Photos from Arizona :)

On the plane
The beautiful braid he made me :)
Paying for parking
And Breakfast :) Yummy

Lessons from Arizona

This October I had the chance to visit Arizona to see my fiance Rigo. I was more than excited at the chance to spend time with him along with some amazing friends. My best friend Marylou and her husband Shaun Tan were blessings the whole time and I learned many valuable lessons on marriage, trust and the importance of girl friends.
Of course like anyone in my situation where the man she loves is thousands of miles away all I wanted to do was run to him and spend every waking moment in his presence. :) But in the mix of football practice and other things he had to take care of I found that valuable "girl friend" time was important also. One morning while my man was busy snapping the football we all went to eat breakfast. Our ever polite hostesses Ruth and Milo took us out and we had an amazing time. As we stuffed our faces with egg whites and whole wheat pancakes I realized all over again just how important Godly friendships are. Seeing the way these men, Shaun and Milo, treated their beautiful wives spoke loudly to me. Of course I missed my man and felt a bit incomplete but being in the company of those I was with made me appreciate him so much more.
Spending sweet time with him in Arizona and praying outside one cool evening are things I won't ever forget.
I am so proud of all he has accomplished as he has been gone. Even as he finishes this football season with the UFL I am grateful for our time together and apart. YES I SAID APART. This time apart has brought on so many lessons learned from trust to communication. Being together in Arizona made our semi long distance relationship all the sweeter. I am learning, apart from him, about being content, beautiful as a person, trust, the importance of communication, expressing myself and of course PATIENCE. Patience to wait on the right time and the ability to trust God with this relationship no matter what issues may arise.
We've truly made a commitment before we even say I do to each other and I am seeing the value of quality time and blessing each other with our WORDS. That is all we have right now and I am so blessed to have been given a man like this who is so giving with his words!!!! Even if he is thousands of miles away I feel so close to him, so assured of his love and so blessed by the Lord.

A wonderful gift

My life has changed so beautifully after God crushed the walls of fear I built up around my heart. During the summer of this year I battled so greatly with God about so many things. I felt my days were as water just slipping by with so much confusion and fear. This was truly a time of refining from God because He alone knew what was to come.
I met Rigoberto Morales in March and nothing became of our conversations but God had a plan. A beautiful plan. We began talking again on July 9th and since than a purpose filled relationship began to grow in Christ, with Him as our foundation. Rigo is a God-fearing man who loves the Lord, has convictions and is what I had always prayed a man would be in my life. Through my cynicism of relationships and love, God restored me this summer refining a lot of ideas and beliefs that were still remains of heartache. God brought me a man that would love me as a woman. I know the love God has poured out on me through Christ and NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON could take that place. But I know God has given me my hearts desire fulfilling it in every way from things that would seem insignificant like his laugh, his eyes, the tone of his voice, his sense of humor to the significant things like his beliefs in Christ, his faithfulness to tithe, his convictions on relationships and respecting my dads wishes. I was worth it to him, Rigo, to pursue everyday. I felt more blessed than these words can say the day he asked me to marry him. I cried at how this wonderful man loved me, me, little insignificant Theresa. The one that wants to be invisible was seen. I trust God in the things concerning my heart and see now that all things have a purpose. There were nights I prayed and cried out to God for a man just like Rigo. So consistent, so thoughtful, so patient, someone who loved the convictions I had and did not think it a bother to deal with the things I believed. God has always given me grace for the day and I pray He will use this relationship to glorify HImself. I have much to learn about being a wife and a woman of Christ in such a way as this. I am just going to enjoy this season and be in awe and the goodness of God!

ON THE HOOD OF MY JEEP WRANGLER OFF OF HIGHWAY 48!

So it's windy outside and after sitting in an always humorous 3 o clock budget meeting we get a notice that high winds are slowing down traffic off HWY 48... so I'm off. I'm off to photograph sandy roads and once again do the whole parking on the side of the road while people look at you like your crazy. But if that isn't enough I knew that the only way to get a better shot was to stand on the hood of my jeep and shoot the oncoming traffic. So there I go thinking I'm invisible and "who will notice, who will care" But after some honks I thought to myself "hmmm... how crazy does this look." Anyway sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get the shot. Can I get an "amen" my blogger photogs :) Needless to say I had sand in my ears and in my hair. BLUGH !!!

Cameron County pay reduction / And the power of invisibility :)

This assignment was surprisingly fun! The people could care less if i was right in their face. If I had a superhuman power it would be the ability to be INVISIBLE :D

A messy fun day :) Can we say Pedicure

This is a photo of a recent oil spill that made its way to the beaches of Boca Chica and S.P.I.
My feet were covered in oil and had to get them scrubbed - the foot scrubbing felt great ....hehehehe :D
I went with a reporter Alexandra and we walked the jetties- they were HOT!! We also got stuck in the sand so I used my trusty 4 while drive- I Love my Jeep Wrangler!!!

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Two off camera flashes set up on tripods one for the ball covered with a speed grid to narrow the light and one set up for his face. YES YES my job is fantastic!!!