"More Jesus"

I thought I would share something cute that happened this morning with my 2 year old son. I have been collecting things in my house lately to give away (mostly baby books). I happen to be going through one particular box and seen a family bible that my mother had gotten us. I was thinking about taking it out but didn't get around to it until this morning. This family bible is just a big white hard cover Bible. As I brought it out, i had my hand and arm over the cover the entire time. I sat down and my son immediately ran over to where I was and began trying to open the book as he said "more Jesus mommy, More Jesus". I was speechless because he's never seen the book before, and there was no way he could have known it was a Bible. My instincts immediately after was to go online and look for a children's Bible for them. I think that I'll read them a story here and there and see if they are interested. I'm constantly amazed by my kids and what their interested in. I love and appreciate that they are so eager to absorb everything around them.

Who Needs a Photographer!

Not demeaning what Photographers do, but not everyone has the kind of money to spend on photography sessions. Especially when it came to my children I wanted some pictures that were a little more elevated then your normal everyday quick snaps. I have taken all my photo's with my cell phone and with a little bit of creativity, I think I have some pretty great pictures of my children that look a little more on the professional side. Here are some examples of photo's I've done with my camera, photo app, and some creativity..

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The first two pictures I would categorize as regular pictures with the colors intensified. Doing this with a picture app can make the picture more clear and a little more pleasing to the eye. taking a regular photo and intensifying the colors can certainly give it that little bit extra your looking for.

Black and white photos are classy and elevate almost any photo. If you're looking for a timeless sleek look to a photo, consider using a black and white option on any photo app. Black and white photos are my absolute favorite, and I often use this effect for many family photos.

  Black and White photo's with a touch of color can be very pleasing to the eye. You can use this method to draw someones eye to something particular in the photo. Its almost like using a highlighter.

Photos with special effects can be an exciting way to make your photo stand out. This type of photo can have endless possibilities, since there are so many different photo apps, offering different special effects for photos.

This photo has a filter on it. There are countless filters on any photo app. Each filter can give a different look to your photo's, anywhere from vintage to HDR. 

This photo has an artistic effect called oil painting and the flower headband was digitally inserted. This gives you an idea of how creative you can actually get. I'm very pleased at how this picture came out.

This photo has a filter on it and I also used an effect around the picture to give it a dreamy look.

So there are a few tips on how to elevate the look of your photos. I encourage you to play around with photo apps and get creative. This could save you some money in the long run and they are that much special because you added your own touch 💗

That Time I made Jewelry

After I had my second child, I was feeling a little lost and depressed. I think that when you're giving everything to your family and nothing to yourself, you eventually burn out. I decided I was going to do something for myself, so I tried my hand in making jewelry. I found some pics of the jewelry I made, but unfortunately not all them. I would absolutely encourage anyone to try it out yourself. I really enjoyed creating all the pieces I made and am very proud of all of them. Here are some of my creations ..

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Creating A Time Capsule For Your Children

With each one of my kids I have been saving items here and there, for the purpose of keeping a time capsule. I'm hoping one day either them or their children would want to see these things. I think its fun, doesn't cost much (just bought a container) and shows my kids how special they are to me. I have everything from ultrasound pictures to the outfits I brought them home from the hospital in. I'll continue to add things that i think they will enjoy seeing from there childhood. I really think its a thoughtful thing to do for your little ones, and I'm hoping that one day I'll get to sit down with my kids or grand kids and reminisce. 

RH Negative Blood Type

I have Rh negative blood. If you don't know what that is or what it means I'll post a link to the definition so you can understand more in depth what I'm talking about

definition of Rh negative blood

💉Because I have negative blood, with each of my pregnancies I've had to get a shot (needle) at 28 weeks. When each of my children where born, they were tested and if they had positive blood, i again had to get a secondary needle. Only one of my children turned out to actually have positive blood, so I only got the second shot once.

I've been searching the internet a bit about being RH negative and there are definitely interesting theory's out there. Also there are thought to be certain traits that Rh negative people share. I thought it would be fun to go through a list I found and see which are true for me.

Link to list of traits

1.  A feeling of not belonging: I would have to say that this one is true for me. I've always felt different and always struggled to fit in with other people.

2. Truth seeker: I am absolutely a seeker of truth. I'm always seeking answers to everything, and I'm never satisfied until I feel that I've done my due diligence.

3. Sense of "mission" in life: I do have a strong sense that I need to have a purpose and meaning. I certainly don't want to aimlessly go through life.

4. Empathy and Compassion for mankind: I feel like I do have empathy. When I was little and someone would hurt themselves, I would literally have physical sympathy pains for people. I don't want to see people mistreated and often take on other people's burdens on myself.

5. An extra Rib or Vertebra: I have no idea on this one.

6. Higher than Average IQ: I would say for emotional intelligence, I have a higher than average IQ

7. ESP ability: I would say this one is true. I've always went off my senses/vibes. I can get strong negative or positive vibes very shortly after meeting someone. Certain instances in my life I have pegged people without even having a conversation.

8. Love of Space and Science: I'm going to have to say no on this one. Although i do find these interesting, I wouldn't go as far as to say I have a LOVE for these topics

9. More sensitive vision and other senses: I wouldn't say my vision isn't that great. My hearing on the other hand, I think is on the sensitive side. 

10. Cannot be cloned: Apparently Rh negative people can not be cloned, so i guess that's a fact.

11. Lower body temperature: I'm always freezing cold, does that count? lol

12. Higher or Lower blood pressure: I'm always on the Lower end.

13. Predominantly blue, green, or hazel eyes: I have Hazel eyes

14: Reddish or reddish tint to hair color: I have brown hair

15. Increased sensitivity to heat and sunlight: I love heat and too much sun gives me a headache.

16. Unexplained scares: I do occasionally experience episodes of fear for no reason.

17. Piercing eyes: Not sure about this one. 

18. Tend to be Healers: Not sure what they mean by that one.

19. Empathetic illnesses: like I previous expressed I use to get sympathy pains if that counts.

20. Ability to disrupt electrical devices: Not that i'm aware of

21. Prone to Alien abduction: Not that i'm aware of 👽

22. Experience unexplained phenomenon: Not that I can think of.

23. Psychic dreams and/or ability: I've had dreams of places and then seen them afterward. 

I hope this was entertaining and if you are also RH negative, feel free to answer them as well. Also there is a lot of interesting and fun theory's about RH negative people. I encourage you to search them if you are interested.  

Singing For Fun

To anyone out there who enjoy's singing for fun, there's an awesome app called SMULE. This app allow's you to record yourself singing songs. Other features include putting songs out there for people to join and adding your voice to song's other people sang. I've been trying it out here and there and I have to say it's really fun. I'm going to post a link to songs that I have done to give you an idea of what you can expect. If you decide to join make sure you have ear phones with a microphone, and also if you want to join there VIP there's a monthly subscription, which allows you access to all their songs.

Black Hole Sun

Heart Shaped Box

Blue Jeans

call me when your sober

Good For Ya

Elastic Heart

Barbie Girl

Heathens

Listed above are links to songs I did by myself and some I collaborated with other Smule users.

Why I Quit Facebook (update)

On a previous post I touched on my feelings of wanting to "Spring Clean" my social media. I'm not sure if I will do this to other social media sites I have, but last night I quit Facebook. I'm feeling like I need things in my life that make me happy and grow as a person, and I really don't feel like Facebook does anything for me. The time I spend on Facebook seeing people arguing with each other, starting drama, useless info overload, is time I could be utilizing for more important things. I've witnessed so much petty BS on facebook its unreal. I find these people so pathetic it's embarrassing. What a life sitting on facebook all day trying to start drama because your life is so pathetic. If only these people spent that time trying to make their own life better, they wouldn't need to be sitting there trying to pull everyone down to their level of misery. At what point do people realize how utterly pitiful their life actually is, and grow up. I've done a lot of things including blocking people on facebook, but unfortunately if one of your friends like something, comments on something, shares something, you can see that too. My conclusion is to gracefully bow out of this toxic environment. My life and time is valuable to me and being on facebook is not adding anything of substance to my life. Good riddance facebook, I can't say I'll miss ya.

Its ok to be "boring"

I think with today's standards a lot of people would say I live a pretty boring life. I don't go shopping all the time, don't go out to eat all the time, no bar hoping, no expensive vacations. 95% of my life is at home with my 3 kids (ages 3, 2, and 4 months). Although my life won't always be like this, I'm perfectly fine with being "boring". I think that getting back to simple living can be underrated. In today's society it seems like everyone is in a race to see who has the most things, does the most activities, goes on the most vacations. I get the most satisfaction enjoying the company of people I love. I can't describe how fulfilling a deep conversation with someone that interests me is. Most things in life that can be the most impactful are free. Falling in love..free!, laughing..free!, taking in a sunset..free!, connecting with someone..free! giving or receiving a compliment ..free! helping a person in need..free! Why do we put such importance on the things that so obviously don't make us happy? I don't want to wait until I'm old laying on my death bed, to finally realize whats important in life. I hope to look back on my life and at least be comforted with the fact, I tried my best to focus on what truly matters in this world.

Before I became a mom I used to put on makeup often. Now that I have a 3 year old, 2 year old, and 4 month old, I don't get the time to do that much anymore. I don't put on makeup because I think I look bad, I do it because it's a fun thing for me. I've always played with makeup and found it very interesting. I think that there is definitely an element of art. Creative makeup is something I'll always enjoyed doing once in a while, and when I get time to sit down and do my makeup, its time just for me. I'm learning to really appreciate any time I get to focus on myself, where as before I had children I think I took that for granted. I'm going to share with you some photo's of artistic makeup I have done, enjoy! 💋

This is a gangsta clown for Halloween

kitty cat (eye's were added digitally)

animal attack (FX makeup) 

Did my husbands makeup (gash wounds) and my skeleton face (eyes were added digitally)

How I knew my husband was for me

I thought this might be an interesting topic. I'm sure if you asked 5 different people what made them feel like their spouse was for them, you would get 5 completely different answers. Keep in mind I'm writing off my own experiences and feelings. I knew of my spouse before we got together but I never talked to him before. He grew up in the community next to the community I grew up in. I had moved away to a city once I had graduated and worked there for many years. Back when facebook started I think most people added everyone they had ever known in their life, and I was no different. We were facebook friends for a very long time but I never payed much attention. One day I received a message from him on facebook, asking if I was going to an event that was held down in the area I grew up. After that we started talking a bit here and there, and of course it progressed into texting all day everyday. I think the first and most important thing was us getting to know each other on a friend level first. I think being friends with your partner is EXTREMELY important. So, we were talking all the time but hadn't actually hung out in real life at this point. The next time i went to visit my family, he asked me to go for a 4-wheeler drive. It's not my personality to just meet up with someone, so on the short drive to where we were suppose to meet I kept asking myself what the hell are you doing. He told me what time to be there, so I made sure I went early. I still remember hearing the 4-wheeler coming and being soooo nervous. As soon as he took his helmet off my mind went blank. I've never been that desperate for words in my life. I'm not sure if he noticed my panic, but regardless quickly took control of the conversation. One of the first things I noticed physically about him was his incredibly kind eyes. I very much believe in trusting your instincts about people, and I knew that if nothing else I would be making an awesome friend that day. I think our 4-wheeler drive was hours long but didn't feel that way. I struggled the whole time to make conversation when we would stop at certain places during our drive. Near the end, we were coming up on where I had parked my car. My mind was still racing to try and think of things to say, all of the sudden, in my head, I heard .. you're going to marry him. When I heard that voice in my head, I admittedly laughed out loud. That was the beginning of our lives together. Later on I had learned that my husband had prayed to meet a GOOD woman. I try everyday to be that person for him. I don't know if I believe in soulmates but I do believe God brought us together at a time we both needed the other. To this day we are both each other's best friends, and I'm excited to spend the rest of our lives keeping it that way.