A Year in Pics // wk. 3

       I'd like you guys to meet my little bro! Well, technically, he's bigger than me...but still!
       Monday I spent the day hanging out with him and other little brother, Ethan. Jacob is 13. He has the humor of a ten year old,  the body of a fifteen year old, and the mind of a... little brother. He can be the sweetest, most sensitive, quiet guy on the planet! But when he's with his family, we just can't get him to keep quiet! Fortunately for him he's cute and of course gets away with everything :)

Have a great rest of the week y'all! What do you think of my photography? Any suggestions? Feel free to leave a comment!

Blessings, <3 Bailey

A Year in Pics // week 2

The snow was starting to disappear in this picture (taken earlier this week) but last night it returned! The rain, for the most part, is what made the snow melt this time - but it resulted in a full rainbow in our back yard. So it worked out :) 

Blessings,  <3 Bailey

A Year in Pics // week 1

So I'm starting anew here.. I thought I had given up on blogging - but apparently not!! My resolution for this year is to do a 'Year in Pics' collection. So, without further ado, here's week one (January)!!

We still have snow up here on Wildcat Road!

This is getting posted late (I captured this image last week) But I hope y'all still enjoy it.

Blessings, <3 Bailers

for the bookish...

Quick post: if you are a book-worm, or have a friend who's a bookworm (besides myself) you MUST check out this giveaway! It's over at Stephanie's blog. Enjoy!

   ~Bailey

little girls in cowboy boots, part 2

Click here to check out part one of this four-part series. :)

      This is outfit # two from the photo shoot with lil-sis. :) I love how elegant and grown-up she looks in these.
       She'll always be the 3-yr.-old who decided to wear Mom's mascara {which she decided would also look good as blush, lipstick, etc.} and yet she's definitely turning rapidly into a little lady. It's scary, sometimes... when I get mad at her for something that seems really major and out of character for her. Come to find out, it is. It's like when I get annoyed with her, I'm really getting annoyed with me - the one who unknowingly taught her how to argue so well. So as she gets older, I realize more and more I have to let her be herself - not push her into being me, since she seems to imitate me on her own. Instead I should be the person God wants me to be, and let her be the person God wants Shelby to be.
Enjoy these pics of little miss independent!

                                     

~Bailey

little girls in cowboy boots

Shelby Dawn. My favorite sister! {a.k.a. my only sister} Part of my photography project was to do a photo shoot. Shelby is such a natural at things like this, and she lives with me, so she was my first choice. This shoot doubled as an eye-opener for me. As the four-hour session came to a close, I realized how much closer her and I had become. It wasn't just the pictures. 

It was pinning up the too-big-skirt of mine, washing up the worn-down boots that used to be mine, and experimenting with hair-do's. I got to work on perspective both in my only big sis-little sis relationship and in my photography skills, both of which are forever-changing. 

These are the select few from outfit #1. Enjoy!

 Sorry the last one's a little blurry, that's just the way it loaded. :)

                  <3 Bailey

The Aeneid

Hey all! Check out what I wrote in my Dialectical Journal this morning for school! http://paynebookworm98.blogspot.com/2012/04/aeneid-book-4.html
Thought some you would enjoy that. :) And coming soon: a post with pictures from the photo shoot with my sister...
In Christ,
      <>< Bailey