A Southern Girl

The beach…

Photography

One of my favorite places to break out the camera is at the beach. I’m a firm believer that it is impossible to take a bad photo. Well, almost. I’m a manual setting girl, but even the novice point-and-shoot photographers are sure to capture amazing photos. Here are a few I took while on our annual family vacation a couple of weeks ago.

I love all of the birds that call the sea their home. I always try and take as many photos of them as I can while we are there.
This guy let me take several.
I could watch them all day.
I couldn’t forget the cute sand crabs.

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The sunsets.. wow! When we go to the beach we have to stay beach front. Once you have a place right on the water nothing short of that will do. There’s nothing like waking up to this amazing view. How could you not fall in love with this?

Our view from the upstairs balcony. Gulf front is definitely the way to go.
The sunsets were different each night but all were beautiful.

I have another post planned about our favorite places along the gulf if you are planning a trip to the Florida panhandle soon! Stay tuned!

Snow!

Family • Photography

The only good thing about snow is watching the kiddos play in it. My son and nephew had a blast. Tomorrow is March 1st so this better be the last of this white stuff we see for a long time!

snow day 1

snow 2

snow day 3

snow day 4

snow day 5

snow day 6

This is our grumpy old man, Bandit…. he’s 15 years old and although he doesn’t run and play like he used to, he loves this weather. If a dog could make snow angels, he would be making them. He’s still the prettiest dog I’ve ever seen. 

Bandit 1

Bandit 2

 

 

Maui Waui

Family • Photography

In January we left the cold behind and headed for Maui.  I have to say it was the most beautiful place I’ve every seen, and I can’t wait to go back someday.  Although, first class is the only way to go.. 8 hours is entirely too long to spend in a cramped seat, but it was totally worth it.

 

This is one my favorite photos I took while we were there..   it looks like a postcard.  It’s impossible to take a ‘bad’ photo in Maui.

He was carving Lane’s name in a wooden turtle.

You can’t go to Maui and not do the Road to Hana.  As crazy as it sounds, I really feared for our lives at a few different times, but I’m glad we went. The views are absolutely gorgeous.

These Macaws were gorgeous!

My world….

Photography

 

This little boy has my heart, that’s for certain.  I never knew how you could possibly love someone so much it hurt… until I became a mother.  I once heard that having a child is like having your heart walk around on the outside of your body from that day forward…. boy is that ever the truth.  He is everything that a boy should be.. he’s ornery as the day is long….. you can see it in his eyes when he’s about to do something rotten.  He likes worms, playing in the dirt,  chocolate milk, and dinosaurs.  And he can melt my heart with 4 little words that thankfully I hear often… “I love you Mom.”