Melonie Brister Photography

Lots of new stuff

mel6203 — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:02:49 +0000

There has been tons of new things going on. I’m currently learning to update this blog from my phone. So bare with me trying to add pictures from recent adventures. I recently started a new business, the hook up. It’s custom crocheted items!! It has really taken off. So stay tuned below is a picture of my daughter who won her very first pageant! Little miss fall festival for GLHS. And a few other fun pics

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

mel6203 — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:56:40 +0000

I was honored to be a part of something so amazing. “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” was Saturday September 17th. It is a walk to help raise money and awareness of Sexual and Domestic Violence. This topic is very dear to my heart!!! I lost my mother only 3.5 short months ago due to domestic violence. The amount of people that showed their support by showing up and walking a mile in high heels was amazing!! There men of all ages.. please check out their website at www.walkamileswla.org. Here are a few images from this amazing day!

this is me and my sister and her boyfriend Jared.

this is the flyer they handed out and that is a collage of my mom that a dear friend of her’s made for us!!

This is me and my team of girls who helped me photograph the entire day! they are the BEST!!

there was so much support!!!

I am truly honored to have been a part of something so fantastic!! I am looking forward to next year’s walk!!

Meet my new “niece” Dixie Belle

mel6203 — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:15:31 +0000

Aint she a cutie!!

this is her big brother “Mace”

Emma Lou

mel6203 — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:26:08 +0000

Emma was one of the winners in my cutest kid contest I held on Facebook. I was so thrilled to find out how much she LOVES Audry Hepburn. So of course we had to dress her up Here are a few from today.

her laugh was infectious!!!!

whats up Saturday

mel6203 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:46:32 +0000

So i found this awesome website. www.pinterest.com. I recommend you guys check it out! its awesome!!

With that being said, I have found myself with a million new recipes to try. Today we made Nutella cookies

and my sweet daughter left these tiny notes on my keyboard today after lunch…. i love her!

bird feeder craft

mel6203 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:20:37 +0000

This was fun! The kids enjoyed it…. here are a few pics from today

my mini man, Luke. He decided to make a Ti Fighter…

My nephew, Cade . He made a Millennium Falcon

Luke’s Ti Fighter in the mold

Cade’s Millennium Falcon all finished

And last but not least, “Backpack” treat bags for my best friend’s daughter’s birthday party! I think they turned out so cute!

A few things I have been up to

mel6203 — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:25:20 +0000

I am going to post some images of the past things I’ve been up to.

In the middle of moving and all, i threw my sweet 7 year old daughter a fantastic tea party.. here are a few images from the day!

my sweet birthday girl!!

there are a ton more images i need to catch you guys up on, but for now enjoy these! come back tomorrow, I’m going to be posting Luke and I’s bird feeder!

My life has been forever changed

mel6203 — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:08:00 +0000

In the last year, i have experienced love, joy, fear and sadness like never before!

In the beginning of this year we decided to sell our home and move a little further south to our home town. We put our home, of the past 10 years, on the market and moved in to a camper in hopes of selling it quickly……3.5 months later there was a bid finally put on our house.

In the mean time while experiencing great emotional stress of moving and living in a tiny camper, i lost my mother very tragically.

June 5th her estranged husband broke in to my sister’s house, where my mother was living at the time, and shot her twice in the chest………

Believe me, as hard as it was for you to read that…. it was a million times harder to write it.

I recently read a book called, Choosing to SEE, by Mary Chapman. She lost her daughter in a tragic accident that her older son was involved in. Something i could never imagine myself going through.

That book has given me great strength and helped me to remember that God is ALWAYS NEAR! No matter how far i try to run. It was not God’s plan on how my mother died, but where sin abounds GRACE MUCH MORE ABIDES!!!

It has been 2.5 months since my mom passed and i battle every day with missing her and questions to God.

But through prayers of an entire community and from all over the country our family has felt grace and peace like never before!

So thank you for every thing you guys are doing for us!

Well i have to cut this post short. School is back in session and we have tons to do this weekend!

But please come back at least once a week to see more post! I am officially back in full swing with photography! So be ready for lots and lots of pictures. Im going to leave you with a picture of my mom!

lots of updates!!

mel6203 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:22:03 +0000

sorry it is taking so long between post! we are actually MOVING!! woohoo! hopefully have a new house soon! ill keep you posted. but here are some of thing other things i have been up to.

Sorry i have been away for so long…..

mel6203 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:38:09 +0000

Hello you guys! I have been super busy and so sorry i have not posted in a long time! Here is a few things i have been up to…