With Love

Well, today is Valentine's Day! I just wish the day had not been so hectic. School was wild...the kids were on a sugar high, I spilled a drink on my desk/floor (after I had told the kiddos in my class to make sure they were careful with their drinks!), my desk by the end of the day was a disaster...hee hee....I took the kids to Kindermusik, then met Mom, Dad Steve and my brother at Carrabbas for supper for Valentine's. Now, while this was a great time and we had a lot of fun surprising the kids, by the time we got home after 8:00 it had been an EXTREMELY long day...

We gave the kids part of their Valentine's this morning. We gave Mikayla a beanie baby pony and Wesley a beanie baby frog. They also got the move about the dog and Winn-Dixie (it is late and I can't remember the title of that thing!!!) as a gift together. I always get them balloons, too, so Steve had to pick them up this afternoon for me since I was doing Kindermusik. They were too excited...they do love getting a balloon. That is a tradition I will always have to do. Anyway, they got little gifts from us, our best friends (who works with me at school) and Mom and Dad. It really was a sweet day and I am glad we were able to eat out with them tonight. I couldn't find the cards I had bought for Steve and the kids tonight. I had taken them to school to write in them when I had a spare minute...ha!!! THAT was a foolish thought!!! I have no idea where those cards are at this moment and I feel badly about that. I'll probably find them by next Valentine's Day. Steve gave me white roses...can you tell where these pictures came from??? hee hee They were really pretty and I appreciate them so much. He always worries about what to get me (I scarred him for life my birthday right after we were married...long story.....have to tell that one later!) Anyway, I told him I didn't care if the flowers came from Food Lion I would still love them. He told me he knows I am not hard to please. :) SO...I just had to take a picture of them. You would have laughed at me if you had seen me in the middle of our den taking picture after picture of these roses. These were my favorite two out of all of them! See....that is why photography is an ART because it takes so long to get "the perfect shot." ha!

Now, for my next picture.....my new obsession in the last few days....the MOON!! Oh my goodness, has it been beautiful these past few mornings. The sky has been clear and the moon bright and full.....and I have wanted to stop the car on the way to school and get a photograph!! Of course, yesterday morning when I arrived at school it looked so pretty from one angle as I was driving in (at 6:45am) so I decided to take my camera and try it out before I got busy with my work. Now, it was QUITE cold yesterday morning and here I am trapsing around the upper playground trying to get "the perfect moon picture"...well, it didn't happen!!!! My lens is just not enough for something that far away. I couldn't capture it the way I wanted. Plus, my fingers were so cold as I was running around outside that I was not able to hold the camera very steady!!! Well, tonight when we got home I watched the moon all the way home. I am just fascinated by the beauty God has placed on it. I decided to try once more so I went out our front door and this is what I got. Now, it isn't the crisp and clear picture I was still hoping for, but I thought it was rather neat!!!!! I'll just have to keep working on making it a better shot in the next few nights, but at least it came out interesting!!! The green glow must be from our neighbors pool area across the street. ha! What an obsession I have....I am always looking for something to photograph.

OH...speaking of the obsession...the other morning as the sun was coming up we went over one of our local lakes on the way to school and OH MY GOODNESS, there was the most beautiful sunrise. I truly wanted to slam on brakes in the middle of that bridge, get out and start snapping pictures. Of course, that would have been QUITE foolish of me and I refrained from doing so. BUT....that hasn't stopped me from looking as well as having to divert my attention back to a road from which I was beginning to depart!!! There is nothing like a sunrise over a lake with the colors dancing in the water. I hope to capture that someday.

Well, I better go capture some sleep. I know tomorrow will be just as wild as today, unfortunately, so I need to get some rest. Have I said lately how much I wish life would just SLOW DOWN!!????? I really do hate this.....

OK..enough rambling for one night. There must have been caffeine in that tea at the restaurant!!! Have a good one everyone and make sure you tell someone you LOVE THEM many times a day...