My older girls, MacKenzie and Angelina, love going on our monthly dates.  They’re used to the dates revolving around each of them (as they should!), so I was curious to know how they would respond to my announcement that our “date” would be spent doing something for someone else.  I was even more curious to [...]

Typically, each month I take each of the fabulous five on an individual date so that I can make sure I’m focusing on each of them.  This month, I decided to shake things up a bit and make their “date” focus on someone other than themselves. I picked up five Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes and [...]

Texts between me and my mother (the world’s anti-swine leader), after I texted her a picture of my Christmas tree. Mom: “where in the world?” Me: “A tree farm in Polk County.  I tied it to the roof of my car.” Mom: “is it real?  they r SUCH FIRE HAZARDS!!!  I AM NOW NAUSEATED.” Me: [...]

As it turns out, as it always turns out, I ended up having it out with God over my Thanksgiving loneliness. I’m not sure that He deserves the blame for, well, anything… but I wanted Him to know that I wasn’t happy or secure or comfortable.  Bratty, perhaps, but honest. “Having it out with God” [...]

Last Friday night, I tucked five little girls into bed in my house.  I had all five for the weekend and had planned, among other things, to see one of my college girls’ marry beside a waterfall in Georgia.  When I went to bed that night, I felt like my heart might explode from being [...]

As evidenced by the previous five days of my life: – — – Pro: you lose weight rapidly Con: you never want to eat again – — – Pro: while in the hospital, the young, attractive x-ray tech calls you “baby” and “sweet girl” Con: while with the x-ray tech, you throw up.  again. – [...]

Don’t mistake my quietness for stillness.  I haven’t felt like writing too much the last two weeks, though I have tried each night before bed.  It’s scary to know that you communicate best through the written word and suddenly find yourself seemingly unable to… write.  I have been very quiet, like a little mouse. But [...]

A couple of weeks ago, on a school night, I randomly decided to take three of the fab five over to campus for their first college sporting event.  My alma mater’s volleyball team is currently ranked number one in the nation in the NAIA, having not lost a game this entire season (34 games to [...]

About three weekends ago, I did back-to-back shoots all weekend.  While I was in Knoxville, I got to photograph one of my best friends, Ashley, and her family.  Ashley’s brother, Josh, married a darling girl named Erin and they have a son named Jackson.  Here’s a quick peek at our fall shoot! To see more [...]

This will probably only be funny to those of you who read both my blog and the Lots of Scotts blog, but as I was sorting through some pictures last night, I came across a few candid shots of my Aviean and R., one of the triplets, playing “football” in the front yard.  Needless to [...]