On Monday morning, I received a phone call."Good morning, Taryn," came the voice on the other line. "When I pulled into work this morning, I saw a pretty green car on my lot.""It's here?!""It's here," he said.That evening at 5:30, I headed over to Bloomington with my parents and Kristi, who faithfully came along to document the whole experience. She captured enough video...
Well, the Lord is teaching me patience.Allow me to elaborate. For awhile now, I have been thinking about purchasing a new car. All my life, it has suited me well to drive used cars passed down to me from family members. I started off with a 1993 Geo Prism at age 16. It was great. It was this blue-green car with a sun...
My cousin, Kelly (that was for you, Kristi) has been posting some old photos on Facebook of our dad's family from back in the day. It's so crazy to see images of my dad, my aunts and uncles, and my grandparents in their youth. A lot of faces pop out and look very familiar. I see a lot of my own siblings, nieces...
I had dinner tonight with a friend. It was a really nice time catching up for awhile over Qdoba. On my way home, I swung by the office... I wanted to put in a little bit of time on a couple of photo books I am creating.I plan to go through all the pictures of year 2008 and 2009 and create "year in...
Shooting This Weekend:{ 1 wedding. } BEAUTIFUL weather. Shot the bride & groom today, as well as the bridal party and family (with a camera) in downtown Peoria. What a lovely day! Blue skies, 40-degree sunshine, and lots of smiles and laughter. I love my job!Neck Status:{ In pain. } This morning, as I was putting my jeans on, I was jumping up...
Tonight, as I was standing in line at Dairy Queen (in 35 degrees), I couldn't help but notice a conversation going on right behind me. A young couple, probably in high school, had approached.An adorable girl with a bright orange coat and a black flower in her hair was standing there. Next to her was a nervous, curly-haired boy with his hands in his...