Fireflies Art

4th

i will post more pictures this week...

but for now here is a picture of me + the girls from work next to our float!

it was a lot of work but i love the way it turned out.

we had such a great day yesterday.

more soon...

as requested.

 

ok. i don't really love posting pictures of myself.

but i've had some requests...ha! this is all you're getting for right now.

me on my way out the door to go running yesterday.

i'm up to 3 1/2 miles now.

 

i know my updates have been lacking lately! i THINK next week will be calmer!

i've been crazy busy editing pictures and working on the float for the 4th of july.

(we're doing a float for the scrapbook store i work at...so if you're going to the grandville parade wave at us on saturday!)

 

tomorrow i'm going to lunch + for a facial with kristin (osland!).

it's kristin peterson's last day at douglas j for school!

 

anyways! i promise to update again soon.

 

xx

 

 

35 days ago i posted this.

and i can't even believe how far i've come since then!

i've been trying to decide just how much i want to share here.

i'm just afraid of jinxing myself!

but i can't even tell you how good i feel.

i started out walking 2 miles that first day...

and now i jog 2 1/2 miles + walk at least a half a mile afterwards!

i have been using my BOSU ball. (it's awesome)

i eat better.

i admit i haven't done yoga yet. but i will.

my goal right now is to jog a 10K before winter!

i take it one day at a time...and it's paying off big time.

i don't know that i want to share numbers here.

but i will say the numbers are getting smaller.

the most important thing to me is that i feel strong + healthy.

 

robin+paul

i know i have been MIA for awhile now! things have just been crazy busy!

right now i'm sitting in a cabin in traverse city looking through pictures from my day!

robin is our friend adam's sister. and i agreed to be her wedding photographer!

even though i don't normally do weddings!

and they asked sage to be the flower girl.

the day turned out so good.

sage was such a good girl all weekend...which was great since i didn't really have time to deal with a naughty little girl!

i have tons of pictures to sort through and edit.

but his one is my favorite so far. i knew it would be right when i took it.

this is in their front yard. how beautiful is that?!

ok. i'm pooped. hopefully sage will crash out soon so we can get some rest!

tons of pictures to come soon! i promise!!

xx

 

meet barley.

we've been looking around for dogs ever since we lost copper.

sage has been going crazy without one.

well this morning jim was looking on craigslist and saw a free golden doodle!

jim called the phone number right away and a couple hours later we went to meet him to see if he was the right fit for our family. his owner was a single guy who just got another job + was going to be gone from early in the morning until late at night. he knew that wasn't fair to him so he just wanted him to go to a good home.

he's such a sweet dog + we're all in love with him already.

he's seems to think we're ok too.

he especially loves jim.

i'm sure i'll have more pictures to post soon!

thursday i got to take pictures of my

niece jessica's adorable little boys!

they come over + play quite often...and we love it!

our kids get along so good.

i'm so grateful to have them in my life.

 

head on over to my photography blog to see more!

before + after!

i got his desk at a yard sale for $1 last month!

and this is what it looks like now! some stripper, a whole lot of scraping, home depot oops pain, and i LOVE it now! jim polished the original handles for me even!

ok. so i'm not feeling up for a lengthy post yet.

but click HERE to click more pictures from our weekend.

copper.

this is one of the hardest things i've ever been through.

i'm sitting here with tears running down my face.

we were up at jim's grandpa's property for the weekend.

and yesterday morning when we got there copper was playing with the big dogs (like he always does) and one of the big dogs bit copper really bad.

it was so hard to see him in so much pain...and he died within an hour of getting hurt.

we were able to bury him on the farm there.

i've never been so attached to an animal before.

and i've never lost a pet before.

he was the perfect dog for our family.

and he was my buddy. he'd always sit with me.

and the kids adored him.

it was so hard on jim to have to tell sage what happened.

and to be honest i'm having a much harder time with it than i anticipated.

coming home and having emerson call for "coppy" was so hard.

he was such a big part of our everyday lives...and he will be missed so very very much.

i know it will get easier...and that eventually we'll find another dog that we'll love.

but right now my heart just hurts.