Shanty's senior

This morning I had a very productive time getting my kids to help me clean. The house was a mess since I have been sick the whole week. I than spent the rest of the day failing in getting my kids to have happy attitudes with what they have to eat. So after a tiring day the kids are quietly watching a show before bed and I am watching Amazing Race and editing pictures and up-dating my blog. A few weeks ago I had the privilege of taking Shanty's senior pictures. She was lots of fun, full of energy and spunk, just like a teenager should be. We did one session at Cheekwood and than added a few more pictures at Centennial Park so we could  add her violin and bible. Here is a few shots from those days.

Part 2 of the photowalk. Just a few more pictures.

Here are a few more pictures from the photowalk.

This town is soo pretty. A little fact about 4 houses down from this house is my family dentist. Dr. Burcham. He  is awesome and if you need your pearly whites cleaned you should look him up.

Who can resist a little piggy?

Franklin is also a great place for other photographers to do some family pictures there.

 

This is such a beautiful quite town that there are quite a few famous people who call Franklin their home. TobyMac, Ashley Judd, Brad Paisley, and Steven Curtis Chapman are just a few people.

 Oct 13 I had lots of fun doing the Franklin Photowalk. This is the 5th yr for it to happen and it is all over the world. You can host one in your area if there is not one yet.
Franklin Tn was founded in 1799 by Abram Maury, Jr. He named it after Benjamin Franklin a close friend of Dr. Hugh Williamson , a member of the Continental Congress  after whom Williamson County was named.
This city has such cute little places to shop and eat. You could go make a full day of hanging out there. 
Here are a few of my shots from that day.

There were soo many antique shops along the walk and the outer areas that I am thinking I need to go back just to shop. Love this one of the old baskets and mums in there.

        

This shot was done with my 105 macro. I call it small reflections because you can see me in the water droplet. I turned this one in as my "hopefully" winning shot.

fall has most definitely hit Franklin

golden color

sweetheart door

gotta love the ol' fire hydrant picture. One man on the walk said that on google plus there is such a thing as fire hydrant day, where the only pictures that get posted are those of fire hydrants. Some people are so schooled on them they can tell you all the details from a picture. To me this is just a cool one that seems to be a bit confused on its color. I might post more pictures in another blog.

Youth leading church...what?

 Sunday our youth group, RUSH, lead all 3 services. They did such an amazing job. I was so blessed to be able to take my camera and capture the moments.

 I soo love this picture of him fully worshiping God

 These two pictures are some of my all time favorites. Youth worshiping God = nothing better.

 This guy prayed for the tithes.

 The dance group did such a great job.

My oldest daughter doing a skit. She did great.

Play time.

                                     Today we had some fun family time at the park. I, of course,
                                                           brought my camera along.

                     My beautiful , why in the world do you keep taking pictures of me, teenager daughter.

                                                                    Miss thing #5

                                                            Spicy daughter child #3

                                                                        #1 again

              Elfman daddy teaching princess #5 to throw. She looks like she's got the hang of it.

                                                                   The baby

The start- again-

I have started a few blogs. I have started a few projects and put them on those blogs. I have had a few kids which caused me to stop some of those projects which than caused me to have zero time to do a blog. So now instead of going back to those different blogs for those different projects I have decided to start this new blog that can be a catch all blog. I want to make it easier for myself by having only one spot to post my life. I chose this name b/c I picked it for my user name with instagram. I was thinking what would be a good name....I am a mom to 5 kids but  momto5kids is not creative. So something along the lines of always cleaning, always running around...like a dog chasing it tail.....going in circles with no huge accomplishment. So that became my name but with a tale, My story. I am chasing my story in life. I am a wife to my husband of almost 15yrs (this nov 2012) Elfman (long story for the name but that will be his nickname) We have 5 amazing children ages 14,11,10,6, and 3. We have 3 girls and 2 boys. I love to paint, write poems, and take pictures. I love Jesus and believe in fully giving him my life. I am unorganized and cant spell worth a crap but I like talking and will do that on here. I hope you join me on my journey through living where sometimes it feels I am making progress and other times it feels I am just chasing my tale.