Pinkie Paxton and The Hollands

Monday, February 27, 2012

Hello There

Well, I think I've established the fact that blogging is NOT my thing. It clearly ranks fairly low on my list of priorities. I just don't have the ability to quickly crank out a post that's meaningful or that flows quite the way I'd like it to. I'm simply not one who finds it easy to write for the reader and I have found that I don't have the time to dedicate to writing the way I'd like to. Maybe it would happen more often if it were not such a chore? Who knows. With that said, I'd like to give a brief update since I last blogged (September 18, 2010-I know, I know. Pathetic). So, since that last post we've had 2 Christmases, too many birthdays to count, various other holidays, one birth, and many life changes. I'll skip boring you with all of the updates and jump to the more recent, more important ones spread out in a couple of posts. In this post, I want to introduce you to Preslee Jill Holland. She's the newest Holland and is a doll. She's already 10 months old and I cannot figure out where those 10 months went. She's a ton of fun, but is definitely keeping me running! Preslee is a quick crawler, cruiser, and climber and I constantly have to watch her. She loves toilet paper and flushing the toilet. And she is always trying to figure out how to get just one leg over the side of the bathtub, because she knows that if she gets one over the rest is history and she can play! Needless to say, she keeps me on my toes daily. We are tremendously blessed to have this precious child in our lives. Preslee Jill, we love you. You are growing up too quickly though. Do you think you can drag this next year out a little bit longer?

Saturday, September 18, 2010

A Bit of My Photography

Here's some of my photography work, as promised. If you've looked at my facebook pages then you've probably already seen some of these. I hope you enjoy!

Sunday, August 29, 2010

April-August 2010

Well, it's been 4 months since my last blog entry, so I decided that I better get caught up. Our lives seem to be so incredibly busy, but I like it that way. During the past 4 months a LOT has happened, some of which you will see in photos below. I'll begin with birthdays: In June, Kailee turned 11, Elli turned 2 (I have NO clue where those pictures disappeared to), and I turned 30 (the absolute best birthday that I've ever had-I'm so blessed to have the friends and family that I have). And in August, Joel turned 33 and had a nice little surprise birthday dinner himself. This summer Kailee had the privilege of being a true traveler. She began her travels with summer church camp at Bonita Park, NM and traveled on to Honolulu, Hawaii, Oregon, Possum Kingdom, San Antonio, and to spend a week with Gigi. Yes, the girl was busy, but had the best summer that she'll probably ever have. Elli has grown a ton and is SO much fun. She talks 24/7 and is hilarious. She's very assertive, bossy, and loud-I wonder where she got that from? Hmmm.... She's in the process of potty training and is doing a great job....at school :) Joel is looking forward to hunting season and is getting all of his gear ready to go. I have continued pursuing photography and actually launched my business-brookeholland photography, which can be found at www.facebook.com/brookehollandphoto. I will post some of my summer shoots in another blog post. There's a lot of pictures here, but please take a few minutes to peruse them.....even though they're out of order (I always forget to begin with the end and finish with the start.)

SAN ANTONIO TRIP 2010

Kailee riding Rosie the horse. The highlight of her San Antonio vacation.