Brace Yourself...

Have you ever gotten a glimpse of the "what could have been"? Well this week I did...I'm so blessed for where I'm at today. If I would have continued down the path I was on and not have reached out to the gospel and literally wrapped myself in it's love and blessings I would have such a miserable, unhappy life right now. But I DID re-find the gospel and I started living a fulfilling life and I'll never let that go again!

Seeing what could have been makes you take a step back and analyze your life today. I am so extrememly lucky to have found such a wonderful husband! Billy has his days just like I do but I am so spoiled by having him in my life. He is an absolutely terrific dad! Rolling on the floor with the kids, playing hide-n-seek in the house, they just laugh and giggle and laugh and giggle some more. It's amazing how much they brighten up as soon as they hear him come home. He's the best handyman to have around. I swear he can do anything and just about everything. Our beautiful pond is the fruits of his labors from start to finish. He's been helping our neighbor rebuild his fence around his house, he fixes everything that needs fixing (including in our neighbors houses), he's the one who free hand painted all the butterflies and flowers in Makenna's room, made all the shelves and pegs throughout the house, not to mention his geekiness in fixing everyones computers, he's a great cook and is helping me learn to cook, and his most recent...he's been doing family pics for a couple of our friends. And he never stops amazing me. When we started dating he had his own dark room in his parents basement (you know back in the day when we actually used "film" lol) and he had taken several classes in High School. But after taking them and then all the touch ups, it just reminds me of how talented of a man I did marry and I am SOOOOOOOO glad I snagged him for eternity!!

So I guess this post is a tribute to Billy and how wonderful of a husband and father I think he is and to let him know I absolutely love him to death and feel like I am the luckiest girl ever to be his wife!

Oh, I guess I better share some of those pics, so here they are.

The Smiths
(Billy's Best Friend From High School & Christopher's Girlfriends)

It helps that we have such beautiful canvas's to work with! Christopher told me the other day that he doesn't like playing with girls...except for Kenzie & Kailee. Told ya those were his girlfriends. I guess that make Brielle Mason's girlfriend. lol

The Dutra Family
(My good friend Michelle and her Boys)

These are just a few of the many pics that turned out. We had so much fun with Michelle and her family that we went back with our kiddo's to do pics the next day. I'll have to post those later. Not to mention her boys, especially Drake, are so photogenic! We had a blast, we'll have to do it again when you guys come to visit from Cali. I'm gonna miss ya Michelle!!