My new best friend: the self timer

Two weekends ago I went to the Refresh and Renew conference with a group of ladies from the one mom's group I go to. New and deeper friendships were formed between the three of us ladies that roomed together. We all have vastly different stories, but we could all agree that we need to figure out who we are as we raise our children and be the best wives and mothers to our families.

One sweet friend has recently had a  major challenge they are working to overcome as a family. Her story is being woven together in many different ways through trials and smiles and will be absolutely beautiful when it's finished. They recently celebrated 5 years of marriage so I offered to take some pictures for them - all dressed up again in wedding garb!

I rekindled my love for flower arranging and made them some sweet little flower bouquets to carry. They were going away for the weekend so I made them a sweet little goodie bag - with some of my favorite treats. And I rented a bigger camera lens to take some pretty fab pictures. All in all, it was a day to remember that Saturday - for them and for me!

And when one has rented a camera lens for the weekend, one must take a bunch of pictures! Ladies: professional photos are great, but let's be real, we can't always drop a couple hundred dollars for amazing pictures. Maybe someday. But, not when the farmer only has Sunday's off and little boys just don't have it in them to be still. Like ever.  So I set the self-timer for 10 seconds and to take 10 pictures - hoping that in at least one of them, we are all looking at the camera and have our eyes open. Here is what was snapped: