This Made Me Smile::Monday:: In Which I Share a Wedding Preview and Words

Weddings weddings weddings. 

They are all over. 

On Saturdays.

On Thursdays. 

On Sundays. 

Exciting stuff. 

This past week and weekend have been some of the craziest of the year so far. 

And I have learned a couple of things

You want to know what they are?

 No?

 Meh, I am going to tell you anyway. 

1. Always have a back-up plan. 

My sister-in-law said this very thing to me last Sunday, little did I know how right she was. 

2. Take a deep breath and ask God for peace before you panic.

It will greatly reduce the problem.

(also see #1)

3. Good friends are wonderful and irreplaceable. 

Need I say more? 

4. Hot sand hurts bare feet. 

But you can always dig a hole! 

5. The feeling of Summer in The Midwest = humidity

I am moving to a state where there is no humidity at all.
So there. 

The end. 

Happy Monday. 

~Mackenzie Hope~

P.S. I may not be posing here for a while* due to a crazy schedule. 

Thank you for your understanding.

*I will be back next Monday for sure! 

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So Very Sweet

It is Monday once again! How time flies! 

You met my sister Meredith and her man (aka boyfriend *gasp!*) Dave briefly in this post, the one picture I got of the two of them together is pretty silly, but that was their fault. 

They wouldn't smile. 

Or pose. 

Or even stand anywhere near each other just so I couldn't get a picture of them. 

Well, they regretted that. 

So this past Sunday (that would be yesterday wouldn't it?), while they were siting on the front porch chatting and laughing (like any typical couple), I laid down the law. 

"No guys" I said, "You are always telling me that you want a good picture of the two of you, and I really do try. So, if you will at least smile a bit I will try to get one or two."

They agreed. 

Because (of course ) I was right. 

So I took pictures. 

While they talked. 

And laughed. 

And made silly faces. 

And out of all those silly faces and squinty eyes I may have gotten a few gems. 

They are pretty cute no? 

Yes. 

I hope you are having a simply splendid Monday friends ,family and fellow bloggers (and any other 

miscellaneous person who may be reading this)!! 

The end. 

~Mackenzie Hope~ 

P.S Check back tomorrow for a blog post that will have pictures in it that are dear to my heart. *sniff*

Mugs, Remote-shooters, Sweaters and Random Ramblings

All day yesterday I had a picture in my mind. 

Does that ever happen to you? You think up an idea and it grows in your head until you do it. 

That was the way it was yesterday. I had this picture in my head......it wouldn't leave. 

My dear friend Sarah gave me a lovely mug for Christmas. 

I love mugs. 

In fact...I often tell people that mugs are the way to my heart. 

With some people it is kind words that get to their heart. 

Or hugs. 

Or jewelry. 

But not for me.....a mug is the way to my heart. 

Although I do like rings too (especially ones my brother makes me like the one on my hand in these pictures, he made it out of a guitar string....a D-string to be exact. I love it.).

That is beside the point though. 

I got a mug. 

I love it. 

So I took pictures of it. 

There.....straight and to the point. 

I needed three (maybe four) things for this idea in my head to work. 

1. The mug

2. A bug fluffy sweater (I stole it from my dad)

3. My camera remote-shooter

4. My camera

Well, I had everything ready. It was time to get to work. 

This was not easy work.....in fact, it was rather hard. You know how hard it is to take a picture of something you can't really see. 

It is harder than it looks. 

(I would like you to see some of the ones I took.....that,...well, didn't work out to well) 

But any photographer will do it because they are devoted to making the world a better place, you know filling it with pictures of mugs and sweaters and stuff.......makes the world a better place for sure.

Right? Yes? Do you not agree? 

Oh. 

Remote shooters are very useful for this kind of thing because you don't have to touch the camera, so that you can take (and focus on) pictures from a distance. It helps. 

But it can be hard to hide the remote....as seen in the next picture.

I spy a remote in my hands. Do you? 

Anyway, I finally accomplished my mission and got "The Shot"

And a couple of other ones I liked as well.

Well there you have it. 

A totally useless blog post. 

Get it? 

Got it? 

Good. 

I hope you are having a lovely, spectacular, wondrous, splenderific (hey Lydia!), gorgeous day!

Yours truly, 

Mackenzie