Lindsay Chavez Photo

One of my favorite things to do in the morning is admire the newly sunlit sky with my 3 year old daughter, Lucy. We look up and say, "Wow, the sky is so pretty! God is a great painter!" Then we name all the colors we see. Purple. Orange. Blue. Yellow. We're almost always late in the mornings, but I never am in too much of a hurry to stop when she says, "Mommy, look at the sky!" I'm Lindsay. I love to laugh 'till it hurts, the kind of laugh where your eyes start to water, you're gasping for breath, and afterwards your abs feel like you've been doing crunches. I don't really get embarrassed much, which usually means I'm the adult jumping with all the kids in a bounce house during my niece's birthday party. I also am really passionate about family, love, life, to the point where when I am focused on someone or something, nothing else in the world matters. That's me. I'm Lindsay, I can make you smile.

Lessons Learned *Canyon Lake Family Photographer*

Posted on November 19, 2009

I was voted “Teacher’s Pet” class of 1996. For those that know me, it’s no surprise. It’s not that I brown nosed my way through high school, it’s just that I am your classic nerd. I loved school, I loved learning, and I loved my teachers because they allowed me to learn. That’s that. It also isn’t a surprise that because of my love of learning, that I myself became a teacher. To me it’s not just about imparting knowledge to others because what I get is so much more, I get to learn something new everyday. A class of around 30 kids will learn something from me, and I get to learn something new from each of them. It hardly seems fair!

Getting together with this awesome family was a blast. Brett and Kellie are both teachers, so naturally, I loved every second of time that I got to spend with them and their little girls. I learned a few lessons that day, let me recount them right here, right now…

Lesson #1 – Families should let loose and let their hair down once in a while. So much more fun and exciting things happen when you don’t worry about things that get in the way of life and laughter.

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Lesson #2 -Marry your best friend, especially if it’s someone that can make you smile like this…

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Marry the guy whom you know that when you’re next to him, you are safe and loved.

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With a great relationship, everything else falls perfectly into place.

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Lesson #3 -When you are this many…

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…the world is a big giant playground!

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Lesson #4 – There is an unspoken language between Daddies and daughters. It’s a bond difficult to explain, but easy to see.

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Lesson #5 – Jump around, squeal, twirl, giggle, to your hearts content.

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Lesson #6 -Mommies, if you are  strong, sassy, beautiful, confident, witty, funny and fun, then your daughters are lucky because they will aspire to be just like you someday.

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Lesson #8 – Daddies who live in a house of females, deserve some sort of special prize!

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Lesson #9 – Getting your picture taken is exhausting! No wonder why there are supermodels who don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day!

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Lesson #10 – Enjoy every second with your family. Enjoy each other.

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Brett, Kellie, Hayley, Avery, you guys are so much fun to be around. I had a great time spending Sunday morning with you at your beautiful lake. Someday, we’ll be neighbors. Yay!









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