Let's get together and feel all right

There was a lot of love on Carey & Michael's wedding day. Best friends becoming family, families growing even bigger, a newly engaged couple, and a 5 year wedding anniversary. Saturday, March 13, was a very happy day for everyone!
Carey & Michael got married at the Sandals resort in Ochos Rios, Jamaica. The wedding and reception was absolutely beautiful, and the entire weekend was so much fun.
I wish you two all the happiness in the world, and I'm so honored that you both asked me to be such a huge part of your wedding celebration. I hope that you enjoy and cherish these photos forever.


Seriously...this might be the funniest picture ever!

Mother Mary Comes to Me...

One of my favorite rituals of my catholic faith is the Rosary. Of course growing up, I NEVER understood what exactly the rosary was or even what it really meant. Honestly, I use to dread hearing the rosary, because all I could remember was how it went on for what felt like forever.
I finally came to understand a little more about the rosary, and I learned to find my zen and peace within it.
Right now, I'm spending a lot of time with "my" own dear mother, which reminds me of some funny advice she would give me when I couldn't sleep at nights, she said to say the rosary and I would fall right asleep. I honestly do that now, and about 7 "Hail Mary's" into it, I'm sound asleep. Unfortunately the last few nights that I've tried to fall asleep, I have drifted off into other thoughts and feelings that are running through my head and heart. So for now, I will keep my mother Mary close to my heart and remember my all time favorite quote in life, and hope that I can find the same peace that it has given me in my past.
"When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,
speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me,
speaking words of wisdom, let it be."

unraveling the threads

Life is extremely mysterious, and sometimes I absolutely LOVE & HATE this. My life seems to be unraveling so fast that I wake up hoping and praying that this is all a huge nightmare. But it's not....and I have to learn to deal and cope with what is going on in my life every day, and to be honest it's one of the hardest challenges I've ever been dealt in life. I know that I will get through this with time, my family and friends and strong faith.
I feel as if all my emotions and thoughts are about to explode and I don't know where or what to do with them all or who to share them with. After spending a week at my lowest and not being able to do much of anything, I've decided I have to move on and continue to live my life no matter how disruptive it is right now. I have to take all my feelings and emotions and get them out....out of my head....out of my heart....and through my camera. I believe at this point that this is the only way I know how to share and to accept and deal with what is going on in my life, and at the same time... try to let others in. But I warn you to be patient with me as I am very fragile at the moment.

My "BIG" baby brother

Anthony is my little bro that we call "Tony Bob" and he is graduating high school and going off into the big world!!
It's almost a little surreal to think about, I can still remember my mother sitting us down to tell us she was pregnant with him. We were going to have a "baby" in the house. I can remember always wanting to be the one to go up to his nursery after he had waken from his naps, and he would be the happiest little thing in the world. I also have some of the funniest memories from my childhood with Anthony. For example one that my girlfriend Rebecca and I talked about this past weekend. We were babysitting Anthony at the time, and we were in 8th grade and neither one of us could drive, BUT we wanted to go pick up a pizza anyways. So, we decided that we would take my dad's work truck and just put Anthony right in the middle of us with NO carseat, just buckled at age 3 or 4. What in the HECK were we thinking.... yeah we weren't, and sorry Anthony that was just one of the bad babysitting skills I had back then...hahah.
In the mean time, I graduated high school moved off to the DFW area, and never really got to "grow up" with him.
I realized some things when Anthony and I got to have some fun and do his senior portraits... only 3 more years until you'll be a broke college student who can drink and your big sister can take you out for drinks! No but really, I want you to know that I love you unconditionally, and I know that we haven't been the closest over the last few years, but that's just because I'm all over the place, as you know. :) But really, I want you to know that I'm SO proud of you for growing into the young man that are you. These next few years you are going to find yourself, and the only advice I want to give you as your big and free spirited sister is this....Live life to the absolute fullest. Love yourself more than anything and keep God and your faith close at all times. Be genuine and sweet to others, and never expect too much from anyone, you will only be let down. Oh and be HAPPY, girls love a happy guy! :) And if you EVER need anything in the world, you know that I'm just a phone call away.
Now go have the BEST of times in college, and remember to have fun but do well! I love you little Tony Bob!