Sometimes...

Sometimes instead of over-thinking life.
It's best just to find joy in the beauty of simple things...

  

On the way...

These are some of my favorite pics from Mallory's Senior trip
[circa; 2011]....


{The Napa Valley & it's vineyards}

[Bodega Bay]

 {This is one of my favorite pictures I have ever taken...This church, it's setting in this little town....BEAUTY- FULL,... no other words fit.}

Flawed...

You said I’m young, but I’m yours,
I am free, but I am flawed
I’m here in your heart
I was here from the start

This boy...

This little darling boy gets to hang out at our house a couple days a week now that Haylie is finishing up her degree...
I have NEVER been more smitten in my life.
He makes me CRAZY happy.
.the end.

Grace..

Playing on repeat today....

....it's always your favorite sins that do you in...

[grace] is beautiful....

lyrics ...lyrics...so beautiful
....."I held on so dearly
To the wrong things in my life
But now I see so clearly
I was walking into my own knife
You've got to get up off that street
Stop looking at your feet
And take a hold of something real
And this old man, took my hand
He looked at me and said, little girl, I understand"

LOVE this...

It was Disability Awareness Day at Fenway Park
They asked this man with autism to sing the National Anthem.
I watched this video and thought...this is how life should always be...
Everyone trying in some small way to "lighten the load" of another...

Still more random moments from [2011]

 Parades every saturday to see and wave at My-Girl...Sometimes I was lucky enough to have my BFF come sit with me....

 Mallory's senior trip to San Fransico to see her Uncles and the OCEAN...(This picture is priceless to me)

 Miss 2nd Attendant...doing her THING...

 Love this picture of Mr. Dylan...               

And the LOVE LOVE this pic of the kids in my bed all watching TV,... this was taken just a day before Haylie had DAX

 Mallory riding in our towns FAMOUS Rodeo was a highlight...

 Me going to the BYU Homecoming parade...rocking the BYU hat...Billy was proud of me..:)
The BYU game was on ESPN that day and they showed Mallory's float....Pretty cool eh?

 Parker doing what he does best....FOOTBALL

 The beautiful new Mommy....

 The kids favorite thing ever....4-wheeler rides with their Dabby....

 One of MANY summer road trips....

......cont.....

[2011]

[2011] Was a HUGE year for our family...
looking back I can see why I'm still so TIRED!!! :)
Haylie got married
First Grandboy born
Mallory won 2nd attendant in the Miss S. F. pageant
Mallory graduated from High-school
all along with the other stuff like....prom, football, school programs...
etc...etc...etc...

Still more [2011]pics to come....I know you're excited huh????

Random moments I LOVEd from [ 2011]

Moments from [2011]
Hearing this man sing this song into the warm summer night sky...it was magical, spiritual, haunting...beauty


 Receiving gifts made with [LOVE] ...
Seeing this Man [LOVE] this Boy....

Getting this girl ready for her [wedding-day]....priceless moments for a Mother....for [me]

Watching [her] walk down the aisle to marry...

...more moments from {2011] to come...

things....

The things we do just to stay alive
The things we do just to keep ourselves alive.

How we LOVE Joshua James...

This is just so beautiful...

Mallory is on ...

The "Little Sussy" blog today.... http://nicolehill.blogspot.com/
I LOVE seeing her face when I click on my favorite blogs!
She's not modeling as much right now because she just started school ... and is LOVING it!
 Haylie started her first day back to school today!!...she's just 1 yr. 1/2   away from being a nurse..
SO PROUD of my girls!

Mallory's job was SUPER hard on this shoot, huh??? Of course, she has a boyfriend whom she adores!...
But Nick Clearwater, (Keith Clearwater, the pro-golfer's Son, isn't bad to hang onto for a couple of hours :)

Favorites of [2011]

Posting some of the pics I'm going to put in my "Portfolio o' 2011"..
starting with this set...

Mallory & Mr. Cooley....