Love

Love is wonderful. 

Love is real.

Love is hard. 

Love is easy.

Love is unconditional.

God is love. 

When I feel like life is tough and I'm all alone, I just have to calm down and remember that no matter what, God loves me. He is there for me all the time and I know that his love is unconditional. How encouraging!

Jessica Lauren

My sister is a senior in high school. She is a beautiful girl, inside and out, and I am so lucky to have a sister like her. Here are just a few quotes that I think sum up our relationship. 

"She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child."

"To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confident -- it is to have a soulmate for life."

I had the priveledge to take her senior pictures for her, and they turned out amazing. I'll just post a few of my favorites. 

A Very Merry Christmas

So Christmas this year was different. Well actually, different is quite the understatement. This year was the first Christmas we have had since my parents divorced. It was also the first we have had without my Grandma, who passed away from breast cancer in November. It felt like we were just missing something all day. Not having my dad or Grandma around was strange. Weeks before Christmas I almost dreaded the holiday because I was afraid of what it would be like without them. But suprisingly, it was actually still a wonderful day. Being with family always makes things better. No one really mentioned Grandma because we all knew it would be too hard to talk about, but we all knew she was in heaven looking down on us, which, in my opinion, is a whole lot better then being with us! She got to spend her first Christmas with Jesus, and I think thats pretty incredible. Each year we will miss her, especially at Christmas time, but if we can just remember that she is looking down on us from heaven, I know my family will be okay. On a lighter note, I must say that Christmas Eve was very entertaining. My mom's boyfriend has three little boys and they are quite a handful. Two of them believe in Santa, so they each wrote letters to him telling him what they hoped to get the next morning. I must say, it was very cute how excited they were. Its amazing how magical Christmas feels when you are a young child. I put up my favorite pictures from the day, so enjoy!

My beautiful little sister.

Walker and Weston writing letters to Santa.

Family

Walker and his Grandma

I gave my Mom a frame with an adorable picture I found from when I was a  baby and she was about 25. 

I just love this picture! 

We took a walk around the lake in Bridgeport after we opened gifts on Christmas morning.
Got to love a California Christmas!

My cousins are so grown up now! 

Aunt Debbie and Grandpa, such a cute picture. 

The lovely table that my Aunt Magda set. 

Grandpa and his oldest girls.

Its so fun to act like a little kid around my cousins.

The three teenagers. I can't believe how grown up they suddenly look!

Absolutely adorable!

All the girls!

I love my sister so much!