St Patty's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Don't forget to wear your green!

Project 365 February

Here's my completed collage for my 365 Project.

I can't believe I'm already 2 months in! 

Sunshine ~ feeds the soul...

We have had the best weather lately...

usually this time of year is cold and grey, but we have had above average temps and sun!

I have spring fever and it's only March!

I took these photos of Lucy yesterday.

I needed to capture my "photo of the day" for my 365 project.

It was straight up 12 noon, the worst time to take photos.. the light is high and harsh.

I purposely went out at this time to push myself to shoot in all lighting conditions.

My Lucy is growing up so fast.. 

I look at these photos and can't believe how much she's changing.

Her beauty really captivates me...

I'm so thankful for her and sunshine in winter! 

Cars and boys..

These days are so busy that I often don't post day to day happenings.

I realized I haven't posted much about Olivia and what she's been up to.

  I never thought I would love the teen years... I dreaded the thought, but 

I have to admit, I really do love this time.   Teenagers are funny.  

Olivia and her friends just crack me up.

Here's just a few fun things going on....

I realized I never posted here on the blog about Olivia's car.

We surprised Olivia with a car just before Christmas.

She had no clue and was super excited! 

Here she is moments after seeing her car for the first time.

This in an iPhone pic.

One happy girl!

Here she is washing her car.

She came home one day after school and started washing her car.

I know she loves her car, but this is not typical behavior...Olivia would rather do anything but clean, whether it be her car, room, etc. 

I asked her "why" she was washing her car???

Apparently, boys at school like to draw phallic symbols in the dirt, on her car.  

I couldn't help but laugh and for a second I thought.... 

How can I get those boys here to the house to draw their little symbols in her room and bathroom, so she will clean those too?  LOL!

Speaking of boys...

This is Olivia's boyfriend, Craig.

He is a really sweet kid and they've been dating for about 3 months.

This is a photo I took of them right before a Christmas party.

and I just can't forget to add this....

this is Craig's monster truck.

Yep, a BIG truck!

This is what's parked in my driveway on Friday and Saturday nights.  

Oh, boy .. these really are fun times.

I'm glad I'm documenting them.

For Joan...

My dear friend, Joan has cancer.

Joan has been battling a rare form of cancer for over 12 years.

Joan was a neighbor of ours in Denver.

Joan's family has a lake cabin here in Washington and thankfully, because of this I get to see Joan and her family every summer. 

Lately, Joan has been having a harder time than usual...

She has been in ICU for the past month and has both a breathing tube and a feeding tube.

She has been on my mind constantly.

This past week I knew I wanted to drive to her family's lake cabin and pray for her and take some photos. I know the lake is Joan's happy place and I wanted to take some photos to send to her. 

I looked at my calendar and the only day that worked was Friday.

I was disappointed because I wanted to go sooner and I knew Friday's weather forecast was calling for clouds and rain.

I woke up Friday morning and realized, it was Joan's birthday!

I left the house for the 30 minute drive to the lake.

It was cloudy, foggy and misty..

I was disappointed because I desperately wanted to get some sun photos, not grey and cloudy.

As I continued driving towards the lake the sun came out and it was beautiful!

By the time I reached the like it was sunny and the fog was burning off.

I drove around and walked the lake property taking photos and praying for Joan.

As I left the lake and drove back towards home, again it was cloudy, foggy and misty. 

I couldn't shake the feeling God has shone down on the lake that morning for my friend, Joan.

I quickly uploaded the photos and sent them to her via email and wished her a happy birthday.

I found out this morning, she was released from the hospital yesterday and was able to spend her birthday at home.

Keep fighting Joan!  

XO