Holiday Photo Shoot 2011..Texas Edition!

*******Pic heavy post*******

All photography by 7DSTUDIOZ...thank you SO much Daniel Davis!!

I'm sharing some of my FAV pictures from our holiday photo shoot! I'm not a "cookie cutter" type of chick and family holiday pics at the local Walmart just wouldn't do for me!

 It was SUPER windy when he started shooting and instead of being overly conscious (I was having a mini panic attack) about our hair and whatnot, I just left the outcome up to God! He NEVER fails me!

Here's a vlog of the wind!

 

The girls LOVE taking pictures and let me tell you they were ready!

This has been an amazing year for me and these pictures capture the happiness and joy that I am filled with!

The Christmas card shot!!

I can't share them all (unfortunately) but I am totally over the moon and pleased with how these photos turned out!

What you see in myself and my girls is love shining bright! After all of the bad thing I went through...

We're still standing!

*Discovery Green Park, Houston, Texas*

Weekend recap!!! Woot! Woot!

I have ONE word to describe my weekend..BLESSED! When I tell you God looked out for me, I am not joking! I cannot describe how good I feel! Saturday morning I woke up early to workout because Julianni had her first basketball game and Mimi was cheering for her first game. Julianni's team didn't win but at the end of the game she asked, "mommy did we win or lose?" She didn't even know! That's the love for the game I hope she continues to carry if she keeps playing organized sports. I could also see the joy in Mimi as she cheered :-)!

Saturday evening my girl and I got all dressed up to attend my office holiday party. I always like to take advantage of the opportunity to dress up!



There was a professional photographer there! This was fun! Looked like we were at a high school tolo lol!

Okay so we arrive at the party about an hour in, we had already decided we weren't going to stay long because my friend had somewhere to be. We ate, had a couple drinks, messed up the wobble Julianni would kill me if she knew...time to go!

Throughout dinner they called out raffle ticket numbers for prizes. Not sure how far in but at some point my ticket number was called for a gift card to Target! I LOVE Target so I was happy! Okay let me hurry and get to the GOOD I mean GREAT part!

We were getting ready to leave, standing in the lobby looking for my keys ready to leave, I had already said my good byes. Our HR lady sees me in the lobby and says, "Miesha wait, don't leave they're getting ready to do the drawing for the grand prize!" I say okay and step back into the ballroom at the very back lol!

Well what do you know??? They call my name for the grand prize!! I had NO clue what the grand prize even was? This is what I see her holding!



I'm like cool, I work with all women so this would be semi appropriate if there is a gift card for a nice amount!



I go to the dance floor to get my box, say my thank you's and once again I am headed out of the door! I planned to open the box once I got home!

But that didn't happen! I heard a few people yell for me to open the box! Hmmmm okay, I set down all of my stuff and opened the box...



At first I thought it was a Wii..nice..we already have a Wii BUT then I pull it out and WHAAAT!!!!??? An iPad!!!

All I could think was that this was nothing BUT God..I was planning to buy myself an iPad for Christmas! I mean I was literally one foot out of the door, step back inside for two minutes and I win an iPad!!

For me this wasn't about winning the iPad per say, but most about the circumstances surrounding my winning it. All year long I've been BLESSED tenfold! From reaching my goal weight..having a job AND place before I relocated to Houston..building new friendships here..and last but not least renewing my relationship with God!

I'm tripping because I spoke my awesome year into existence in 2010! I kept telling myself that I'd have an amazing 2011 and I promise I've had one of THE BEST years of my life! Stay tuned for 2012!!!

Randomness..is that even a word?

It's Wednesday, mid week, mid day..randomness on the brain..Yaaass!

Through the end of the year, every Friday I plan to write and post a "Dear:" letter to a few people in my life. I have things I'd like to get off my chest before the start of 2012. I won't say who I'm writing them to just yet but they will be completely honest and from my heart.

I was sent the link to my photo shoot gallery today...OMG the photos are gorgeous!! I am glad that I stuck with my plans and did it this year as well! I started thinking, do we really need to do a shoot every year? YES we do!!

I highly suggest doing this, even if it's just you in the photographs. Hopefully when my girls are grown they'll appreciate me giving them something that shows who they really are in pictures.

It's hella cold outside SO I skipped spinning last night, I decided to lift weights at home this morning upper body and abs...I miss it at home and I'll run a couple miles on the treadmill tonight.

I need a new heart rate monitor, thought I wanted a Bodybugg now thinking I want something else? Honey says I flip flop too much..humph!

Well I did kind of ask him to buy me this dress for Christmas and then...


I told him this morning that I want the heart rate monitor *shrugs*

Even though I flip flop often, honey loves me so he says, "Okay just let me know." EASY! Now which one should I get?

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Holiday photo shoot 2011!

This weekend the girls and I did our 2nd annual photo shoot! I decided as of last year that I'm going to hire a photographer each year to do professional photographs of the girls and I. Last year we took them in the summer at home Seattle home :-). It's too damn hot in Houston summertime...just not feasible to do a summer shoot lol!






What I wore..pics from my camera, wait til you see the full length shots of my dress!!

Originally we were supposed to do this last Saturday but the photographer got sick AND it rained ALL day! Happy for the reschedule but it was super windy out! I kept thinking about my and the girls' hair, how was it going to turn out?


What the girls wore! My mom buys their Christmas dresses every year and this was the dress from 2010






This dress was thrifted! I believe it cost me $4.80!! STEAL of the year! I can't wait to post the photos the photographer took! I mean I totally love the way the dress photographed with the wind blowing!

Before we went to this shoot, my friends and I took pictures with our girls at JC Penney. It was a long day :-)



Christmas dresses from mom 2011!

All in all this weekend was all that and a bag of chips! I'm happy, and that is everything to me right now! Have a great week!!

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Weigh day...0_o #POW

Scale pic 12/1/11

There was a 0.6 gain in my weight from 11/1/11 to now! Okay I'm happy because I was able to pretty much maintain through the Thanksgiving holiday! Woot! Woot!

I do weigh myself weekly and I had gained but I stuck to my workouts and watched my portions.

I've got a little confession to make. Typically after my weigh day I've allowed myself to slack a bit. This is not happening anymore. I will continue to live and enjoy my weight loss success in moderation.

Next month marks 1 year of maintaining my 100+ pound loss! I want to do something special to celebrate but I'm not sure what? Any ideas from my peeps??

If you're in the Houston area, come join myself and the other ladies on a healthy lifestyle journey Skating~ ROLL BOUNCE!

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