The Days Go By

It is warming up here in Pensacola

(yay!!)

Unfortunately that means turning on the A/C (yep, I caved)

which means high power bills again already...

I can't believe it's March and I've lived here over a year now.

Something else hit me the other day.

Namely that we have only a few short months left before BE finds out which plane he's on,

which also determines where we move next,

which in turn determines which bases we could be at for the rest of his career.

My heart about stopped when I realized that by Christmas

we will be setting up in a new home

in a new place

in a new state.

WOW.

But you know,

that's one of the cool things about being in the military.

We will have spent our first three Christmases all in different parts of the country.

I get to decorate another house the way I like it,

I get to explore new towns,

I get to experience new climates,

I get to expand my small Southern horizons.

And that is just so darn cool.

You get to keep the friends you've made

and yet still start over fresh somewhere new.

My husband gets to feel fulfilled and do a job he loves,

and I get to experience a life I never would have otherwise if I hadn't married the Air Force.

I just know that God is brewing something amazing,

that he has already hand-picked our next assignment,

is working on piecing together our new chapter together.

 And that just absolutely excites me.

What is something you find neat about the military?

 

Engagement Session

I couldn't be more excited right now!!

I put up my second post on my brand new photography blog

featuring some of my favorite pictures from a shoot I did this past week

of two of BE's and my friends

who are recently engaged!

I think they turned out amazing

(if I do say so myself)

and I'm so excited to finally see the vision of what I wanted to be doing from the start

starting to slowly but surely

begin to take form.

I had so much fun,

and it just made me realize more than ever that this is something I want to stick with.

Since I am still learning,

I welcome feedback,

so please go check out my other blog and let me know what you think!!!!

(oh, and please follow me on there too!)

CLICK HERE!

:)

Spring Has Sprung!

Ahhh

Spring air

Open windows

Short-sleeve shirts

and a puppy happily sunning himself in the yard.

All the makings of a perfect day off!

Which was much appreciated after the crazy weekend at work.

I also had a new toy

:)

I finally bought a 50mm f/1.4 portrait lens.

I saw.

I drooled at the mouth.

I debated.

I caved.

And I think I'm in love.

My poor husband and dog!

They quickly became my test subjects,

and as they rolled their eyes at me,

I happily snapped away.

I am super excited about how well I am getting the feel for my lens,

because I have a dear friend coming into town tomorrow

and I get to do her engagement photos!!

I absolutely can't wait!

Knowing that that was coming up also prompted me to *finally* make myself a site

just for my photography.

I'm hoping it will prompt me to schedule more sessions and really get my passion off the ground

so it can grow into something more.

It intimidates me sometimes

being in a town surrounded by a multitude of established professionals,

many of whom are my friends.

I don't want to go asking them a ton of questions

because I feel like I'm being a bother,

and I don't want them to feel like I'm trying to sink into their market.

Right now my focus is to photograph as many people as I can

so I can get the feel for my camera,

get the feel for directing people,

and get the feel for how this whole thing works.

But I'm enjoying it so far :)

I love being a nurse,

but photography has become a great release for me on my off days

to help me get rid of all the stress I accumulated 

from being in such a high-flow environment all week.

Other than that, things are going great here.

The weather is perking up

and life is good :)

I'd like to invite you to go see the first Spring post on my photography page:

HERE 

and let me know what you think!