awesome.

so...collectivly we never win anything right? i mean all those giveaways out there..their not real, and i'm so so not lucky. in fact i think i'd argue i'm unlucky.

i was reading a blog and i was interested. she had been apart of Justin Hackworth 30 Strangers event the previous year...30 strangers?

lemme explain: justin hackworth is an amzazing photographer. and every april for the past 3 years he's chosen 30 random women, strangers in fact, to photograph. He waives the sitting fee, and charges a minimal amount, which goes to the Womens & CHildrens crisis center.

the strangers are all mother-daughter combo's. some with 3-4 generations!

so, over 400 people entered to be chosen. and i for some reason just was so excited about this. i kept checking my email. kept waiting. i felt lucky. and i was.

i am slightly sad, because my family realistically has 5 generations still kicking and very much alive...but that would involve some family that has so lovingly disowned our behinds...so probably not happening.

but, i am surprising my mom for her bday with this. pretty sure that she has no idea how to look at this blog, or possibly even what a blog is (no i'm kidding she knwos what it is)(but def not how to look at them) (you better not blow my secret..it's hard enough not telling her until the 25th!)

did you know that out of ALL my wedding photos...me and mom didn't get one. not a single dang photo.

i take that back. we did get one. outside of the temple. and it was so windy, that my hair is LITERALLY (i am not exaggerating, i swear to you, pinky swear in fact) standing straight up on one side, and her's is standing straight up on the other side. straight up. like freakishly straight.

so, as beautiful as that photo is...(so ugly.) i am really excited for this.

i love my mom. i didn't used to like her very much. but i see now that all those times that i just knew that she hated me, she wasloving me the most. fighting for me. pulling for me. so worried about me.

now we're best friends. we push strollers together. we run togehter. we laugh. boy to we laugh. and even about grown up stuff. and we talk every day. and we hang out. double date. cry. and we love eachother.

okay. so taht was all. i'm really excited to meet justin, and very excited for him to put a lens to me and mothers faces. (and i am going to bring lyn too...maybe sneak her into a few photos)

hope today's great. i am seeing clouds...but i shall not let that ruin my day. no siree.