Wow, does life get busy.
My head can start to spin with everything that I have to do. Everything I need to do. Everything I want to do.
I can get easily distracted as I feel pulled in a million different directions. Lose my focus, lose patience, lose sight of what is most important.
But, in a moment, I am reminded of what really matters.
What the center of my world is.
What will always be my most important focus.
And that is this:
Link up all this week with Galit and Alison for Memories Captured.
PERFECT. LOVE +1 xoxoxo
great picture, great focus in the mist of chaos
Absolutely and this should never change, even though so many other things are going through our head. You said it so well.
Oh my, Shell- this? Is perfect!
The fonts and the smiles and the colors, yes.
But the message? Fabulous {necessary} reminder!
Love!
What a great looking family!
Such a great family picture! Fun family times like that don’t happen often enough!
Lovely. What a good-looking family! Looks like you all had a wonderful day.
Such a beautiful family! I love the picture
Perfect. Just right. Family does come first.
Thank you for linking up, Shell!
I love this picture!
Doesn’t it seem that everything we need to do happens all at the same time? What a great reminder that our families always come first.
Aww, what a great photo of you and all your boys. Both young and older. 🙂
Nice family shot.
Great pic! Hope the party was fun!
My son said it was his best birthday ever and he’s going to remember this day forever. Totally melted my heart.
That’s one fine looking family. It looks like it’s your lot in life to be surrounded by good looking men 😉
That makes me a lucky woman. 🙂
Love this. Perfect.
I love this picture! It was perfect for this project!
You said it! What a great picture 🙂
Love the photo!
I keep saying I’m going to do this with my pictures and I keep forgetting!
Priorities, if we keep them straight, the rest will fall into place!
Beautiful Shell!
(now please share how you created that – i love it!)
Took the pic with instagram and then added the words with picnik. 🙂
picnik – thats the one that i could not remember!
thank you xxx
I love it! Family first. Perfect picture!
sweet, sweet picture. and a great message.
Awww love this pic!
Yes, no matter how busy we get, we need to make a conscious effort and put in the quality time with our family. At the end of our life, I know we won’t be saying that I wish I had worked more, it will always be I wish I spent more time with my family more. Here is to making more memories with our loved ones!
Love the picture Shell, it’s beautiful! And the words are perfect 🙂
Love this! And, maybe it’s the season but I feel the exact same way. Overwhelmed. Pulled in so many directions. It’s tough, but I think centering on what matters most, or family, definitely helps.
Stopping in from SITS! Love this post…my hubby and son are everything to me as well!
So happy the party was a success and you had such a great weekend! I loved reading your son’s words about his party! What a great feeling. This is perfect and such a strong reminder.
Hardly any words used but they were wonderful and brought a tear to my eye. Glad you all had such a wonderful day! xo!
I saw that pic on Instagram and LOVED it!!! Family is the best!
now that is one beautiful family…and 5 happy smiles.. <3 it and you girlfriend. WOW.
You guys are so cute. I have seen hubs before and the boys before, but this might be the first time I have seen all five of you together.
It’s very rare that there even is a shot of all of us together. I think last Easter is the last time we even tried!
Amen!
Amen!
Great family photo AND quote.
One day, we’ll get a family shot where everyone is looking in the right direction and smiling – sigh.
I had to settle for everyone just being in the pic!
Yes!!
Always!!
Love. 🙂
What a beautiful picture, friend!
Your family is so awesome! Such good-looking boys. Hope you spend this happy day with them.
Sandy
It’s a perfect message and a perfect picture. (You are ALL just gorgeous!)
beautiful
I love the toothless age! That gaptoothed grin on the far left is my favorite of all!
OMG, Shell… you have SUCH a beautiful family! I know what you mean… sometimes it’s easy to lose focus. But the main thing is that take note, don’t get too hard on yourself about it, and remember again what is truly important. Which is obviously what you do.
XOXO
Such a great picture and so true, family is all that matters.
You are so right- family is what it is all about
Look at you guys! Just gorgeous.
I fully anticipated being the only ‘princess’ in this family, too, but instead, I am carrying a little pink bundle. Whatever will become of me when it’s time to change her diaper?
The message? Perfection. Right there in that one gorgeous photo is everything you need to know, right? Love that.
Ha! I don’t think I’d have a clue what to do with a girl at this point!
Wow – that’s some pretty awesome editing on that pic! Love it – the pic, the message and the editing.
LOVE! Everything about the words, the picture, the message.
Absolutely positively! That’s something you will NEVER regret!
anytime is a great time for a family photo – I must remind myself of this! Your family is so cute!
Y.E.S.
Times infinity.
Family first. Always.
Love it….. Family First!!!
Amen! Family is it. Plain and simple. Great pic.
Love this pic of you guys!! 🙂 Such a beautiful family
—Yes!
I agree.
Family is EVERTHING.
Your fam is beautiful. xx
Such an awesome shot. Yes, family is everything.
Oh I love this!!!! What a beautiful pic!!!!
Beautiful! And I so agree with you 🙂
Oh this is so true. (and such a great reminder for me today as I feel pulled in toooo many directions)
LOVE the photo! Awesome captions. xoxo. I love “My Boys” – it really does make me swoon.
LOVE the photo! You captured the the essence with your words and the photo.
What a perfect picture! You’re boys are adorable too!
LOVE! Yes family always does come first! No matter what! This is such a great picture of your family.
Beautiful picture! Your son in red is a spitting image of you!
Beautiful picture of your amazing family.
I <3 it!!!
Beautiful.
Such a great reminder AND beautiful family!!! 🙂
A lovely family picture and I love what you’ve done with the text.
Beautiful family and you can see the bond, the love and yes family comes first 😀
What a great pictures! And reminder about what really matters. Thanks for sharing this!
That picture is beautiful, Shell! Your family is so adorable. 😉 Love this and love the reminder.
So true and sometimes easy to forget when the day to day stuff threatens to swallow us.
That’s a great focus, isn’t it?
It’s easy to forget, with you being all pretty & stuff, that Mr. Shell isn’t exactly dogmeat. :-p
You have a truly, truly beautiful family.
Thank you!
Yeah, the hubs is pretty darn cute. All my female students swooned over him back when he and I first met. I just rolled my eyes at all of them. But, he still won me over.
Aw. How sweet. Also, where was that photo taken?! A gymnasium? An amusement park? A plastic basement?
Inquiring readers want to know.
I so wish this was my basement.
My had my son’s birthday party at a gymnastics place and that was where we took it.
You’re only a large renovation away from living the dream!
perfectly said
Getting the focus just right is essential for a great photo or a great life. Looks like you’ve got both! Love the way you varied the font to create emphasis!
Love that. Great approach to this.
And what a beautiful family you have!
What a wonderful moment captured. I always admire your writing Shell.
I love this Shell. It is so easy to get wrapped up in everything else. Thanks for the reminder, and great picture of your family 🙂
That’s right.
love this. fantastic reminder and great photo of you guys.
That’s one GOOD looking family! And, a great shot, too.