Welcome!

Welcome to my first ever blog! If you are reading this, then you have nothing else to do, I'm assuming, which is why I usually search blogs, haha.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm Shawn, wife to Marc for almost 11 1/2 years. I have 4 beautiful children - Melany who is 21, Megan who is 18, Laurel who is also 18, and Austin who is 6. I'm also the grandmother to my beautiful Dominick, who is just 3 weeks old - Laurel is his mommy. AND I'm excited to be a grandmother again in November when Melany gives birth to beautiful Gabriella (I already know from the u/s pics she'll be gorgeous!). And lastly, I am mommy to my doggetties as my hubby calls them - Nami and Molly, who are both 12.

I love to take pictures. If you don't know this, you should. Because that is a huge part of who I am. I am the one behind the camera, always have been, always will be. I must take pictures of everything and anything in my life. Why, I'm not sure, but I must. I have this fear of being gone one day and my family not being able to remember - I want future generations to see us all for who we are, for what we did, for the fun and beautiful memories we created. First baths, first days of school, first proms, first cars, graduations, first babies, and later down the road, 2nd, 3rd, 4th babies. Pictures of great-great-grandparents with new babies, beautiful artwork created by little hands, messes made in the kitchen with bowls of cornstarch and glue, quiet moments staring at waterfronts, and family family family!!! And to make sure others see these, I scrapbook. A lot. A real lot.

Some might say I'm a tad obsessed with pictures and scrapping - to that, I say hurray! You know who I am! I love my family more than anything in the world, they are my heart, my soul, and I love love to scrap them and photo them.

So now that you know who I am, sit back and enjoy, or get bored - you never know what you might find in a day in my life!