Have you ever walked into a baby’s room right after their nap or in the morning to get them out of bed? Well, anyone that has experienced this knows that 9 times out of 10 that baby will smile first thing when he or she sees you. I mean, one of those ear to ear,...
Category Archives: The Carlisle's
More Tulips
I have heard through the grapevine that many of my posts tend to make my loved ones cry. Because I don’t want to make you look like fools, crying your makeup off, I will make you laugh at your screen today. I was doing some reading on the tulip farm before we took off to...
Words of Wisdom
So much to tell, so little time. I just got back from an amazing trip to Alaska that I can’t wait to share. But first, last weekend we went to the Tulip Farm in Woodburn, WA. My brother had come to visit and he loves tulips. I told him about the fields here and he...
Humbly Yours
Speaking of kisses of grace…
A beautiful friend of mine wrote a poem FOR little ol’ me:) I don’t know that I have ever been gifted a poem such as this. I balled when I read it with HUGE tears of JOY streaming down my face. I feel like I wrote...
Protest
I recently broke out of a label that no longer suited me….”that I would never take part in a protest because that would make it official….I would be that much closer to being a “tree-hugger”. Well, many of you know that I was honored to be a part of my friend, Heidi’s book called Beyond...
LuLu
How many times to we go to describe our children to someone and fill the air with a list of labels?
…she’s independent…stubborn…loves animals…hates broccoli…snippy…free spirit
What’s the danger in this? Why would I ever bring the word danger into this harmless act?
Well, let’s say that Laney comes to me 20 years from now and says, “Mom,...
Words
Again with the books. But this one is over the top amazing as well.
Let’s see if I can give a quick summary for those of you who havent heard about this author’s incredible work. Masaru Emoto had an idea back in 1994 to start freezing water and photographing the crystals it formed. He believes that...
You Can Heal Your Life
“To succeed you have to believe in something with such passion that it becomes a reality”
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we choose what our life is going to be….and I have the biggest testimony to that, sitting right in front of me. I have always talked positively about wanting to be...
Be My Valentine
What can I say about this shoot….well, let’s start by saying how much I love these little munchkins! Then let’s talk about how out of practice I am for actually composing shoots. I kept making comments during this 30 min shoot like, “I’m a little rusty, or out of practice”. The kids could sense my...
Crash into you!
Remember my word for the year…intentional. It was challenged today. Today I dropped off all the kids at school. I wanted to have something to do besides, get the car fixed, work on photos, clean the house or anything else. I have been spoiled over the last few weeks with amazing connections and I wasn’t...