Psych...I'll bet ya thought I wouldn't post today. It has been a long day, but I do want to keep up with my blog this go around. So, here I am. I had a 1st Birthday shoot late this afternoon. It was a little boy I have had the privilege to photograph and watch grow up since he entered this world. It is amazing how quick they do grow up. The 1st birthday shoots are probably one of my favorite events to capture. Here is a couple of shots from today.....

I also don't want to pass up the opportunity to wish my parents a very HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! They have been married 52 years. Am I lucky or what??

Also, I hope everyone likes the new look of the blog. It'll do for now. Oh, by the way, the Olympics is on t.v. in the background here. Is Phelps smokin' or what? He is amazing....Go USA!!

Well, I know this is short, but I'm still contemplating exactly what direction I actually want to take this blog....personal, business, or both. So, bear with me as I get used to all of this. Don't forget to remember little Coleman (C-Man) in your prayers....he is still waiting test results for why he's running a fever. Right now they are set to head to NYC on Thursday of this week. Keep praying that they will be able to get him there for his new treatment. And, last, but not least, the quote of the day....

"Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace" --Ronald Reagan

I hope everyone is having a blessed Monday.

**First off, I want to wish my sister-in-law (Bobby's sister) a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!!

**Also, everyone please hit your knees for Coleman (see yesterday's post). They were supposed to leave for NYC today for his next battle against cancer, but Sunday he began to run a fever. Any fever in a cancer kid is not good news. He had to be admitted in the local hospital (Iowa) Sunday evening and will probably be there at least a couple of days before they can proceed on to NYC. Please pray that he gets over this soon, so he can continue with the next treatment.

**Another piece of info., if you go to Coleman's carepage via the link from yesterday's post, you'll need to create a password for yourself. It is very easy and you will be blessed.

**One more thing, any picture that I post can be enlarged by double-clicking on it.

Well, I guess that's it for all of the Monday announcements. By the way, if anyone is interested in a very cute little orange tabby kitten, there is one hanging around our house that will not get the message to move along. We do NOT need another animal around here, and the dogs are NOT fond of it. It is very loving and social, we just don't need it, so anyone who wants it, please let me know, I'll even deliver (within a 30 mile radius). Here is picture of the sweet thing....

It's been a pretty uneventful Monday for me. Just went to visit my parents in Jacksonville for a while this morning. I did just hear the doorbell, so that means the wedding proof book I've been waiting on has arrived, meaning I'm about to be busy loading about 275 wedding proofs. Then tomorrow, I have the privilege to shoot a 1st Birthday session. Fun!! So, I guess I need to go work...which this type work I actually love and feel blessed to do.

I can't forget the quote though, so here ya go.....

"Always aim for Achievement and forget about success"

Ok, I'm on a roll here....3rd day in a row to post. There's no guarantee this will continue though. Well, we survived the "Faith Christian 10th grade back to school bash" hosted (yeah, right) by Alison Phillips. Fun was had by all (as far as I know!). They swam, played volleyball, stuffed themselves on Bobby's homemade salsa, hamburgers, chips and a ice cream dessert. Oh, and we can't forget the constant texting and taking pictures of themselves at arms link. I just don't get it....but I do realize we are blessed that they are good kids and still don't mind having fun with grownups around. So, let 'em text and have an arm growing out of every picture, it's not hurting me...at least since we added unlimited texting to our cell contract....another story for another post...Here is THE photo of the night with a few of the girls acting, well normal....for them! :)

On a serious note, remember Coleman, from a few posts ago? Well, his mom just updated his carepage and said that they are headed to NYC in the morning for the next battle against Coleman's returning cancer. Below is a prayer for Coleman, that I will be praying for Coleman each day, and I hope that you all will join me in this petition to The Great Physician. Also, his carepage link is listed below, if you would like to follow this little guy's battle....he truly is wise beyond his years and has a greater faith than, sadly, I do at times. Please pray for Coleman and his family......

God, we come to You on behalf of Coleman. He has been through a long, hard fight, Lord. We thank You for being with him every step of the way, through his ups, and carrying him through his valleys. He has faced each obstacle with the spirit You have created in him. Thank You for Coleman being a blessing…he is a child of Faith. He faithfully prays to thank You God and cries out to You when he is in need…not only for himself, but for others who need You too. We know You hear his cries and we pray for his prayers to be answered. Please God fill Coleman with the Holy Spirit taking away any pain he may have, we ask that You take away any disease in his little body and restore him with total health and energy, with protection from any harm to him. Grant him peace against any fear as he faces what lies ahead. Let him continue to be a blessing to others. We ask for him to be a testimony of Your healing Lord. And we thank YOU for that healing. We thank you for loving Coleman and for doing what is best for him always. All glory to you Lord. Amen
“The Lord replied, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14)
And just because every time we pray, Coleman has us end it by saying, “ann Dod, fank you for letting us pway the pway-er YOU teached us…” (the Lord’s Prayer)
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/ColemanScott/updates/1657410

Ok, I guess that's it for this post, I hope to continue to find the time to post daily. But don't worry, if you don't hear from me for a day or so, I'm still around, just busy.....and that's a good thing!!

I'll leave you with another quote, and hope you all had a blessed Sunday of worship. Continue to praise Him and give Him the glory throughout the week......

"Keep your eyes on Jesus--Start to Finish"

Ok, everyone, don't faint. Yes, I am posting 2 days in a row. Don't get real excited, as this will be short and sweet, with another quote of the day.

Alison is about to have her little "back to school" bash for her class at Faith Christian, so there will be about 20-- 15/16 year old kids here in about an hour, hence the short and sweet.

I mainly just wanted to leave you with the famous quote of the day and to wish you a fulfilling Sunday of worshipping our Savior.

"Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall"

Be Blessed,
Gaye

Wedding wo's

Ok, so I know it's been a while..again! I've been wrestling with the most recent wedding proofs....editing, sorting, ordering and uploading. Uggg. But after 3 days of fighting with the server and lab, it's finally done. Now I just wait for them to come in and spend another day or so sorting, getting in order, numbering, and loading in the proof album. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Well, actually I do enjoy it (except for the "wrestling" part). The finished product always makes it worthwhile.

Well, school started yesterday (Aug. 7), at least for Alison and Faith Christian. All is well, so far.

I know this is a short post, but just wanted to let everyone know that I AM still alive and kicking and trying to fit this blog agenda in my daily, or at least a couple of times a week, schedule. We'll see how successful I am.

I do want to start a "quote for the day" or "quote for the week" segment. I love quotes and I'm always looking for quotes that I've never seen. Currently I change the marquee at our church (Greenbrier Church of Christ, in Anniston, AL), and I really love coming up with the saying. I try to gear it toward what we are studying or the time of year it is, or what's going on in the world at present. The blog quotes will be very random though....ok, the debut of "the quote" portion of the blog.....

"Worry is the darkroom in which negatives are developed"

Appropriate, for a photographer's blog, don't you think?

Have a great weekend and Be Blessed......

Please pray for Coleman....

Hey Everyone,
Please take time to go to the "CarePage" site listed below. This is the updates for a little 4 year old boy I have been following on "carepages.com" for about a year now. He was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma on Sept. 21, 2006 at the age of 2 1/2. He went through 12 chemo treatments and one year to the date of diagnosis, he relapsed. They discontinued chemo. And began 7 weeks of radiation, followed by a complete cell transplant. He was cleared of cancer around April of this year and looking forward to kindergarten in the fall. Until, last week, July 23 he relapsed for the 2nd time. This little boy is wise beyond his years... As of now he hasn't been told of this 2nd relapse, but he often tells his twin brother and parents..."never
div (give) up!" I don't know about you, but I can't "div up" either.
Please, put this little guy and his family on your daily prayer list even if you don't have the time to go to his CarePage. His name is Coleman Scott Larson (Team Larson).
Below is the link to his updates and I also cut and pasted a conversation his mother had with him and his twin brother (Caden):
"the worrssest part of sem cell twans-pwant is froe-win up, be -tuz I wanted ta sop ann I tuddint."
"It's weally hard -ta take pills when I dinnit want to, tuz I dinnit wike them...but you doan haf no choice, tuz they say ya haf to, so I do my bessest what I tan do.ann I pwayed." (prayed) "It's hard to be hooked up to a pole all day when it's a sun-shiny day, ann be in your hos-pita woom all day when yoa don't wanna be there ann wish ya tould be outside in-said, but NO, ya tan't." "I doan wike tancer- No, not one bit, but ya dotta do what they say ta do.you yust dotta." "When little boys get tancer, it takes a wong time...they haffa det sem cells, ann then they might start-a det better. Then they tan pway adain wif their brudder." "when [my brother] tame down ta see me, It was the bess powt, then I tould cel-e-bwate my day with him ta-dedder. I wanted him there, tuz I missed him, ann I wiked it when he was wif me.that's the best-est medicine that Dod tudda div-ed ta me!" "I wish that no more tids would det tancer, tuz it's tewwible to haffa do all-a the suff what ya dotta do. If no more tids dot it, then we tould all yust be no-mal wif no more pokes."
His twin brother chimes in and says,
"cancer is the worse day of my wife (life) because you don't getta pway wif your brudder when ya weally want to. Sometimes the hospital is fun .if ya aren't froe-in up wike [my brother] does sometimes."
"I wish that no tids ever det tancer, so they tan haff fun all-a their days until they be daddies."
http://www.carepages.com/ServeCarePage?cpn=ColemanScott&uniq=404935&ipc=pati
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Be Blessed,
Gaye H. Phillips
A Moment in Time
www.amitoxford.com
Check out baby Ethan's web site... RIP....(12/05/06--04/05/08)... Continue the fight against Childhood Cancer
www.ethanipowell.blogspot.com

Maybe one day...

Well hopefully I might find time to regularly "do" this blog thing. Staying busy with weddings and seniors right now and loving it. I am truly blessed to do what I love. Keep checking back, you never know when I might really get serious about this blog thing.