My Life

It has been a while since I have updated. I have been so busy with taking pictures and life in general. But yesterday, I was eating lunch with my angel and she smiled and said take my picture. I pulled out the camera and did her little pose and she said cheese!!! And inside, my heart melted. I really needed that at the moment. I thought at that time thank you God for my little girl. My life is so blessed!

Happy Anniversary Daddy!

Hey Jacob!
I wanted to surprise you with a picture of "your girls". I am always so proud when you call us this. This is more of a father's day gift but I did not have it ready in time and felt it would be fun to surprise you today on our Anniversary. I just want you to know I am crazy about you and I thank your for giving me such a wonderful family and life! We love you!


I wanted to add that this beautiful picture was taken by Miss Elizabeth Bailey my fellow photographer in crime and has been post processed by me. I think we make a wonderful team!! Thanks again!

Ellie and Cole

Hello everyone! I am so sorry to not update very often. We have been so busy of late. I just wanted to post a quick picture of Ellie and Cole playing together in the water/sand box. They were so cute and covered in sand by the time we took them back inside. Sometimes the look more like brother and sister than cousins. I hope you are all doing well. I hope to update more often!

Ellie the Black Cat

Ellie at the Noble's Halloween Party.

This year we realized there was no way we would actually get a costume on Ellie. So, we improvised and went for a black kitty cat. This is one of Ellie's favorite pets. It ended up to be the perfect thing for her.

We hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. For those I haven't spoken or wrote to lately, I will be in contact with you soon. We love you all.

My Far Away Place

Mom, Dad, and Ellie at Jordon Pond.

Last week we went to Bar Harbor, Maine. Bar Harbor is on an island called Mount Desert Island. This is our second trip and we consider it our home away from home. We dream of being there constantly. I love the salty sea air, the lobster boats, and sounds the boats make. The fall color is incredible and you can walk everywhere. My pictures can not do the place justice. I want to post so many seeing that I took over 1000 pics. so hopefully more pics to come. I just wanted to give you a taste of what we did. I have included a song on the blog that reminds me of Maine and my sentiments toward it.

I could not help trying to catch the feel of fall. This walkway lead to our hotel the Harborside.

This is Ellie at Jordon Pond.It was so fun! We were able to pull out our sweaters and toboggans in October.

Another view of Jordon Pond. It was so beautiful this time of year.

This is one of my favorite views of the Bar Harbor Inn.

We ate there for supper one night on our real first date since we have had Ellie. If you are ever in Bar Harbor, this is the place to go. And yes! The sky was that blue that day.

Mimi, Papa, and Ellie on the shore path by the Bar Harbor Inn.

This is us at Frenchman's Bay.

The Bass Harbor Lighthouse.

We took a historical lighthouse tour and saw five different lighthouse. This was just one of them. Bar Harbor has several tours you can take including a great whale watch but this trip we wanted to see the lighthouses.

Somesville Bridge and our favorite town.

There are many towns and harbors on Mount Desert Island (MDI). This was just one and they are all so quaint. I am still ready to pack my bags right now and move.

This is the Margret Todd. We love this boat but have never actually been on it.

Another trip tip, if you are ever there they have sunset cruises that are supposed to be wonderful.

Here we are again! In front of the Bar Harbor Inn.

We ate a picnic lunch out here one day and watched the ships and lobster men come in. We had so much fun!

Ellie is enjoying her ride back to the airport in Bangor.

We rented a vehicle and got bumped up to a Hummer which was interesting. So, Ellie rode around in a Hummer all week. Ellie loves her Minnie so I was excited to capture this moment.

I hope you have enjoyed some of our pictures. I hope to post a lot more, but this was about all I could handle at one time. We hope you enjoyed "Our far away place"!

Mommy & Me

So often, I realize that I never get pictures made with Ellie. One day she is going to look and ask what did you look like mom. Well at Cole's party, Jake that took our picture (he is becoming good with the camera as well). So Ellie, this is what we look like together! I love you!!

My Girl

Ellie in Maggie and Lilly's dog bed with their toys!

So, I have been a really bad blogger lately and will probably be that way for another week. I am actually posting pictures from a couple of months ago. We have been running since August and we will not be slowing down anytime soon. We have several showers, parties, vacation, church meeting week, and the arrival of a new cousin coming up in the next month. So through this all, I am going to do my best to post.


Ellie had fun splashing in Mimi's bird bath on a rainy day!

I hope you are all doing well. We miss so many of you that we do not see often!