Ice Cream and Archeology

The Lord blessed us with yet another Disney outing today, where succulent ice cream and dinosaurs made for a picture perfect day! See for yourself…

Downtown Disney is the perfect location for long walks and fun times. Best of all the Marketplace is free! Tons of free parking and transportation to and from most resorts & theme parks, Downtown Disney continues to be a favorite spot during busy EPCOT or Magic Kingdom days. Give it a try next time you find yourself in the neighborhood…

Trinity on the Tree Swing

My entire life I dreamed of living here in Florida where I would go to the beach, hit the theme parks at Disney or enjoy long days with my Nikon shooting everything under the sun. I feel blessed to live that dream and then some…

Less than an hour from most Tampa Bay beaches, I think of our home as modest and well suited for our needs. The backyard is nicely shaded with a century old oak tree from which I hung a leftover swing. The result is a kid friendly tree swing that’s providing countless hours of fun for all our girls, specially Trinity…

Praise God for everything in our lives. The oak tree from which my girls swing almost every day, the house underneath the tree and all that’s in it. I offer it all as a sacrifice to God knowing it’s all His to begin with. My hope and prayer is that you too are living your dream or at the very least, still have a dream at all…

Failed Swim Test for Grace – I’m So Proud!

It’s been a challenging week, with some work days starting as early as 3pm. Today when Elizabeth proposed we hit the water park after naps, I had no trouble saying “Yes!”

Grace has been working on completing laps in order to pass her swim test, which in turn leads to a bracelet that’s your ticket to the 3 huge water slides. Our 6 year old successfully completed the 30 second treading water test, and the jumping test, and blowing bubbles under water, but failed to complete her lap. Still I was so proud of her. She wasn’t so happy on her way back with the bad news about failing her test…

We didn’t get to ride the big slides together, but we still had a phenomenal day made possible by God almighty. Snapped over 100 shots, that’s certainly not the best but it is what I want to remember the most, a defeated yet persevering child.

Look for shots of Gracie shooting out of the slides soon… :)