Day 29: A photo of you as a child

One more day left in the "30 Days of Randomocity" and it has been good.  I haven't always known what to write, but I wrote it. :)  Today I am supposed to leave you all with photos of me as a child.

I always feel that seeing the "baby pictures" you can really see who a  person once was.  I say "once was" because life begins to happen and something just changes a person.  The innocence of a child is miraculous and I love it.  I am following two blogs of soon-to-be fathers (shout out to Ryan and Paul) and I am very excited to read their blogs after the big event.  They will have some marvelous insights into the world through the eyes of a child!

Anyway - here are the few photos I have that were already on my computer.  I don't have a scanner hooked up currently (I should do that soon!). I have some other photos which are much better into the young life of Shelby - however, these will suffice :) Enjoy!

Rock and Roll!

Uncle Tim and I - LOVE the 80's couch and covered lamp shade. Awesome!

Aunt Twila and myself. I have stayed close with her over the years...LOVE my Aunt.  Also, I just noticed I'm eating a slice of cheese. I love it.

Gramps and I before the high school homecoming game. I was in Kindergarten here and was picked for the homecoming court (to carry the flowers that would be presented to the "queen" and "princesses". 

Playing with my best friends! I miss smiling like that :) 

Hard to Believe...

As I get older - one thing always remains consistent...the year flies by MUCH faster. I seriously feel like it was just the other day that I was buying my house when in reality it was January. "Busy Season" was just the other day as well and here I am looking at it in the face again.  I do however hope that April 15th gets here extremely fast this year - -  after that the year has my permission to slow down to a normal speed such as the speed it was when I was a kid. It always felt like SOOO long before my next birthday would happen....SOOO long before Christmas would get here again.

I wonder what makes time go by so slow when we are little. I kept myself busy exploring the world outside of the house throughout the year; playing with friends and building forts in the back pasture. I rode my bike constantly down the street and back.  I kept my mind occupied on thoughts about all of the new experiences and explorations I was going on.  True - maybe they aren't thoughts of money issues and relationship issues like we have as adults - but still many thoughts.  Oh to be a child once again.

Here's to 2011. It is hard to believe that 2010 passed by so fast...but at the end of every year we get a chance to look forward and have hope for a better year to come.

This year:

• I want to pay off my car loan and own my car completely.
• I want to find something to love about everyone I come in contact with.
• I want to pass the CPA exam.
• I want to have more intimate dinners with my boyfriend.
• I want to take my dog out for more walks - he deserves them.
• I want to explain my passions in a more coherent way to myself and others.
• I want to determine my personal theme song and dance around crazy to it at least once a week.
• I want to change someone's life for the better.

What do you want to do in 2011? Remember that faith can make the seemingly impossible - possible!