Tabitha + Heath

All my life I can remember praying hard for two things- 1) That I would find love. 2) That my brother would find love. Well, I'm not sure how you feel about prayer -but it seems as though mine were answered. 
When Heath first started hanging out with Tabitha my parents and I could tell something was different. We couldn't tell what and Heath was very hesitant to tell us about his new adventure. They were taking things slow, but honestly, my parents and I were loosing our minds. We needed to know who this girl was and how much he liked her and how much she liked him. What's her history... You know... The good stuff :-P
4th of July 2014 We were all together - my mamaw was even there, too - and in walks Heath with Tabitha. The itty bitty, 4'9, long brown haired + blue eyed woman that had captured my brothers heart came in to say hello. And being in Ketron (maiden name) nature - we grabbed her up, fed her and made her laugh. We spent the entire night attempting to blow up fireworks in the rain and making memories.  That 4th of July is so special to me. It was my last 4th of July with my mamaw, also the last time she would visit - she would pass away from cancer February of 2015. 
My mamaw, who loved her babies more than life itself, was the most excited to meet Tabitha. At one point she even grabbed my arm and said "ummm... when is he going to introduce us??..." lol  I was like "UM, NOW!" If only my mamaw could be here to see Heath now. The man he continues to grow into and the woman he will soon marry...  MARRIED! My bro-ski is getting married!!
So two weekends ago I asked Tabitha to come down to AL so I could take her maternity pictures. She wanted a good haircut, so in my natural hairstylist (I'm a stylist, too - did you know?) fashion, I offered to cut her hair and do her makeup so we could really style the shoot. Little did she know we had gone the week before Thanksgiving to pick out her Pinterest engagement ring!!! EEEKKK!! Tabitha is crazy good at figuring things out, so Heath and I were like "nope. If she even acts like she knows, we cancel!" Well, I thought that... Heath had a hole burning in his pocket - Thank God the ring came in that Friday and no sooner... Lord knows what that boy would have done. Just like his father. 
Anyways! She didn't know - she was totally shocked! We practiced spinning with snow a couple times before Heath hit his knee and asked Tabitha to spend her life with him. He also asked Savannah, Tabitha's 4 year old, for her hand in trusting his care with her momma. Savannah was just as excited as we all were. I'm thankful to have captured the day - I'm thankful for another SIL + cousin(S) for the girls and I'm just all around thankful for this life I've been so generously blessed with.
 I gotta head to TN! I have so much more I could say but no one wants to read a novel :-P
Click here to see all of Tabitha's maternity and engagement 

Puzzler

Good morning :)

Let's give blogging a 100th go at it, shall we? There are so many pieces to my puzzle that seem to fit, but bulge out just enough to drive me crazy. So crazy that I'll remove the piece, put it under a book and hope to flatten out the bulge; leaving my puzzle incomplete. I'm so over it! I want this puzzle with 352 bazillion pieces to be full-filled. But then I question myself... what happens when it's done? Then what?... Is that death? Is that peace? Is that happiness? Is that loneliness? Who's in this puzzle? What's the image? Do I really want my puzzle to be finished?..
I've come to realize that the puzzle pieces M.I.A. are my most treasured pieces, more so than the ones that sit perfectly in place. The pieces that have been damaged, bulge, or even the piece without the picture on it's odd shape, those pieces still fit into my puzzle. I need those pieces! In the grand scheme of things, those are the best ones... those are the ones that have been lost and found. They've fallen into the sink full of water, but were pulled out to dry. These pieces were in the hands of toddlers, thrown in the air like rain falling down during an April shower. These pieces, they still fit into the crazy dream of a life said puzzle.  And one day the puzzle will be in order and all put together, but really, as long as I have all of the pieces - even if they're in a bag labeled "LIFE - 352 BAZILLION PIECES" - the puzzle is together.  As long as I enjoy the puzzle and I take from it what it gives me, I'll never stop putting it together. I'll always work on this puzzle and apparently I'll never stop sharing it with the world. <3 

S.A.S.