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10. Sunset



At Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

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5. High Angle

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30. Picture of your family

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6. Low Angle



One of the coolest places - Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. It is said that the bottom of the lake is a crater of a volcano. There are volcanoes and little villages surrounding the lake. I love that we have been able to visit here a number of times.

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28. Somewhere you would love to travel - Italy and the Greek Isles

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7. Fruit

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20. Picture that makes you smile



I love that my dad will do still fun and adventurous things like climbing volcanoes and go zip lining with us.

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26. Something you could never imagine life without



The Bible has made such a great impact on my life and I know that I would be nothing, literally, without God.

Earthquake here...really?

This afternoon just before 2pm, I noticed that Polly was really following me around for a little while and kept wanting to go outside, but that just seemed to be like her. Finally, after I finished up what I was doing, I let the dogs outside. As soon as I was outside, I noticed that the back door (which was not closed, just cracked) and windows were shaking. I thought it was kind of weird, maybe a gust of wind (it was a little windy at that time) or maybe just pressure had built up from me having the door open. It went on for a little while but not too much to cause me to think much about it since it had stopped.

I came back inside after a little while and checked facebook and saw reports of earthquake...what?? Turned on the TV and saw the CBS news report of a 6.0 earthquake in Mineral, VA which is near Richmond, VA. OH...so THAT'S what the shaking was! Now, hearing reports as far up as Canada and as far south as South Carolina and Georgia.

So, maybe Polly isn't crazy afterall. I have always heard that animals seem to have an instinct on things like that. When the tsunami happened a few years back, there were reports of animials moving inland to escape. It makes me wonder now if Polly was sensing something happening and wanted to get out of the house...

Interesting day to say the least!

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8. Someone you love

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9. Something blue



This is our dog, Blue. And, in this picture, he looks a little blue too because we were leaving a fun weekend with family...

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14. Black & White

This picture is of my grandparents before they were married. Fun story about them...they "met" through letters while my granddad was in WWII through my grandmother's brother who was stationed with and friends with my granddad. They wrote for 3 years and only had a little wallet size photo of each other. One month after he returned, they met face to face and just a 2 short months later, they were married!

I know this is supposed to be one photo a day...but here's the story below. The paper did an article on them on their wedding day. Click on the pictures below to open the articles.

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24. Most treasured item

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

to the BEST *30 year old* brother in the world!

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25. Person you do the silliest things with



I pretty much have a crazy family who likes to have fun and do silly things. On our trip to Guatemala last year to visit Mom and Dad, we endured the bucket together.

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Ok, my sister kind of talked me into doing something with my blog that was fun...apparently I am not fun enough with this blog. And, since I don't have a lot of craziness going on anymore, I thought the 30 day photo challenge would be a start.

On the side is a list of the photo challenges. I can't promise that I will go in order but that makes it more fun, right? You never know what picture will come up today.

Welp, here we go...

1) Book you've been reading - The Help


I just finished up this book last night and can't wait for the movie! It was a great and easy read. It made me wonder what I would have been like if I lived 50 years ago in Mississippi. I always enjoy books that take you there...