Some of the Beautiful People...

The Ballard Boys...(and mom)

This is my SIL and her handsome set of men...

They were so fun to shoot but it was FREEZING cold...

such good troopers...

I'm gaga over this one...

Long Time...No Blog...

Hey you...

It's me again...

Long time...

No Blog...

Let's just say that I haven't really been feeling it lately...

I haven't really been feeling much of anything lately...

My mom is sick...

my sister might be sick...

and I am tired of all the bad things happening in my life...

When can I catch a break?

Yesterday was not much of a Thanksgiving for me...

it was just dinner with family...

I do have many things to be thankful for but looking for those things amidst all of these trials in my life is particularly hard...

So...

I'm still here...

just not really here...

comprende?

Um....Hello?

How cool is this...

Thanks Nicholai for the tutorial...

For Melanie...

Jenner's Flammy...

So Jenner has this collection...

collections aren't weird for 3 year olds...

but this particular collections is extremely weird...

She collects tiny eye dropper/nose spray bottles...

and she has named them all after members of the family...

she calls them her Flammy...

She plays with them, snuggles with them, and even puts them to bed with blankets over them...

one time when she fell asleep in her own bed (shocker) we found her little Flammy tucked under the blankets beside her...

it's quite hilarious!

Introducing...

From left:  Grandma, Nammy, Sophie, Amanda, Daddy, Mommy, Taylor, Rhett (her self proclaimed best friend), Grady, Jenner, Addison and another Jenner...

There you have it...

the super weirdness of my unique 3 year old...

Hot Couple Alert...

Despite the fact that my world has been tossled a bit...

I am still loving my photography and it gives me something to do rather than just sit around and get all sad about my mom...

This super smokin' couple was so much fun to photograph...

and they make cute kids too!

Aren't they super HOT!

This doesn't look like Mama and daughter...

does it?

Blech!

So I guess it's now public knowledge...we found out on Thursday that my Mom has uterine cancer...and we are all in total shock.  I can't even say it out loud without totally breaking down.  It's so hard to even comprehend what she is going through in her brain, I can't even understand my own feelings about it...we told my kids that very night and they all just bawled with me..Chris was the strong one that held us all together. 

We decided as a family to have a fast for her and my sister (another story) and my SIL (still another story) today and all of my older kids decided to fast with us.  It was so neat to watch them during the fast and their strength is so amazing to me...Taylor put up a note in the pantry reminding us all to not eat because we were fasting. What awesome kiddos...and we also ordered up some LiveStrong wristbands for the whole fam to where to support my Mom. 

As of right now, we don't know much...just that she has cancer...when they do surgery they will know more about what stage it is and if she has to undergo chemo and radiation...but for now, if you find yourself with some extra blessings...send your prayers our way!  It will be greatly appreciated!

On to my sister...she is awaiting surgery to find out if her Thyroid nodules are cancerous...and my SIL is going through a rough patch in her life too...

In a matter of 2 weeks, my family and life have been completely turned upsidedown...Ugh!

More of the O kids...

The beautiful O children...

A special sneak peak of the cutest O children ever...

enjoy the view...

My Baby...

This is my baby...

she is so cute...

Right?

she isn't all bad...

she's just naughty when it comes to sleeping...

And these are my new faves of the McFamily...

I guess they are all sorta my faves...

The coloring on this one is slightly different than the one before...

and I am so digging it!

Simple...

Simple...

This picture is so simple...

but the little one in it is not...

sometimes I wish she was...

more simple...

she wakes up multiple times in the night still...

can't fall asleep on her own...

and only takes naps in the car...

she is into everything...

garbages, drawers, cabinets...

but...

 I wouldn't change it for anything!

I guess my life isn't meant to be simple right now!

More of the McFamily...

I am almost done editing this shoot but I just had to share these beauties...

I was totally entranced by this tough guys baby blues...

so gorgeous...

I mean, Handsome!

 

Little G Man...

What a silly dude...

capturing a genuine smile was pretty tricky...

but these emotions were too great not to capture...

He was a definite Goofball...

A sneak peak...

A juicy sneak peak of an adorable family I shot today...

Hope you like em' Brooke!

BTW...Brooke...this is the very first shot!