1. I can roll my tongue. As you can see the talent for rolling your tongue is hereditary (the littlest can do it to, she just wasn't cooperating!). I bet you are trying it now. It is a great party trick!
2. My husband and I went to Furman University in Greenville, SC (also seen in the picture). Yep, we met there, got married there, have only missed one Homecoming since we graduated, and are kind of obnoxious about it!! Go Paladins!
3. When my third child was born, I had three, 3 yrs. and under. Life is very busy at the Brewer house.
4. I LOVE photography. When I helped put my husband through law school, I worked at a job that I really didn't like. Before he graduated, I allowed myself to come up with my dream job. A job where I could be creative; be a mom and stay home with my children; play with babies every week; catch a husband stealing a kiss from his wife suffering from cancer; watch a daddy throw his little girl in the air while she squeals with laughter; and watch a teenage boy, who is definitely too cool to stand for a portrait, blush when asked about his new girlfriend. Being a photographer is the best job in the world. I am truly blessed.
Laurel’s family has been with me from the very beginning. Her cousin was the first itty bitty newborn I photographed. So, she is very very special to me. And now she is a Baby Program client. We had a great session. She was a little bit older than newborn because she had to go back in the hospital for a week after she was born. But, now she is out and doing so well. I am so excited to watch her grow.
I am so very, very proud of my son. This weekend he competed in his very first chess tournament. And he didn’t start little, he debuted at the State Championship!! I couldn’t believe it! And then I found out that Joe wasn’t able to go in with him into the room, so he went in by himself and sat at a table with older kids and played chess. He is so brave! And, to top it all off, he won a game and tied a game!!!!! Can you believe it?! He also won another game while playing during a break. I know I shouldn’t brag, but I needed to tell the world how proud his Mama is of him. I love him more than he will ever know.
I am working on the pictures now for Spring Event and I am so excited about them. I had such a fun day, but was exhausted at the end of it. I wanted to share a couple of my favorites while I was still going through them. More to come…
Well, I haven’t posted about our house in a while so I thought I would post some updates. Not a lot to show because of the rain, but hopefully we will have the foundation started tomorrow before for the rain comes again.
When construction is happening at the house, my kids have a front row seat. Here is Huey…
And just a few inches over is the contractor!!! Not sure he knew he would have an audience when he signed on to this job! They are pouring the footers.
While the concrete was still wet, I let the kids sign their initials. Of course, while I was saying, “Don’t touch the concrete!!” Louie ran and jumped in. She had her shoes on backwards, so it looks like she jumped in with her feet crossed!
One day I while I was taking pictures, I saw what the contractor usually sees…
Does this mean that our tree will survive???
If his Daddy saw him…
The strings have been pulled for the foundation…
Here is Dewey climbing up the tree.
The first cut into the house.
Illegal!! ;)
Eliza is a beautiful Baby Program client. Here are her five months pictures. Her mom is another precious resident client of mine. So, so sweet. I just love her. We had a blast during Eliza’s session. Eliza is such a good baby. And while her mom and dad looked at her pictures today, she talked to us the whole time. I can’t to see what she is going to be like at 3. Precious!!!
Lilly is a new Baby Program client. Her grandmother lives in our neighborhood and found out about our Open House. She came for the event, and Lilly became a new client. I was thrilled to finally meet her after listening to the stories about her from her proud grandmother. And, she lived up to all of the hype. She was as perfect as described. I can’t wait to watch her grow.
Today is a snow day! Well, the kids got out at noon and there was a lot of energy around here when we got home. Dewey’s school emphasis is “creative writing” and he writes a lot of stories at school. One night for homework our family was asked to write a family story (each of us went around the table and told one sentence at a time to make the story). So, I decided to write a story during lunchtime today while we watched the snow falling outside. Here is what we came up with. You can tell about each child’s personality with their sentences. And then each person took a picture of our view from my iPhone. Again, their perspective. Enjoy!
Louie – One day there was snow coming.
Huey – It was really cold and very chilly.
Dewey – It was wild and stormy and wet and cold at the same time.
Me – We looked out of our breakfast window and saw something moving at the back of the yard.
L – It was under the snowman.
H – It was a tiny polar bear who wanted to find a home that noone could find him because they always bragged at him and yelled at him.
D – Actually it was an Abominable snowman that was tearing up every house.
M – The Abominable snowman was so far away that it looked tiny, but it really was the size of a house.
L – Because of the snow, the polar bears were fighting and everything they had got tooken.
H – Because God took away all of their stuff because they were mean to each other and God said, “If you want to get back your stuff you have to apologize to each other and be nice.”
D – The Aboninable Snowman said, “They are never going to get their stuff back. I am going to break their boooooonnneeessss.”
M – As we watched, we were all terrified. What would happen to the tiny polar bears? What would happen to the Abominable Snoman? Did he really just tell God No?
L – We said, “Go away Snowman!!!!”
H – God said, “If you follow my rules, and don’t brag about the tiny polar bears, then you will be my friends and always follow my rules.”
D – And the Abominable Snowman smushed the big polar bear.
M – We were terrified. The soft, cottony blanket of snow was just turned into a war zone.
L – And the polar bears were frightened of the snow coming down. The polar bears were saved. And it came with Jesus. He was in charge, but they were OK and Jesus told them to be saved and he got them to not sold their toys and the bad guys were nice and saved and carried their Valentine’s. And everyday the storm was gone and every sentence was already OK and the people were OK and everyday they were saved and it was fine that they were saved.
H – The polar bears were so happy the bad guys got dead and the polar bears danced around with the family and it was snowing everyday in the Artic. And no other bad guys or creatures came and they hidded in a safe place where no snow creatures could get them.
D – But, the snow they were dancing on was the Abominable Snowman and he called the army and they brought all of their tanks and guns in and shot the polar bears in the hearts.
(H – Now Mamma – say something nice to end it. Don’t say something about the Abominable Snowman. Say something about the polar bears.)
M – What a sad, sad ending to this beautiful snow day.
THE END
My view…
Louie’s view…
Huey’s view…
Dewey’s view…
Jack was almost two weeks old when he came to see me. He was so precious and itty bitty. I also loved meeting his parents. His mom was as precious as him and his dad graduated Furman the same year I did. Who knew!!! But this meeting was bitter-sweet. Jack is moving to Charleston soon for his Daddy’s business. I told his mom today that I will miss watching him grow up. Hopefully I will get to see him again soon.
Last Sunday, Grandma took us to see the circus. She had been planning for months. She was so worried that she wouldn’t be able to make it to Greenville from Asheville because of some crazy snow storm that we had the tickets in the car and ready for weeks just in case we had to go without her. Fortunately, she was able to go. We had a great time. It was all very fun and very overwhelming. The group favorite was the ball with the motorcycles driving around in it. If you haven’t been to the GSoE in a while, they put three motorcycles in the very small ball and the ride around at very fast speeds. Then, they ask you if you want to see more and they keep adding a motorcycle until they get to 6. It was pretty unbelievable. Daddy kept yelling, “We believe you!! You are the Greatest Show on Earth!! You don’t have to keep proving it to us!!!” You can tell he isn’t a risk taker! ;)
The only time we were able to take pictures was before the show when we were able to walk around on the floor. Here are some of those pictures…
Grandma and Huey waiting for the man on the stilts to sign her book
Getting an autograph from one of the girls
We stood next to a ring and watched different acts. Because of all of the people the girls were a little ahead of us. I called Huey’s name and this is the expression I got. Bless her heart, she was terrified, but really having a great time. She really did love the circus, but it took a little while for her to get used to it. She kept saying, “Oh, my word!”
Our favorite thing to see when we were standing next to the ring was the elephant that came out and painted for us. So cool!!
Here are the excited kids and their grandmother. There was a lot of chaos going on while we were trying to take the pictures, so they are a little distracted and glassy eyed.
Hampton has turned one year and I am so sad! He was a Baby Program client and now I don’t have an excuse to see him and his mom every 3-4 months. But, all three kids are now Life’s a Journey clients so I will at least get to photograph them more. Yay me!!!! Hampton did so good during this session, but he was a little more melancholy than usual. Him mom told me that turned out to be sick and running a fever the next day. So, that makes him even more of a star. Look how cute he is. Priceless!!!!!
by susan
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