My winter break is quickly coming to an end and I’ll get back into the swing of things with two sessions this weekend. I’m working on my winter newsletter today, but decided to take a little break and share some recent news and pictures from my family!
We’ve had a fantastic winter…Christmas was so much fun, especially now that Will is understanding it more. We loved watching him open all his gifts and give a little gasp when he saw what was inside the packaging. His favorite gifts, above all, were the train table Santa brought him, train sets from both of his grandparents, and Thomas the Train engines from my parents. He is absolutely in love with trains right now – it’s so fun to see him get so into an activity!
Our New Year’s was low key and we spent it taking down Christmas decorations and hanging out at home. One of my resolutions was to take more pictures of my family and I’ve been doing great at that! I’ve been attempting to do a photo a day type project, but I’m not beating myself up about missed days 
Last week I put Will in a tub full of bubbles and had a little “photo shoot” with him. I adore all the photos and have plans to get some printed big to hang above the tub in our bathroom. There are more on my personal blog, but here are a few favorites:
In other news, I’m in full swing for marathon training…oh what? I didn’t mention that over here? Oops! Early in December I signed up for the 2011 Austin Marathon. I’ve been wanting to run a marathon for a long, long time. I blogged about it on my personal blog back in October. But I never actually pulled the trigger. One night I sat down at my computer and realized that if I didn’t sign up for it right that very second, I wasn’t going to do it. And if I didn’t do it this year, I may never do it. So I did. I got my marathon shirt in the mail a few weeks ago, ran 16 miles last Saturday and am scheduled to run 18 this weekend. I’m kind of wondering what in the world possessed me to want to run a marathon in the first place, but I know once I finish I’ll be glad I did. Something to check off my bucket list and all
So that pretty much sums it up. Family is good. God is good. Life is good.
PS – Newsletter subscribers, you should have a note coming to you very soon! Valentine’s Day mini-session specials are being announced to you first and they’re sure to be tons of fun!
Those pictures are absolutely adorable!