First Formal, NJROTC Navy Ball

Back To School For These Guys

**  Freckle Face - 10th Grade  ** 

**  Buggy - 9th Grade  ** 

**  Monkey Boy - 7th Grade  **  

Ok so technically this was NOT the first day of school... more like the third week of school, but hey! This momma has had A LOT going on and sometimes we just have to make due.  This was the girls' first uniform inspection of the school year though... and don't they look sharp!  So proud of all three of these kiddos, they continue to amaze me daily.  It's going to be a great year :)

- Jess

Oklahoma City Memorial

Webelos and Arrow of Light

Monkey Boy earned his Webelos badge, Religious Knot badge and his Arrow of Light at the pack meeting ceremony last week and advanced from the Cub Scouts into the Boy Scouts.  Proud of this little Monkey Boy!

xo

Thank You Veterans

Military Man's Homecoming

My friend Josie, of Be Encouraged Photography was kind enough to come photograph our special reunion last month.  Here's a few of the images she captured for us.  The mustache story goes like this: I told him he couldn't come home with a mustache, so when he landed in the States and joined a commercial flight, he picked up some fakies at the airport kiosk... and had the children surprise me with their own mustaches!

Happy Veterans Day to all those who've served and continue serving.  And may God bless their families at home who also sacrifice for their service.
XOXO - Jess

Getting Ready For Dad

Extra Special Reunion

I seem to be away from blogging and sharing pictures more and more lately... but this time I have a really good excuse - the BEST kind of excuse!  Military Man came home from his longest deployment to date and we've simply been enjoying the reunion.  I haven't even been taking very many pictures.  I'll be back to sharing here on the blog when things settle down and get back to 'normal'. 
Happy Monday!
- xoxo Jess

I {heart} Independence Day!

xoxo- jess

National Flag Day

This is our flag - waving in the welcomed breeze this afternoon. 

I had to snap a shot of those clouds because they are the first we've seen in weeks.  The temperature has been triple digit degrees for three straight weeks... we cannot wait for monsoon season to come!

Happy Friday and Flag Day!
XOXO - Jessica

What I've Been Working On...

I'll be back to sharing more soon.  I have SO MUCH to do, I am sure it will take me weeks to catch up here on the blog.  Happy weekend everybody!


XOXO - Jessica

Whirlwind Farewell Weekend

XOXO - Jessica

Hanging The Flag

XOXO - Jessica

Family First

I hung small white boards on the kids' bedroom doors this week - for the purpose of posting their daily chore checklists and other memos.  Right away they started doodling, quoting song lyrics, and writing other sayings with their new dry-erase markers.  

My favorite surprise was Monkey Boy's clean board with the exception of one small statement scribbled on the bottom of his board.  It read:  

family first.

I love that he spontaneously wrote this on his board where everyone could see it.  I'm such a proud momma.  Our kids are awesome and wonderful and such a blessing to our family.

Good Saturday Morning, Friends!

Hey all, I've been busy updating all the posts (since I deleted them all - oops!) on the Spanish Sky Photography blog... still have a big number of sessions and travel images to post, but check it out HERE.  Here's just a few of my favorites.  Hope you all have a great weekend folks XOXO

Spanish Sky Photography (OpLove) Post

Here's a snippet of the "While You're Away" photography post on the Spanish Sky Photography blog.  See more from this OpLove session HERE.