Behind the Scenes of Courtney's Portrait Session

I recently did a photoshoot for a young lady's 20th Birthday! 

Courtney was very excited about the photoshoot, and had created a banner that said "Twenty". However due to wind the banner WAS NOT cooperating at all.

The wind kept blowing the letters back so they could not be read...

We even moved out of the windy area and STILL the banner would not cooperate.

So with the help of my darling husband and my dear Lina, we tried something different...

They held the banner taught so the letters wouldn't be as prone to flying back.

And here is the final product!! 

A BIG happy birthday to Courtney! 

The rest of her photos will be posted on here shortly!! 

God bless, 

~Rebecca

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Health Update- Anxiety

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Some of you might recall my post on my Anxiety and panic attacks, 

well we finally went to see a doctor about them last week. 

After meeting with the doctor and talking to him for awhile he came to the conclusion that I have been experiencing panic attacks caused by Anxiety Disorder and mild Agoraphobia. 

He presented me with a few options to help me deal with these problems I am facing, and gave hope that the panic attacks could definitely be lessened considerably. To me this would be wonderful!

About the Agoraphobia, what I personally am dealing with-
Agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where he or she perceives that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include wide open spaces, crowds (social anxiety), or traveling (even short distances). Agoraphobia is often, but not always, compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as the agoraphobic fears the onset of a panic attack and appearing distraught in public.
Agoraphobia is also defined as "a fear, sometimes terrifying, by those who have experienced one or more panic attacks". In these cases, the sufferer is fearful of a particular place because they have experienced a panic attack at the same location in a previous time. Fearing the onset of another panic attack, the sufferer is fearful or even avoids the location.
It is not uncommon for agoraphobics to also suffer from temporary separation anxiety disorder when certain other individuals of the household depart from the residence temporarily, such as a parent or spouse, or when the agoraphobic is left home alone. Such temporary conditions can result in an increase in anxiety or a panic attack.
  ~wiki

I do not have to deal with panic attacks from wide, open spaces- but crowds and traveling has definitely done it to me. I have had panic attacks at certain places and I to this day avoid them. Why? I am TERRIFIED I will have another panic attack/someone will see me have a panic attack.




I highly encourage you to watch this video if you would like to know more and understand what Anxiety is like.  She begins describing the symptoms at 3:33.


I greatly appreciate all your prayers as I start this journey to hopefully end or at least lessen my anxiety.
Thankyou!
~Rebecca

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Charlie and Daisy Move On

The two budgies that we took in over Christmas (their family could no longer care for them) have at last found a new home!  

We decided to rehome them for several reasons, one being that Charlie would shriek incredibly loud and I suffer from frequent migraines that far too often make me very sensitive to sounds and lights. The only way to get Charlie to calm down was to cover the cage. After a long talk with Justin we decided that rehoming them might be for the best as keeping them covered so often is really not good for them. It was a tough decision for us, but their new owner was very excited to have parakeets again. He had grown up with parakeets as a child and now wanted to have a pair of his own. 

I hope they have a very happy life with their new family. 

Don't worry- Zoey is still with us! She doesn't even come close to how loud Charlie would get!

God bless, 

~Rebecca

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Dad's Birthday

My brother Collin making pizza's for dad's birthday

Mom making more pizza! That's homemade dough too! 

Katelyn drawing pictures for me <3

Gluten free pizzas my mom was experimenting with, they were all right, more like a quesadilla. 

My brothers love stripes...

Time for cake! My dad doesn't care much for chocolate so everything was vanilla!

We tried to get a good photo of all the little kids with dad....

but they didn't all cooperate...

They were too interested on the cake being served...

Card from the family

Katelyn drew dad a John Deere Tractor, my dad loves John Deere.

Happy 49th Birthday Dad! 

God bless, 

~Rebecca

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Galina's Visit!

My best friend from my childhood was able to visit and stay with Justin and I for an extended weekend! She used to live in my state until her family moved to Maryland back in 2008. We keep in touch and have visited each other once in awhile. Galina was also my maid of honor at my wedding :)

We picked her up at the airport on Thursday and spent the evening together, on Friday Galina and our mutual friend Janierra went to a local amusement park for the afternoon. We picked them up later on to take them out to dinner.

Either the food looks REALLY GOOD or Galina and Janierra didn't want their picture taken....

There's my beautiful girls!

Justin and I ... gotta love his cheesy smiles....

Janierra was leaving for her hometown in Georgia the next day as she has graduated college, so we decided to get a few photos together

Janierra was a HUGE blessing when I was planning my wedding and one of the dearest friends I made during college. I am sad to see her go.

Lina and I!

While we were goofing off and taking pictures Justin was reading his Kindle....

Janierra being Janierra.... <3

The last photo of all three of us together.

By now Janierra and Galina are long gone to their home states, I will miss them dearly!

God bless,
~Rebecca


Galina has a give-a-way blog! Check it out here at Life According to Lina 

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Seven Lies You Believe About Yourself

Stop what you are doing and watch this video right now!! 

This video covers the seven lies we often believe about ourselves, and I myself believe 5 of them- every single day of my life! It's nice to remember that these are indeed LIES.

I love all my readers, and I hope you all have a great day! 

Love, Rebecca

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What a Weekend!

Hello Everybody!

I had an incredibly packed week! 

Last Wednesday I saw a doctor about my panic attacks. On Thursday we picked up Galina from the airport- she lives down south now, but was able to visit us for an extended weekend. On Friday we visited my grandpa for his birthday (83!)  and Janierra before she went back home to Georgia. On Saturday I had a photoshoot....and passed out during said photoshoot. On Sunday I was pretty much out-of-commission and really wiped out from Saturday, but we did have friends over Sunday evening after church for food and games. On Monday we went out shopping and to Cracker Barrel and on Tuesday we dropped Lina off at the airport for her flight home. 

I will be getting into more details about all of the events but for now I hope you all had a great week! 

God bless, 

~Rebecca

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