Wednesday Wishes

WEDNESDAY WISHES

1. I wished that I could do a Blog Post w/o editting my images first.
2. I wished that I could post images w/o the story behind the images.
3. I wished that I photographed in low resolution so that I didn't have to convert to low res files...okay no I don't, but I wished that it was simplier or quicker to do.
4. I wished that I wasn't such a perfectionist (back to #1) so that I would not have to edit so much before posting.
5. I wished that I was a better blogger like Melinda or Nicki and stayed current with my blog posts. Okay, there are others (like you) who do much better that I do lately, but those two currently pop in my mind because lately they've had daily posts. Now I don't think I would have daily posts because I don't have a little one here every day any more, but between the 3 blogs that I have, I could have somethingon a regular basis.
6. I often wish that I wasn't such a detailed person. I think then I would better at this whole blogging thing. I have the thoughts in my mind (sometimes I even start blog posts in my mind), I have the photos and I definitely want to share it all. Now if I can just get better at this.

Now do you have any wishes that you'd like to share? Please comment or blog about it! Maybe I will make this a little regular thing like NOT ME MONDAY!

~~ja~~

THEY ARE GOING TO BE MISSED

This is our pastor,

Dan and his wife, Nicki,

and their sweet little boy, Jonah.

Tonight is our last service with them. I could do several blog posts about this and I could go on and on. I am very sad to see them leave our church, but I am also very glad for them. I totally understand that God has a new plan for them...okay it's new to us and them, but not to God. I praise God that I met Nicki and Dan. I thank God for sending them into my lives just when He did. He always knows what we need, when we need it, even before we do.

I look forward to the message tonight but I dread saying good-bye to them. I know we'll stay connected through modern means such as facebook, emails and blogging, but it's still a bit sad seeing them leave. I honestly think I've learned more from both Dan and Nicki from messages at church to following their blogs than anyone that I've known with the exception of a few very close friends, my spouse and my parents (but you get the idea).

Dan, Nicki and Jonah, We love y'all dearly. I pray God blesses your new church like you've blessed the people here. I know we haven't been members of the church as long as some have, of course, some were there before y'all came, but I can honestly say that I don't think we would have ended up making First Baptist Vidalia our church home had it not been for your service to God and to the church!

Thank you for making a difference in our lives!

~~The Ainsworth Family~~

Besides you will be seeing us again. Are you sure about offering us a place to stay?

Happy Birthday to you: Randy, Hunny, Dad, Poppa and FLASHBACK FRIDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Almost 5 years ago, this guy, my hunny, my children's dad, Natalie's Poppa, prided himself in bragging to me that he was the first person ( and other than nurses, doctors, etc.) that was not her parents. He went over early the next a.m. after she was born and took breakfast to her parents.

Today, July 24th, is his birthday. I won't list his age either, but I will say he is two days younger than me. We were even born in the same hospital and were there at the same time (for at least a day). I am not going to do a long post about how much I (we) love this guy. I did that a while back. Click HERE if you missed it. And click HERE to view the blog post that I mentioned in the last post about how us moms aka photographers of our families should have photo taken of ourselves. I found it and want to pass it along. It really made me think!

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RANDY!

WE ALL LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!

~~ja~~

Happy Birthday to me...

Today is my birthday (the age is not important). I am over 40 and less than 50. So let's leave it at that.

While I enjoy take photographs of my loved ones and others too, I don't particularly enjoy being in front of the camera these days. But since I am celebrating life today, I am sharing a few of me and some advice that I recently took seriously. Take photos with the ones you love. Today they may not seem that important or even that special, but one day they will be priceless. I recently read this entire blog post about a mom/photographer like me who isn't as photogenic as she once was or as young or as thin, but we only getting older and sometimes larger. I couldn't find the post or I would have included the link here. I have intended to do a post on the subject and include a link to this post that really sunk in with me. So even though I dont' have the link, the message is just do it...just take those photos with the ones you love.

EDITED TO ADD THE LINK: CLICK HERE.

I so love this girl and am so proud of her!

Above: Cari and I (just a few days ago at the beach)

...and you all know how much I love and adore my little sweetheart.

Above: Natalie and I at her dance review (mini recital) from dance camp


And of course, I love my hunny! Where would I be without him!
Above: my hunny and me


...I certainly wouldn't have this most precious family that I love more than words can express.

ABOVE: My Family

I am only getting older, but my love for God and my family is growing stronger.

I feel so blessed this birthday.

Celebrate life with the ones you love by taking photos with them as often as possible.

~~ja~~

NOT MY CHILD...

Today MckMama is doing something different. So I thought I would play too. I only have one thing to post that I can think of at the moment. After all, I only have one child living at home and she is 16 years old. If Natalie had been here all week or the last few days, I am sure I could think of something about her.

It was not my child who forgot to pack her beautiful halter-style white portrait dress for the beach portrait that I bought last year with intentions of doing some kind of portrait of me and her together last summer [even though she had it lait out!]. More recently, I decided it needed to be a beach portrait. How much prettier would our portraits have been with her wearing a halter style dress so that it would cover newly darkened tans lines.

She and I did share the cost of a new pretty white portrait dress. It was pretty and I am glad that we found it, but the other dress would have been perfect. If I decide to get a wall portrait of this one or any of the photos that we captured on the beach, I will be paying my lab to "fix" the tans lines.

~~ja~~

Many more...

This is a photo of my beautiful daughter, Cari, photographed during our Mini Portrait Session at the beach. The 14 year-old boys wouldn't necessarily think it was Mini Portrait Session, but I could have went on and on (even with the sweat running down my back...I love capturing these images)...so to me, it was a mini session!I have many more beautiful portraits to edit and to post to my blogs and facebook. I have posted a few more to facebook already last night that I couldn't resist. But for now I need to get to work. I have a few more orders to finish to have ordering caught up...just when I think I only have one or two more to do to be caught up, I receive another, I will praise God for that! And I have few sessions to edit. Cari will be leaving today for church camp. Pray that she and the other campers have life altering experiences and/enhancements. Natalie is still in Baton Rouge taking swimming lessons. I sure miss that little girl! So this week will be filled with work and some quality time with my hunny. I sure missed him while I was gone and I wasn't even gone that long. I think I missed sharing the expereince with him! [I do have him fired up for a family beach vacation. I don't know if we can pull it of this year, but he was online doing some shopping around last night. I love it!]

~~ja~~

The Beach...

In a few hours Cari and I will be on our way to the beach for a little mini vacation! I have been blessed with a great opportunity to spend a little time with friends and some of my family (Cari) at the beach for the next few days! I wonder if this will be the view from our room. This is suppose to be a photo from Orange Beach and that's where we're going! Hopefully life won't be so crazy that I can't post a few picks next week. Have a great week/weekend!

~~ja~~