Life... it's a daily thing!

This photo is for ME this next year!!

2009-12-31T19:12:00.000-08:00

I wrote the last blog before I did this photo for my photo blog... and WOW! THIS is what I want for next year... the photo is NOT that great of a photo - I really had the idea and tried to capture it while driving with Chuck today.

It is NOT a perfect photo - it reminds me that I am NOT perfect!

It is focused while the truck is moving FAST - I want to be focused on GOD and HIS desire for me while LIFE keeps going faster than I can keep up!!

I can see the reflection of my tennis shoe... it reminds me to keep running in the race!

I do have it on my new blog now too =) GREAT WAY TO END THIS YEAR!!

The end of a FUN year!

2009-12-31T18:50:00.000-08:00

But WOW it went by FAST! I am finding that the older I get - the FASTER the years go by! I am excited to see what 2010 brings... I KNOW one thing for sure - we are going to have another GRAND DAUGHTER!! That is so THRILLING for me! The MORE the BETTER!! WOOHOO!!

I am also starting a new blog... http://pamee365.blogspot.com/ I am really excited about it too... I think it will HELP me stay focused too!!

I hope that you have a BLESSED 2010!!

I LOVE SURPRISES!!!

2009-12-30T23:15:00.000-08:00

AND I LOVE to give surprises!! A couple of months ago I had heard form Taleah that Roy's does a dinner that the Chef prepares especially for YOU... you have to arrange it ahead of time and then set a reservation and go in and ENJOY! Amy Fernandez HELPED me set it up... AND she was our server for the night... which was a real BLESSING!

Well.. surprising Chuck is NOT easy!! He usually gets what he wants ahead of time... like for Christmas - He wanted a fun cappuccino machine and did research - then went and got it! So... I wanted to think of something that he wouldn't think of... FOOD prepared for him by a real chef =) The problem was HOW to get him there!! HAHA!!

I had to tell him we were EATING a BIG meal... but didn't say where - just that it is by Disneyland. My plan was to go to Dland too... but with the crowds AND the rain - I decided that wouldn't be very fun!! So we just did the dinner... he did guess once we were on our way! He remembered back to hearing about it too =) It was so FUN! Neither of us had been to the Garden Walk... I want to go back when it isn't raining!!

Amy was the BEST!!! Here are a few pix...

Learning... with NO memory =)

2009-12-29T23:18:00.000-08:00

HAHA! I am learning that I MUST POST my blog WHEN I think of it - OR I will NOT remember what I wanted to say!! SO... Here is this one... I had one this morning too - but I don't remember what it was =(

We just watched Juile/Julia - I LOVE that movie!! I am NOT a cook... but it has inspired me to WANT to cook! I am NOT saying I WILL cook... but it has INSPIRED me to WANT to =)

I loved a few things in that movie - but I think the BEST is the marriage of Julia and her husband... HE was AMAZING! AND I feel that I HAVE that in my life now... Chuck really IS and AMAZING man! He really does LOVE me... not just in front of everyone at church... but at home too! I am so BLESSED! We have been together since I was 15 years old... I am now 51! =) We have been thru some really hard times - but GOD has ALWAYS been there with me - with US. I am just blown away that the years go by so FAST - we are coming into the New Year AND Chuck's birthday... AND I am so excited to have the FUTURE... to still be with the MAN of my dreams!! AND our Grand kids... I am PRAYING for MANY Grand BABIES!!

Just the thoughts I have BEFORE I forget them =)

On vacation...

2009-12-28T22:31:00.000-08:00

YAY! I am LOVING this week AFTER Christmas... Chuck is OFF all week!! Today was the BEST first day of VACATION too! WE found out the Tim and Jill are having a baby GIRL!! I am just so EXCITED I can hardly stand it... the visions of PINK and FRILL and SPARKLES are all in my head today! My FAVORITE THINGS!! HAHA!!

I also am starting a NEW blog... One that will use my photography AND my Bible!! I am actually starting on the first... BUT I am just practicing now =) http://pamee365.blogspot.com/ I am HOPING to design it really CUTE too =) That is a whole NEW learning thing for me tho...

THE BEST part of TODAY... we get Liam for the night! WOOHOO!! Grand kids are the BEST!!!

Here are a couple of pix... =)

I AM DONE =)

2009-12-27T22:18:00.000-08:00

I feel FREE! I have NO more contracts to fulfill... and I am considering myself officially - RETIRED!! =) HAHA!! I can PLAY to my hearts content now... I LOVE IT!!! I love doing Trash the Dress sessions... so IF YOU want to play in your Prom dress... OR Wedding dress... I want to SHOOT YOU!! Let me know!! We can set a PLAY DATE =)

I am looking forward to this week... it is Chuck's BIRTHDAY week... and I have plans... I hope to post pix later of what I am planning for him... =)

I really do feel FREE... WOOHOO!! IF you do want pix... contact ME and I will hook you up with the BEST!!!!

Looking forward to 2010!

2009-12-22T22:29:00.000-08:00

I am really looking forward to the new year this year... I don't know that things will REALLY change that much - but I will FEEL like it has =) I am going to be RETIRING this year!! What that really means is that Ashley will be taking OVER ALL of the business aspects - WOOHOO!! I will still shoot weddings AND other stuff for FUN! I just don't have the time to edit ALL of the things I have been doing... so I am DONE with that part of it!

I am also going to be way MORE involved in the Photography Ministry at Crossroads... It has taken off so FAST that I can't even keep up with it!!

AND I am going to get MORE involved with the Women's Ministry at the church... I am really looking forward to that!!

BUT THE BEST part of all is watching ALL the BABIES!! We are on course for one a year right now and I NEED to get in shape and get ready to handle 4 BABIES!!! I am excited and SCARED and all that falls in between! I had only 2 at one time as a MOM! NOW I will have 4 - that are 3 years old and younger!!!

I am really excited for a BUSY 2010... and in ALL of this... posting a Photo/Verse a day for the year!!

Merry Christmas to you ALL!!!

Oh Man... I AM OLD!

2009-12-16T23:05:00.000-08:00

YIKES! I got an email from my DIL saying ALL the gifts arrived in NY - then asking if we had shipped the CAMERAS?? I told her we had bought Ruby Rd Cameras for the girls =) --- Well... I asked Chuck WHAT he shipped and he said that he thought the cameras were IN the bags... OH NO! I looked UNDER the TREE - and there they were! I so TRIED to get ALL the presents OUT and to be UNDER their tree BEFORE Christmas!

It was my mistake... Chuck did ask me to get ALL the presents to be mailed into ONE pile and I did NOT have them IN the pile... I am getting OLD! I really THOUGHT I did!! He is laughing... I will - AFTER they get them!!

I think I always knew I was NOT perfect... but now I realize I am OLD and NOT perfect... a very SCARY combination!!!

Just thinking...

2009-12-14T19:57:00.000-08:00

I am ready to retire next year - 2010 =) and I am planning to get MORE involved in ministry AND GRAND babies!! BUT I have wanted to do a 365 photo thing too... what that means is EVERY day take a photo and post it!! BUT I would rather do a PHOTO with a BIBLE verse a day... I have wanted to do this for a few years now... and I think I am ready to jump in and just DO IT!! The photos may NOT be take each day - but from the archives of my files - but the VERSE will be from the day I read it =) I am really praying HARD thru this tho... that will take a LOT of commitment from ME =) PLEASE PRAY with me on this... the SPIRIT is willing but the FLESH is weak!!

Santa Ana WINDS!

2009-11-30T22:07:00.000-08:00

I am SNEEZING all day LONG right now!! I don't remember it EVER being this BAD!! I think that the older I get - the MORE allergies I have!!

Even tho the winds can get annoying... it reminds me of the Christmas Season! I was thinking of that ALL day today!! MOST people think of Christmas and FREEZING temps... but I think of DRY air, wind, and WARM temps!!! BUT I LOVE the really COLD (40 degrees) nights!!!

WHAT reminds YOU of the Christmas Season??

Sunday's Sermon...

2009-11-24T22:19:00.000-08:00

Sabbath Sermon

Here is the link for those of you that missed Sunday's Sermon on the Sabbath!! I am so THRILLED that I was a part of it... and THRILLED that it is DONE =)

WHEW! So GLAD that today is DONE =)

2009-11-22T21:12:00.000-08:00

BUT I have to say... it was one of the BEST sermons that I have ever participated IN... well... it may have been the ONLY sermon that I just participated in =) I was still a nervous WRECK! I don't know why I get so stressed out to be in front of THOUSANDS of people... but I am TERRIFIED!!! I was HUMBLED and HONORED all day long! I just LOVE Chuck and I am so GLAD I am his wife =)

Now... I want to THANK YOU my Crossroads family for loving and embracing both Chuck and I as a part of YOUR family in tough times - and NOW we get to journey together in the GREAT times!!

I really do LOVE being a Pastor's Wife... I feel privileged and HONORED that God has me in this position - sometimes I am SURPRISED at what HE wants me to do.. but it is ALWAYS a BLESSING!!!

I am THANKFUL I am NOT Chuck =) I don't KNOW how he does this WEEKLY! And multiple times!! WHEW! I am GLAD I am DONE! At least for now =)

MORE than a little nervous this week...

2009-11-16T20:19:00.000-08:00

I am nervous and really honored... I get to be a part of Chuck's sermon this week. We are going to go thru what we did on our Sabbath. Chuck just told me he thinks I should memorize the prayer - the one that I say - I FREAKED out!! I can't remember all the kids names sometimes... so HOW does he expect me to memorize the prayer when I am soooooo nervous???? YIKES!!! SO PLEASE PRAY for me this week!!

When we did our Sabbath... GOD really touched me! My prayer for you all is that you will do at least ONE Sabbath to experience GOD the way we did... it was AMAZING!!

I HOPE that all you Crossroaders don't MISS this weekend!! AND If you ever thought of visiting... this would be a GREAT week!!!

What rattles YOU??

2009-11-13T17:43:00.000-08:00

Today was really the first day since I have been sick (2 weeks ago) that I actually got out... I went shopping =) On my way home I was stopped at a red light - I though it was a red light - but it was actually green to turn right. I was stopped and the lady behind me LAYS on her horn!! Not just a quick beep - but a LLLLOOOONNNNGGGGG Honk... I looked in my rear view mirror and saw that she was honking at ME! AND using language that I don't usually use along with LOTS of hand gestures! I was RATTLED!!!! I had to actually stop and think what I needed to do!!! WOW! It was a bit traumatic for me... I must admit that my first thoughts were NOT that Jesus loved her!! On the drive home I was going thru it in my mind... was it that BAD to wait at the light - even if it was GREEN?? Am I EVER in that much of a hurry that I don't take into consideration other people? It was a real WOW moment for me -

What has rattled you??

Just thinking today...

2009-11-07T17:09:00.000-08:00

I am still not feeling well... the coughing HURTS so BAD!! BUT what really has me thinking is - those of you that have ASTHMA!! WOW! I can hardly breathe and I KNOW that those you that suffer with this do it daily!! I am AMAZED how uncomfortable and even scary this feeling is that I just can't catch my breath!! And when I do it HURTS!! SO I PRAYED for those of you that I KNOW have asthma and PRAYING HARD that Liam does NOT have it!!

NO photos of me at this time =)

...NEWS...

2009-11-03T21:49:00.000-08:00

Well... we are going to be GRANDPARENTS again!! AND I just cannot keep from SMILING!!! I JUST LOVE KIDS!!! Tim and Jill are EXPECTING again... =) June 15th is the due date... and I can't be more THRILLED!!! Just wanted to share =) Maybe it will be a GIRL??? Tim wants TWINS!! HAHA!!

SICK!!

2009-11-03T21:45:00.000-08:00

WOW! I don't know when I have ever been so sick... at least in YEARS!! I felt it a few weeks ago... like deep in my lungs waiting to come up... BUT I had so much to do I just kept going! Then I stopped on Saturday night, after Halloween... and BOOM... I was HIT... I HURT all OVER! I am coughing - and it hurts ALL over when I do =( I was HOPING to be better by today so I can get back to seeing Noah and Maia! I do get to see Liam... =) Jill has been sick and I helped take care of him so he has been around it all! I do feel like I cannot BREATHE! AND that is one of my GREATEST fears in life - I have been so PRAYING for that for me too... and very dependent on GOD to KNOW HE is with me - and HE gives me the PEACE to get thru the day!! I do relax when my focus goes to HIM... THANKS to all of you that have been praying for me... it is a really tough one for me!! I NEED TO BREATHE!

Halloween FUN!

2009-11-01T10:26:00.001-08:00

Liam was a Pirate!! I LOVE Halloween!!! Kids are the cutest!!!

-- Posted from my iPhone

Sometimes I don't think I will ever be caught up... =(

2009-10-31T14:01:00.000-07:00

MAN!!! I want to keep up on my blogging AND stalking... I just run out of hours in my days! I will get to ALL my projects eventually- SORRY IF YOU are one of the shoots I have not finished yet!! I did 5 shoots just THIS WEEK!! I have come to the conclusion too... that I am DONE!! HAHA!! I do NOT want to expand my business ANYMORE!!! I don't have the time! Maybe I am just getting OLD =) In 2010 - I am shooting LESS for money!! It has become a job and I don't think I want to work =)

Going thru all of this tho... I have been so appreciative of Mom's and Dad's with lots of kids... WOW! I don't know how you do it daily - and I PRAY for you all!! God gets me thru just 2 days of it!! HAHA!!

Have a BLESSED Halloween!!!

Here are a few from the shoots this week =)

You KNOW you are addicted when...

2009-10-25T14:28:00.000-07:00

Life goes UPSIDE down when you can't access Facebook!!! I think I am having withdrawls... I don't get to chat with my late night friends!! I can't upload any new pix =( In fact - once when it did let me on I checked my pix and they were ALL GONE!! HAHA!!

I KNOW I should really be enjoying this time off... I should have more FREE time... BUT I just keep coming back for more WAITING and WAITING =)

I am replying to messages and questions... but they don't stick! SORRY!!! I am not ignoring anyone =)

This is what my computer screen looks like most of the day =(

Sitting here just a little bit bummed...

2009-10-08T19:15:00.000-07:00

I had an AMAZING week with the Grand kids... it took NO warming up - they KNEW me and came right to me! I think that the games on my phone helped! I got to spend a few days with them before "Papa" came - once he came they were smitten!! He tossed them HIGH in the air!! They sat with Papa between them every time we went out to eat... He carried them BOTH at the same time - it was just so FUN watching how much they LOVE us!!

Now... we have said our good byes because we leave in the morning - I AM excited to get home! BUT I am so BUMMED to NOT see the girls for another few months...

Thinking back on the week... I had so much FUN! I got to do two TRASH the DRESS sessions!!! I HOPE I get to do more when I come back!! Then with Caroline and Myra we watched movies on my iPhone... "Alice in Wonderland" and "Ella Enchanted" - went to ride the MerryGoRound MANY times! Bought cute little dresses... and got a lot of books to read =)

Here are a few pix...

WOW!

2009-09-30T13:05:00.000-07:00

I AM TIRED =) I know I have said this before... but those of you with MORE than 2 kids HOW DO YOU DO IT??? HAHAHA!!! Just a sample of my mornings right now... 9AM all three AWAKE and wanting something... Noah wants almonds and prunes... Maia wants a banana and wants to eat it by herself! Liam is hungry and wanting his milk - NOW! HAHA!! 9:05 - Noah has to go potty while Liam is eating - 9:20 Liam is burping and Maia is done with her banana and out of the high chair and helps me burp Liam - Noah has to go POTTY! By this time I have Liam on the floor next to the bathroom with me - Maia is sitting on my lap and I am lifting Noah onto the potty seat - it is a bit comical!!! I can't leave Liam on the couch anymore - he rolls over now! AND I can't leave Liam in the room alone with Maia because she LOVES to Mother him... and she is not very gentle yet =) SO when Noah has to go potty - WE ALL GO to the POTTY!! HAHA!! 9:45 Noah has to go potty again! HAHA!! AND he really DOES each time!!! He is really GOOD at letting me know when he has to go!! I appreciate that sooooooo MUCH!!! By 11AM we have go to the potty about 5 times AND I am so TIRED!! Liam has fallen asleep and we eat lunch - Nap time is at 11:45ish... I get about an HOUR before Liam wakes up to eat and play for a couple of hours...

I really do wonder... HOW do you drive in a car and go anywhere??? I would need MORE arms!! HAHAHA!

I do LOVE the moments at the potty tho... we have great conversations! It is just HECTIC getting there!! HAHA!!

Here are the LOVES of my life right now... =)

Not what I thought it would be =)

2009-09-22T11:33:00.000-07:00

The new SEASON has begun... FOOTBALL almost everyday... and NOW... Dancing with the Stars!! I do like the show - BUT not as much as Chuck does!! HE is addicted to it!! As we were watching it last night I was imagining back to when we first were married and dreaming of what our life would look like in our "older" years... and I have to say that it was NOT ballroom dancing!! HAHA!! In fact I would have BET a LOT that Chuck would NOT be watching that on TV when we were in our fifties!! WOW! I think it is so FUNNY that he LOVES that show so MUCH!! It even beats Monday Night Football =) WOW!

Mom2Mom

2009-09-17T18:51:00.000-07:00

I am so blessed to be a part of our Mom2Mom ministry! We started this last week and I got to take pix of the day... here is our group! I am so excited to get to be a part of their lives!

Getting to spend the day with Liam...

2009-09-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

There really is NOTHING more fun than spending the day with my Grandson!! It was so FUN! I was going to take pix... but honestly I forgot! I got to rock him to sleep a few times and I just kept holding him... and looking at him... and just loving him!! I was in HEAVEN all day!