ON DEDICATION..

This week I've been thinking about dedication.  Ambition.  Desire.  Perseverance.  Why?  Several reasons:  1)  I've gotten back into a running schedule.  After my 5k running high in July, I completely stopped running for the most part.  I did aerobics, Tae Bo, or dance-aerobics to this guy. (Boy does he make me laugh.  AB WORKOUT BABY.)  I've really enjoyed reading about JenLovesKev's weekly marathon training posts.  It motivates me, encourages me, and reminds me to continue on...

2)  At night they play this show on T.V. my dad + I watch that's basically a recap of the most memorable Olympic moments.  The name escapes me.  We watch a lot of weird late night T.V. I've noticed: America's Next Top Model, Vampire Diaries, Wrestling TLC (tables, ladders, and chairs, thank you), random Olympic shows, and the Bachelorette.  We don't actually follow these shows religiously.  Don't ask us why we even watch them in the first place.  We just do.

Anyway, it's just got me thinking about dedication and how it's 99% our mind's responsibility to motivate our butts to leap off the couch and prance around on the treadmill.  Or maybe it's to motivate us to do our homework, wash the car, or not eat another piece of cake.  It's a funny thing, our minds.  How do the cross country skiers keep going?  How do the speed skaters keep practicing?  How do the track and field runners keep racing?  It's all up there...in the mind.



Photograph:  Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Utah

REBECCA + PHIL: VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH

I'm so thankful Phil and Becca let me into their lives to photograph them.  Their hearts are so full of love and they never stop giving to others.  Definitely two of the most benevolent people I know.  From the first time I photographed them HERE to their Valley Bible Church reception a few weeks ago, their trust in me was so encouraging.  The Lord is going to use them in amazing ways in the future.  Becca + Phil got married at Payson Bible Church and their winter-themed, rustic, Valley Bible reception was the next day.  I was not able to photograph their wedding but I'm so thankful I could photograph their amazing reception down here in Southern Utah.  Becca+Phil made the reception so special by having video of their wedding in the reception.  Valley Bible Church was so full of love that night.  To complete an amazing night, a light dusting of snow began to fall on us.  :)  Hope Sedona is awesome you two!









 



 
























































































 



 



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