snow...Snow...SNOW!!!

We sure love the snow!

Kam & Kye built this "snowman" yesterday.

 Kye ate half the carrot and wanted to find some rabbits to feed the rest to! 

My handsome boy!

Snowball fight gone wrong! 

I sure love this shot of my handsome boy!

Thanks, Tia for the ghetto gloves! ;)

Django loves the snow too!

Kye's cousins came out today too!

Jac had a ball! A baby snowman, snow angels and a snow ball fight!

Kye thinks Cutter is the coolest guy ever! (I think he's pretty awesome too!)

Sweet Miss Scout just wanted to eat the snow!!

Uncy...not such a big fan, but he's a tough old man, plus he busts his own ice!

Peace, love & snow

w

Bullard-Perez Wedding

Weddings are one of the most difficult, time consuming things I've ever tackled, but they are also one of the most rewarding.  

Here are a few shots from one my many Fall weddings in 2013.

Gorgeous decor, gorgeous wedding party, great night! 

Peace, Love & Happiness,

W

Before these walls were blue...

The world says you're ready when you're eighteen
Well I was no exception to the rule.
Eager to try my hand at proving that I was a man
Not an ounce of fear in anything I do.

Yeah I thought I knew it all
Turns out I didn't have a clue
Before these walls were blue.

Well I remember sitting there in that old rocker
Reading, trying to get you back to sleep.
Well I'd find myself, laughing at you laughin'
Wishing the hands of time that I could cheat

Yeah I thought that I knew love
Turns out I didn't have a clue
Before these walls were blue.

I believe in heaven, I believe in magic
I believe in the life inside these walls.
Now I believe
In dinosaurs and toy trains and baseball
What are you gonna be for Halloween?
I'll be the villain, and you be the hero
You save the day the way that you saved me

Yeah I thought I knew myself,
Turns out I didn't have a clue
Before these walls were blue.

~Wade Bowen

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If anyone knows Kam and I - they know that Wade Bowen has always been one of our favorite musicians. When we were first dating, we went to every possible performance. Our first dance as a married couple was to "Who I Am" and now 5 years later, as I listen to my son play, another Wade Bowen song perfectly captures our lives. 

I listen to this song and I cry happy tears. I think of my sweet boy when he was brand new with his sweet chubby cheeks and his soft cry. Then I see this wild little boy ramming trucks together and "shooting birds" and my heart just bursts with happiness. I couldn't have ever imagined the love, the laughs and the complete crazy/hectic/wonderful life being a mom really is.  

My Kye boy will be 2 years old in a week.  And I really didn't have a clue before he was in my life.  I look forward to all the ups and downs that are in our future with this crazy little man! 

Peace, Love & baby Boys,

w

Rockin' W Photography & Princess of the Panhandle

As a photographer, I get to meet so many different people - people from different backgrounds and walks of life. And sometimes, just sometimes, you meet a complete stranger and they quickly become a good friend!

Last year, I met Amanda and her sweet family (Dustin & baby Teale). She and I quickly made friends and though we don't hang out on a regular basis, I absolutely adore her and I love it each time we get together for photo sessions whether they be family photos, birthday photos or a blog update session like the one we did just this past week!!

SO...go check out www.princessofthepanhandle.com when you get a chance! 

But before you go...here's a few shots from our "I just need a few shots" session that turned in to an hour of laughing, talking and riding around looking for the perfect locations!

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Rock&Roll,

 

w

Country Roads Take Me Home..

Tonight, I needed to wind down after a fantastic engagement session, so I rolled the windows down, cranked up the music and hit the back roads.

I love the night air. I love the peaceful feeling of open country - no street lights, no passing cars, no rows of houses...

The end.

Peace, love & dirt roads,

w

Summer lovin'

I love lists. I make them ALL the time. To Do Lists, Shopping Lists, Packing Lists, Idea Lists, Dream Lists, etc. etc. etc.   Today is no different...

I am so very in love with this summer and I have to tell you why!

1. My son is having a blast.
He is growing up so quickly and I am blessed to get to watch him grow and explore.  We stay outside as much as possible. We swim, we water plants, we dig in the mud, etc. He's always got a new scratch, bump, bite or bruise and as odd as it may sounds, I LOVE it.  He is such a boy - shooting everything with finger guns, tearing everything up and finding the smallest mud hole and managing to get completely covered in it!

2. We went on our first REAL family vacation
My little boy loves the "feesh" and the "mamimals" so our vacation was spent petting, looking at and feeding every animal we could find.  We went to Dallas/Ft. Worth for 4 days. We went to the aquarium, the zoo and the Fossil Rim Wildlife center (see the last post).  It was so much fun focusing on Kye and what he loves. I love our little family so much.

3. Large Marge
Large Marge is my swimming pool. Yes, I named my swimming pool. Don't hate.  I am a fish. I LOVE water. I love sunshine. I swim at least three times a week. It's been the best thing EVER.  I love me some Large Marge.

4. We've actually paid attention to our yard (well the back one any way)
Our backyard has been an eye sore since we moved in, but when I convinced the husband to let me get a pool, our world kind of changed.  We dug flower beds and cut back some plants that were already established, but were completely out of control. We made a bottle tree and had fun junkin' it up back there with all of my crazy metal yard art and bright colored flower pots.  Kam even planted a small garden. We have tomatoes, peppers, squash and okra. He's gotten slightly obsessed and has done great keeping things producing way more than we can eat.  He's even built a compost tumbler and is now building us a green house!

5. The lake
We've gone fishing and floating this summer several times. Just us as a family and with friends. Kye loves boats and fish and especially loves when we ride around on the lake, he laughs and waves at other boats.

6. Fourth of July
I adore fireworks. I'm a kid in a candy store on the Fourth! We went up to the baseball park, piled up in the bed of my father in law's pickup with the Baker clan and watched a beautiful display put on by Post Volunteer Fire Department. Kye held his first sparkler and did great! He was amazed by the fire and kept saying it was "hot"!

7. I quit my office job to pursue my dreams
Maybe I'll fail, maybe I'll be interviewing all over the place all over again, but today...today I am dreaming and I am prepared to do what it takes to make it succeed.  Maybe I'm not the best designer or photographer there ever was or ever will be, but I love what I do. I love capturing moments for others that they will cherish for always.  This summer, I took a leap. I had returned to work to help out and discovered that my place for the time being is home - with my son, with my camera and with my dreams! 

So here's to summer. May we all have happy sunshiny days! :)

Peace, Love & Large Marge,

W

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Warning: I'm about to bombard you with photos...

 

 

This was seriously one of the coolest things we've ever done as a family. We got to feed wild animals from our car, hang out the windows and "pet" them, go to a petting zoo, see endangered species in a more natural habitat and listen to Kye attempt to say all the animals' names. ("ebra" "raf" "goooat" "udad"  "de-ear") The giraffe's were put up in there pen, but we still got to see them. Other than that, we saw everything from audads and black bucks to zebras and rhinos and cheetahs. There was a petting zoo with goats, pigs and turtles that we walked through as well. Kye LOVED the goats and tried to kiss the big ram.  We hollered, we laughed, we squealed...Kye sure loves the "amimals"!! And Momma loved the zebras! ;)

Peace, love & zebras,

w