Sunday, March 20, 2016

The Bigger Plan

There are usually a million things that run through my head when I sit down to write a blog. For example, tonight I had thought about discussing how awful of a restaurant the Osaka in Maplewood is, or maybe talk about how excited I am to kick off the spring with a bunch of new photo shoots coming up. Or even better yet, vent about how my six year old has lately taken on the persona of a 13 year old 'Valley Girl' and has the attitude to match. But none of that really seems right tonight. 

There are times every now and again that certain events happen in life and you're afraid to ask why because you don't really want to question the bigger plan, but today is one of those days where I'm fighting the urge to ask that very question. Last night, my sister in law was taken from this world very suddenly. At 29 years old, she left behind her husband of just a few short years and their sweet little 8 year old boy who will now go on without his mother. It's hard not to question that. 

God always has a bigger plan, and having the reality check of knowing that everything can be gone in the very next second, it makes the so called problems of a crappy dinning experience and dealing with a little six year old diva seem pretty small. 

“Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile." -Mark Twain

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Hangin' with the guys

I told myself that in 2016, I was going to make a point to blog more often. I attempted to open my email for this account and drew a complete blank on which email/password combo I used. After a couple days of almost getting locked out of my email and nearly pulling out my hair, I finally remembered the correct login, so here I am. Once I was able to get logged back in again, it was so much fun going back to read the old blog posts. All the more reason to get back in the swing of things and document more!

It's hard to believe it's been over a year since my last post. 2015 sure was a crazy year, it was wonderful, but crazy. As opposed to even attempt to recap the year, I'm going to just pick up from the here and now.

Last weekend we went to Twins Fest and had the best time. I'm so happy that Sadie has the same love for baseball as her momma and daddy... even if it may be a tad bit forced.  Below are a few of the highlights from the afternoon:

Sadie was lucky enough to be picked by the handsome 1st baseman himself to help with Story Time with Joe Mauer. 

Never mind TC's big booty in the way, Sadie is shaking the hand of her favorite guy! Her day was made. 

Acting out the story.

Meeting Trevor Plouffe. 

Obviously thrilled to be meeting Brian Dozer :)

I'm not going to lie, despite how it might look in this photo he's kind of a jerk, but we got to meet Bert Blyleven. 

We saw Dan Gladden at the bar. Sadie asked him for a photo and he picked her up and put her on top of the bar. :)

Oswaldo Arcia = H*O*T*T*I*E ;)
Until we meet again.