Quarter Crisis?

So, isn't it funny that just when you think you have it all figured out...YOU DON'T!?

Seriously, I NEED TO GET OVER MYSELF! LOL

I don't claim to know everything, but man oh man am I learning lots!

Random revelations....

--Let Go, Let God....easier said then done.

--Never place your trust completely in a person, they are human, they will fail you. Trust in the Lord and all his goodness. That way when you are let down, you can dust yourself off and try again!

--Say what you mean and mean what you say. Never miss an opportunity to tell someone..."i'm sorry, I love you, forgive me, or how are you?" Those missed opportunities will come back to haunt you and when they do take it as a lesson learned.

--Love like crazy even if your heart gets broken...it's worth it.

--Constantly ask yourself "Am I who I want to be?" Chances are you have left a dream, goal, or hobby go because "you're too busy." Pick it back up, you deserve joy.

--sometimes you have to be selfish. Be you, take care of you, then you can share that love and spread the joy. Broken, tired, beat down you, leaves no energy or love for someone else.

--Happiness, joy, greatness...it's all a choice you make first thing every morning. Want to have a great day...wake up with an attitude of gratitude!!!

--Honesty is always the best policy. If you try to work your way around something, it only hurts someone more. BE REAL.

--It's not about failing, falling down, it's about if and how you pick yourself up and try again. The glory is not in if you win or loose, it's in the journey.

--Life is full of mean, lying, back stabbing, ugly people, but be the light, be the joy, be the happy, you just never know what someone is going through.

--BE what YOU SEEK. You want sexy? Be sexy! You want joyful...be joyful! It's really not that hard haha! Prince charming ain't going to be with debbie downer or not so cute susie LOL!

--Don't plan for a good life in the future....start living your best life NOW! Be in the moment, soak it all in. If you don't...you will kick yourself later!

--Work hard so you can play hard!

--And when all the previous advice mentioned, or mom has given you....FAILS YOU....LAUGH really hard and start all over again tomorrow! :)

--That's all I have for right now....I'm a mess, I don't have it all figured out, but I LOVE IT! I love the challenge, the excitement, and the joy in knowing that even though I want to say I got it going on GOD is going to test me and push me to my limit just so I can always be a better me....FABULOUS!

So tomorrow, put on those running shoes and get out there and GRIND!

XOXO,

Laura Loo

Seriously?

ready for some ramblings?
because here they come!

Quick question----How fast is this new year going for you?

Seriously. I can't seem to catch my breath. My first year of teaching is flying by, good and bad comes with that. But geezer, I've already scheduled a few senior shoots and when people call me about summer weddings or senior photo shoots, I'm like why are you calling me about that already? Then, I look at my calendar and have a reality check. I guess I tend to live in la la land sometimes. It's fun though. Sometimes I miss my college life terribly. Mainly, the sleeping in and having freedom of only one obligation, school. Don't miss the late studying nights or papers, books, you catch my drift.

This growing up stuff....it's tough, rough, serious, and never ending. It has it's ups as all parts of life do, but it also has it's gray hairs. AHHHHHHH, yup found my first one. I'm staying in LA LA land and just sticking with, "my hair is really shiny!" HA

Another question...have you seen The Hurt Locker?

talk about a COME TO JESUS movie. My heart truly goes out to those that fight everyday for our country so that I can sit here in my PJ's sipping hot tea and blog about random thoughts in my head. And have the freedom to type Jesus. Really, if you have the opportunity to see that movie, it's in selected theatres, but it really shines the light where it needs to when it comes to war and the life of a soldier. I have really been looking at things I do, buy, say, a lot different since seeing it. I kinda felt like a spoiled brat after watching it. Which, as an American I am spoiled, hopefully the brat part isn't true.

I am thankful though, for the life I'm able to live because where I live and what and who allows me to live the life I live. Does that make sense? I might just be rambling, but it's really been heavy on my heart and constantly in my thoughts. Maybe it means something to you reading this right now. If so, please leave some love and let me know.

I'm trying to go back to this blog not only being a photo blog A.K.A quick entertainment and bring some life/meat/ heart back into it. If that means fewer readers...so be it. However, I really don't want that to be the case.

Well, now that my mind is a little clearer and probably confused you, my bedtime is past due. So, I will leave you with 2 questions...what's on your mind? What's been playing non-stop and heavy on your heart?

Would love to hear about it!

Crossing Things Off My To Do List...

yup-er-do! My to do list seems to be getting bigger these days! Things in the kindergarten world are busy and spring feverish. So, with no other choice.....tomorrow, MONDAY, I'm crossing things off. I must sit my ADD self down and get to editing some pictures, FINALLY unpack those last few boxes from moving, yes I know I moved in October, but I LOATHE unpacking and have yet to finish. My walls are still bare and frankly, I'm tired of seeing them that way. So, hopefully you will be hearing more from me. I'm crawling out from my rock and getting back into the swing of things. Laying on the couch after work and vegging the day away has been nice, but like all things, it must come to a halt and time for some prep for spring! whoohoo! I hope all is well on your side of the blogging world and LOVE finds you in every way possible this Valentine's Holiday! :) See you on the flip side!

but before I say goodnight....

check out this beautiful bride & the love of her life...AMAZING!

STAY TUNED...more coming SOON! :)

XOXOooooooooo,

Laura Loo

Authentic Look?

I LOVE VALENTINE'S!

If you couldn't tell. It is beginning to look like Valentine's threw up on our page with all the V-Day Colors!

Yes, it could be a little soon, but I just love the THEME OF LOVE!

I can hardly contain myself.

and....we like to keep it real. We don't keep up with the Joneses(sp?) of the photography world, or any world for that matter. We like to encourage all to be what they were created to be....YOURSELF! To support that i've created a new little blog banner.....too silly? Maybe.

However, life is incredibly short and goes by quickly so remember to burn some calories this week by LAUGHING OUT LOUD!

i'll be changing up our tunes and making them just LOVELY....HA!

ok, to bed I GO! I've got 20 kinderroos to welcome back tomorrow! :)

Hugs & Bugs,
Laura Loo

Unknowingly Blessed & My Bucket List...

I have come to realize lately I have a whole lot of unknowns in my life. These unknowns scare the b-jeezies out of me sometimes, but mostly they make me humble & stronger & down right thankful for what I have. This summer has been the scariest, busiest, and weirdest summers I have experienced in a long time. Lots of loved ones left my family or families around me to be with their Heavenly father. Lots of yuckiness also made its way into my family & families around me, yet I have had this peace of knowing that somehow, someway, with God's favor everything is going to be alright. I know this peace is a big result of all the love, happiness, encouragement, help and prayers that have been sent towards and upwards for us all, which all the thank yous within me wouldn't even begin to express my gratitude. Man I'm such a firm believer in the power of the human spirit, but not until this summer have I truly seen THE power of the human spirit. My world for the first time in a long time has been completely turned upside down. My pride has been popped, my heart has been punched, and my faith has been tested like something you see in the movies. Yet, I can't complain because I know it could be so much worse. I guess this is part of that POST GRAD stuff people talk about. The stuff where just when you think you have it all figured out, you get slapped in the face with no job, no money, and packing your bags to head back home until you figure it all out. Yup, that's what happened to this here lady. Let me tell you, job hunting is not as fun as they make it look like in the movies, but it's real & it's all about finding yourself right? Finding out who you are, where you belong, what you have to offer this world. AND by golly counting the blessings right in front of you. I may have grown bigger than my small hometown, or think I have, but man am I thankful for it & the family & friends that it has that have their arms wide open welcoming & encouraging me and never losing faith in me! I have been humbled, to say the least, in these last few months. I feel like I'm starting from scratch, back to square one, I hate and love it all at the same time. For the first time in a long time, I have no clue where I am headed....if you would have asked me a month ago I probably would have had a panic attack talking about it, but today I'm humbled, happy, thankful, and excited to see where I'll be this time next year.

Lately, as I've stepped back and re-evaluated my life I have had this huge burning desire to start a BUCKET LIST. Anyone have one of these started? Things you write down that you want to do before you turn a certain age or before you leave this earth and cross off as you do them. If you have one & don't mind sharing I WOULD LOVE to HEAR your list, mine is a work in progress, just like my life haha! HOWEVER...So far, I have travel the world....what parts of the world? UNKNOWN. Also I have CHANGE MY LIFE....what part of my life? UNKNOWN. Like I said, lots of unknowns in my life, but good ones.

My life may not be perfect, but who's is? It's tough, rough, and one heck of a ride, but with some good people alongside you it's so worth it isn't it?

Now, I promised I would share my new pup Jimi Hendrix with my blog friends! OH JIMI... he is a mess & definitely one of those unknowns in my life, but an unknown that keeps us all on our toes, entertained, & lets face it homeboy is just dadgum CUTE! HAHA!

....don't let that cuteness fool you into giving him table scraps or a nap on the bed though PLEASE! lol ain't puppy training fun? all tips & suggestions are also welcomed ;)

This is Jimi helping me pack up the apartment?

Here Jimi is showing his rocker side & practicing his KISS tongue...lol

May you all have great food, family, furry & people friends to get you through the good, bad, & the ugly! Life is so much better with people to laugh at it with! :)
XOXO,
Laura Loo

Aerosmith sneak-a-roos...VLOG style!

Better late than never right!? Well, we are finally flipping through our pictures and videos from the Aerosmith concert & figured we share some videos...this makes our very first video blog...haha hopefully not our last! We warn you...for some reason we both get crazy accents & the sillys in front of the camera. Seriously, even when we were little. Our moms have videos of us pretending to be the Spice Girls, fighting, & other childhood memories that make us cringe when watching because we sound so funny...kind of like these videos but, WE LOVE YALL & said we would share our fun day! So here are the videos we recorded on our way to see Aerosmith July 19th, the weekend that came & went way too fast! We hope this post finds you all doing well & soaking up all that summer has left...stay tuned.

Haha, you should have seen us running from Loo's apartment & packing up the Hester mobile in the rain...here we are safe in the car heading to Dallas!

Of course we are late, but at least our eye make up looks like da bomb.com! haha!

You had fair warning....if you could understand us hope you enjoyed those silly videos...MORE TO COME & of course pictures!

p.s Laura would like to add that she GOT A PUPPY! You will being seeing lots of him, so no worries!

xoxo,

Anozira