Miss Sniz: My beautiful kids

Thursday, August 20, 2009

My beautiful kids

I am blessed to have two sisters who take great pictures. Here are some examples:

These were taken by my sister in 2003.

These were taken by my sister-in-law in 2006.

And these were taken by that same sister-in-law in her back yard today:

(This one is looking at me when I was a girl.)

9 comments:

Laura said...: WOW - beautiful shots of 3 beautiful kids - love how much they have grown! thanks for sharing.; August 21, 2009 at 4:16 AM
Monica said...: Gorgeous!! Wow, they've grown up a lot in a short time.; August 21, 2009 at 10:59 AM
KC said...: beautiful.. beautiful.. those are great shots.

to answer your qeustion.. No Princess isn't 14 yet, she is still 13. She won't be 14 until January.. She is an 8th grader this year.

WOW girlfriends and driving are you ready for all of that there mom??; August 22, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Arby said...: You have beautiful children. I'm not too certain about that big, doofy looking guy who doesn't write much anymore, but a great looking family nonetheless.; August 23, 2009 at 12:34 PM
forgetfulone said...: Beautiful setting for a beautiful family!; August 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Sniz said...: Yeah, Arby, BD has been going through a blogging dry spell. What does that mean? Should I be worried? Hmmm.; August 24, 2009 at 5:29 AM
Hunnybee said...: Those are wonderful pictures! You're very fortunate to have her in the family. Beautiful family you have!!!; August 25, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Oklahoma Granny said...: You have a beautiful family and a talented one too. The photography is fabulous! I can only imagine the beautiful scrapbook pages you do with photos like those.; August 28, 2009 at 8:03 PM
mighty morphing mom said...: So beautiful! I can so see you and your hubby in your kids, lovely!
Hope things are going well with you.; September 15, 2009 at 1:18 PM

Miss Sniz's Blog - This is the Deal

OK, so yeah, I used to be a flight attendant. I also used to be single. Then something happened. I got married. I had a baby. Suddenly taking those overnight trips didn't work so well. Then our baby was two and the day came that I got the last minute surprise call---"There's been a scheduling change. You have two hours to be at the airport ready for a four-day trip."

Um, yeah. That was the day. The last day of my flight attendant career. The first day of my new career as a full-time wife and mother. My new job didn't come with the benefits of free-time in quiet hotel rooms and sight-seeing in exotic locations. It didn't come with per diem, a pay check, adult conversations, room service, dinners at classy hotel restaurants, or even grown-up clothes and heels. Instead, it came with PB&J lunches, never-ending laundry, T-shirts with mac and cheese stains, endless Dora re-runs, and conversations with other moms about potty-training while making sure my toddler didn't fall down the slide at McDonalds (or push the kid next to him down it).

Now it's years later. That baby is almost 17. And when I look back on it, it's been a fun ride. Despite the sacrifices. Or maybe because of them. I've been married almost 18 years to a man I fall more in love with every day. I've got three beautiful, wonderful kids. I'm beginning to experience that old freedom again...the kind where my husband and I don't have to get a babysitter every time we go out and can actually take the occasional overnight vacation. Alone together. And the best part is that this time I don't have a job telling me where to be and how I need to work on this holiday or that day that I needed off.

So, yeah. I used to be a flight attendant and now I'm just a wife and mother. Well, it's more than that I guess. I traded handing people drinks for influencing three eternal souls as they become the people they will be for the rest of their lives. I'll take that any day.