’m still not a lover of being in front of the camera, but I keep coming back to the thought that someday my kids are going to appreciate having pictures of me. It may not be in my comfort zone to have my picture taken, but I know that it’s important to preserve memories for my kiddos. My hope is that someday they’ll look at this picture and be glad we took the time to capture the day I turned 39.
I just have to say - I’m so thankful for my husband! He truly went out of his way to make my day special. I don’t know why God blessed me with such an amazing partner in my life … I’m truly humbled every single day … but I’m glad he did! And I’m thankful for another year of life … another year to see what God has in store for me … another year to learn and grow. Praise God!
Spring has sprung here on the blog and in my neck of the woods. It’s the middle of March and yet there are flowers blooming in my front yard, the grass in greening up nicely and all the trees are budding. It’s amazing really … the earliest I can ever remember seeing this much spring in our area. It’s delightful in every way.
So, it only seemed appropriate to give the blog a spring makeover. I sometimes think I should just settle on one look rather than switching it up every couple of months, but then again, change can be good. Right?
If you’ve been visiting my blog for any amount of time, you probably know that one of our favorite places is the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As my Mom put it yesterday when we visited, “It’s just a happy place!” And it is. Especially during the Butterflies are Blooming exhibit which is going on right now.
We went to see the butterflies, but also to enjoy the spring flowers that were blooming in the conservatory. The shot below is my absolute favorite from the day and since my daughter’s room is pink and green, I’m thinking I must get this one printed and framed. Or perhaps order a canvas.
f/2.8 … 1/640 … ISO 400 … 100 mm … auto WB
And yes, since it was a butterfly exhibit that we visited, I will have LOTS of butterfly pictures to share in the coming days as well! Just have to get caught up on my editing…
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Katelyn’s hair is getting super long so we’ve been experimenting with different hair styles. Yesterday’s style looked so cute that we had to capture a few shots before school…
It’s such a blessing to have such a lovely model living right here under my roof!
Unfortunately there is another side of the story … I literally had a minute – maybe two – to capture these shots before we needed to leave for school. Since we live in the woods, our house doesn’t get a ton of natural light in every room, however, we do have a sunroom that tends to be pretty bright. So I positioned her towards the sliding glass doors to ensure that there was enough light on her face. I checked my settings on my camera and snapped away, but in every single shot Katelyn was squinting her eyes (or so I thought!). After repeatedly asking her to stop squinting and open her eyes, I got frustrated and she ended up in tears. Not exactly the “mini session” I had in mind.
Needless to say, this Momma had to do some major apologizing for loosing her cool over something so petty.
And then, as if I weren’t feeling guilty enough, when I uploaded the pictures to my computer, I realized that I had actually captured some pretty great shots – with her eyes open!
Note to self: don’t try to take pictures of the kids in a hurry, stay calm and don’t overreact, and perhaps most important, trying to capture the “perfect” shot of my kids is never more important than their feelings.
Point taken!
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I captured this shot over the weekend and just love the simplicity of it…
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Yesterday was crazy socks day at school and this is what Katelyn came up with… not overly crazy, but not something she’d wear on a regular basis either!
