And so it begins . . .

This is my very first blog post, ever.  That's right.  This dog is learning some new tricks.  So, if all goes well and as I hope, this will not be my last but the first of many to come.

In addition to playing around and building my website,  I've been working hard in recent weeks to position myself so that I can open my photography business in the very near future.  Finding the time and energy has been tricky at times because my full-time job is being a stay-at-home mom to our three young daughters and they do a very good job of keeping me quite busy.  On any given day you might find me doing laundry, shuttling one daughter to piano lessons and then shuttling another to art lessons, helping with homework, reading a book for Book Club, taking a few snaps of our girls, making a meal (that would be a total of 63 meals for three hungry girls in one week!), volunteering at our church, running a myriad of errands and squeezing in a few levels of Candy Crush - all accomplished with a steady stream of music in the background.  I got hooked on contemporary jazz several years ago and love playing it in the house.  The music is great and I don't have to worry about questionable lyrics when the girls are around.  I do love all types of other music as well - top 40, alternative, pop, rock, R&B, etc..  Mostly, I l.o.v.e. my satellite radio - great music, no commercials!  Our girls also share my love of music.  We often listen to Worship Jamz in the minivan - praise and worship songs jazzed up to pop music.  Our littlest calls it 'Baby Jesus Music'.  So sweet!

Our 'Angry' family in August 2012. Taken with my first DSLR - a Canon Rebel T3 - and a very shaky tripod - pre post editing days.