photo challenge day sixteen: breaking the rules

today's challenge of the day was long exposure photography. who in the world knows what that is? well, probably professional photographers and people willing to research it a little further than googling it and then deciding i don't really want to figure it out. so... i'm breaking the rules. i looked at the total number of pictures i took in the month of june and the final count is 591!!! maybe that is normal for some of you but with this photo challenge, i have captured way more on camera than i ever would have without doing it. besides it's summer and there are just way more exciting things going on than in the dead of winter. so, i decided to do a little photo collage just highlighting the main events of the month of june. as i was trying to pick just a couple pictures it hit me how incredibly blessed i am. i just got done reading in a study that a friend and i are going through "becoming more than just a good bible study girl" by lysa terkeurst. She is talking about the importance of praise being on your lips. it is so easy to pick on the circumstances in my life that i just don't feel are right or how they could be different, or possessing a general ugly attitude. when i look at these photographs i don't see how anything but praise should be on my lips. no, life is far from perfect... and obviously i wouldn't take pictures of the negative circumstances that may surround me at times, but regardless of the situation i am in i need to praise Him and not my circumstances. so, right now, i am so thankful for an amazing family, sweet friends, the freedom to enjoy summer with two healthy kiddos, the precious memories that we are able to make while these little ones are little and so much more.
june, you were a fun one! bring on july!!