A Month With Us: Ok, maybe not!

Alright... alright... alright... so big fatty fail on my goal to blog every day... I KNOW! I was feeling a little bummed that I didn't exactly follow through with what I had started out with. This is not a super common thing for me, I am not a flake, but sometimes when it comes to things like this, I don't follow through... blah. However, after I had my little pity party, I realized something. I may not have blogged everyday, or even come close to it but I DID shoot nearly every day (I think I only missed 3 days) and I blogged more in a month than I ever have before. I didn't make my goal, but I did better than I have done in the past. I know this is a little step forward, but it is a step- and that was the whole point of my goal. Moving forward is something that I really desire in my business right now... even if it is really tiny baby steps.

Anyhow, I will at least catch you all up on the second half of the month...

 The week before Christian's birthday, we drove to the High Desert to visit family and some of our closest friends. Christian's car has been giving us a little trouble, so first stop was my dad's garage. All fixed thanks to the guys!

While the boys worked and fixed things, my mom and I decided to join them in the garage. It was really hot, but my mom has been begging me to cut her hair (I think I have only done it twice now since getting licensed... oops!), so we tried to ignore the sweat and snipped away.

This is my parent's dog, Mason. I like him a lot. He didn't like my camera quire as much. This was only a moment before he ran at it, slobbering tongue in tow.

After we left my parents, we headed to Christian's parents for a little birthday celebration. This is my Dad-in-Law scoping out the table scape. With seafood pasta, salad, and fresh bread, there was VERY little to complain about. Yum!

The next morning at church, Christian wrestled the camera from me and snapped the next few.

For his birthday party with my family, he was required to open presents IN FRONT OF EVERYONE! You would have thought he was being tortured.

My brother actually took this of my cousin's baby girl, Alexia. I just want to squeeze her. She is my stand in niece until I get a real one. But I like her so much I may just keep her as one permanently!

Christian's first day of school! I know... I am a dweeb and embarrassment, but I wanted this picture and I got it.

Later that week, Christian and I went to support our alma mater's annual Master's Cup. The dorm we lived in, Hotchkiss, is full of tradition, which I love. This was their grand entrance... they won.

AND the moment you have all been waiting for... or at the least the one I have been waiting for. One of the biggest reasons I have been MIA on the blog is because I surprised Christian with a kitten for his birthday. As cute as this little guy is, he is a lot of work. He was only 5 weeks old when I rescued him from the shelter, so we had our hands full! His name is Warfield and I love him! He brings an awful lot of entertainment to our lives.

Please excuse these first few pictures, he was a little energetic and it was getting dark. This was on his first day home with us. He was so tiny- only weighed one and a half pounds!

This is his favorite spot in the house. He will sit there for hours and usually falls asleep after a while.

This is one week after we brought our little monster home. He is almost doubled in size, weight AND energy.
 This is his favorite of my chores. By the time I get around to folding them, he has usually burrowed halfway to the bottom.

One more of Christian. One of my favorite things about being married is having a date for dinner every night.

Ok then! If you made it all the way through this post, I commend you! I know it was forever long, but I didn't want to leave my goal completely hanging. Now it is wrapped up and my new goal is to continue shooting every day and blog as often as a husband, kitten, housework and school will let me!

Happy Tuesday!