Photo #5 Lucius

Lucius first came to us in March of 2007. We picked him up at the airport in Billings, which was delayed so we were there waiting until midnight and he was supposed to arrive on the 6pm flight.  Poor guy!
He was such a shy little Husky puppy when we first saw him, but soon found out he was kinda ferocious.
Lucius the Ferocious!
As a puppy he would attack our other dog Spartacus as he was trying to eat.  Lucius would hide under our bed and attack Spartacus as he was trying to sleep.   It was really quite funny. The nature of his breed was already coming out; to rule the roost. Huskies are always the dominate dog and he was hust letting Spartacus know, at a very young age.  Needless to say I don't think Spartacus would mind if he just disappeared. In fact I think he tries to get rid of him!  One time they were running along top of a hill
( cliff like) and Spartacus just kinda cut him off and basically tried to push him down the hill.
Even though they try to get rid of each other and act like they hate one another, they cuddle a lot!

Lucius loves the snow! What Husky doesn't?  It is so fun to see him out in it, especially when he hasn't been able to play in it for awhile. Montana loves Lucius, it gives him snow 9 months of the year!!
P.S You can't really see his ice blue eyes because he is cross-eyed :-)

Photo #4

Coach Miller started playing the guitar in high school to get girls. I'm not sure how many girls he got in high school, but he got me on it! I have to admit I was attracted to the guitar.  However, I thought that a person that knew how to play an instrument would also have enough rhythm to dance. I was apparently wrong. Coach Miller doesn't know how to dance...at all!!
Anywho, Coach Miller played the guitar a lot when we were dating and first married, he even taught me a little bit. In fact he first taught a lot people how to play and they have now exceeded his talent. That is one of his many "coaching" qualities. Coach Miller has not really played for about 2 years so I decided to pick up one of his 4 guitars, one of the acoustics, and play.  I learned Where Have All The Flowers Gone, but poorly. There is a duet part in it and Coach Miller plans to learn it so we can play the song together... eventually!
 I really just wanted to get him back into playing, but I don't mind learning either.  I realize that with school, work, being a father, and a husband he doesn't really have much time left over. He is very talented and hardworking so this photo goes out to him and how amazing of a guy he is!!!

Photo #3

When I was growing up I was scared of the dark.  Mostly I was scared of what could be in the dark.  I shared a room with my little sister Lavessa who is 6 years younger than me. So to save face I told my parents that my Lavessa needed a night light or to leave the hall light on for her, so she won't be scared.
I think that my scared of what is in the dark is the result of my Mother getting her laughs for the day.  She would hide behind any door, or in the closet, or worse in the trees when we would be out feeding the horses! ( For some stupid reason I always waited until the last moment to feed them and it was always dark at that time.)  My mother was a pro at scaring people!!

This is a fiber optic UFO light that given to me by one of my older sisters Lyn.  She knew how important it would be for me. Lyn also has some "dark" issues. :-)

Photo #2

Just to clarify, I am a portrait photographer. I enjoy, well love, taking photos of people. I specialized in college as a commercial portraiture, and although I enjoy taking photos of many other things, I believe I am better with the people photos.

Today is laundry day! I personally can go awhile with out doing laundry, at least lately, but my husband (Coach) and Big T can not. Therefore I rarely get to their laundry before Coach has to tell me he really needs some clothes washed!  And well, we don't let him do the laundry so it is up to me.

Tuff Stains

I was complaining to my mom about Big T's blow-out diapers and how they stain his clothes and she told me to spray/scrub them with Dawn dish soap.  It totally worked!! You can use Dawn with other tough stains like grease. Thanks Mom! :-)

Photo of the Day

So I've decided that to help me get back into the flow of photographing, I will post a new photo that I've taken that day. Ever since Big T was born I've been out of the game so to speak and I'm trying to dive back in.
Of course my first Photo is of Big T. It is amazing how those little eyes of his pierce right through me!!
His eyes are my favorite thing about him. They are sort of light brown in the middle, with blue around the edges. They aren't really brown and they aren't a vibrant blue. Most people think they are brown because they are so dark.
This photo doesn't represent them the best, but it was a spur of the moment decision and this is what I got!

Let me know what you think!

Spring Cleaning

 I've been doing spring cleaning in the house and it feels great!
It has been a little challenging with Tristan, he ate a poem I was given in college. Mostly he just finds new treasures he doesn't want me to put away or throw away. Keeping me on my Toes!!
I am so anxious to do a lot more cleaning, but when I start something I like to finish it. As a mother that is no longer a realistic idea. Tristan gets bored, hungry, or anything else that calls my attention away.  I'm learning to take on smaller projects and relax when they don't get finished within my set time limit.
I am happy that today I got the utility closet cleaned and arranged better, plus a load of laundry! I also cleaned out the drawers of random papers and stuff next to my bed. I put them in piles of where they needed to go, so I really just added more work for another area.  Now I just need to get everything a little more organized and probably try the scrapbooking. Organized mess always makes me feel better! :-)

I also  want to decorate Tristan's room...finally! He is almost 7 months and all that is on his walls are 2 of his dad's guitars. They look good for sure, but I want to do a little more, but still keep it simple!