Self- Confidence

So I've thinking  lately about how I'm not perfect in a lot of areas in my life. But as I got to thinking about some of the things I asked myself,  ''Why am I not perfect?''...the reason is, is because no one is perfect. It took me awhile to reliaze that but as I reliazed that, I began to think about self- confidence. Self- confidence has so many meanings for example, it means composure and self-assurance which both of these are things a person has to have in their life in order to get somewhere in life. I was thinking about how I can play piano but can't play how I would like to play.I've always just wanted to sit down at the piano and just play a song not by chording but by notes...I can't read notes but I like the sound of notes. So as I sat down at the piano yesterday I told myself that I was going to learn the Christmas song  ''Silent Night'' by note and find the notes by myself. I got a notebook and a pen and hit keys until I found the perfect key which was the d key, then I hit the e key, back to d and then on to b. I reliazed that I was picking out the notes, I continued until I had the whole song completed and in that moment realized that I accomplished something I didn't think I could do! I thought to myself ...''What made me finish this without quitting?''. It was self- confidence. I put my everything into that moment and realized that I didn't let fear or the ''I'm not good enough'' or the ''I can't'' get in my way. I thought I would share this with ya'll because this because just realizing this ... self-conidence has changed my view on a lot of things. I hope this helps anyone who has struggled with something similar. Don't let people drive fear into you...If they criticize you for something that your doing right just ignore those kind of people. If there's someone that does something better than you don't let their greatness get in the way of you doing that same thing just as good. I hope ya'll enjoy this post and I hope it helps!

Texas Hill Country Scenery!

 So these pictures I took were over looking the balcony! It was sooo beautiful!

This was when it was foggy.

This was in the evening.

Thanksgiving!

So as I mentioned before, I said that I was going up to my aunt's cabins down by the Frio River for Thanksgiving. Here are some pictures. There's not alot of the family but I tried to take as many as possible! I also had the oppurtunity to take pictures of my baby cousin Madison! To see the pictures of her go here...kaylatarpleyphotography.blogspot.com There were more people but I took these pics earlier. I also got to see Timothy my cousin that just got out of the army. He served for years and this was his first Thankgiving with all the family!

Court, Josh and Steph

Snowball the cutest dog ever!

Aunt Lisa and Timmy

My mama

Timmy and Aunt Brenda

My dad and bro

5th generation picture

Sorry!!

    I know it's been awhile since I have posted but it's been crazy here in Texas! I hope everyone is enjoying the fall season. It's been cold down here and I'm not enjoying it. Right now it's 48 degrees and to me that's cold...lol. I learned my lesson about going outside in cold weather...don't wear flipflops and always remember to wear a jacket! I believe it was saturday and the yard needed mowed so I volunteered to mow, well I'm the type that likes to get out there and get it done. So guess what...instead of wearing boots I wear flipflops...I also didn't wear a jacket...which was dumb because now I'm sick with a cold...lol. So now when I go outside I make sure and bundle up! Ya'll please stay warm! Anyway changing the subject. Who's ready for Thanksgiving??!! I know I'm ready! My family and I are going down to my mom's sister's cabins down by the Frio River. I'm super excited, because alot of family that I don't get to see that much are going to be there! I will defintly take tons of pictures so that I can share them with ya'll!!! Well I have tons of things to get done so bye for now and Happy Thanksgiving!

~BE THANKFUL~

Yay! I have been waiting all summer long for fall to arrive. Don't get me wrong I love summer and all of the fun things that happened and the memories I made but fall is the season where you can relax and just enjoy life. And I love this time of the year because of Thanksgiving! All the different pies and all the different food's, the smell of pumpkin pie candles,decorating the house...the list could go on...lol. But as Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around, I think of all the families that don't get to celebrate the holiday's like we do. I think of the homeless out there with nothing, the children that don't get presents at Christmas, the families that don't have a nice turkey dinner, And I realize how thankful I should be for everything I have. A couple years ago me and my cousin went with one of her friends that was a EMT to the firehouse  and helped the firefighters pass out gifts to family's that couldn't afford to buy present's that year. It was so heartbreaking because so many kids were embarrassed to accept the gifts. And you could tell the parents were on the verge of tears. Even for Easter outreach the church we used to attend would separate in teams and go door knocking to pass out flyers for the Easter drama. The team that I was on went to a women/family shelter, and it was sad to see the women there...they were so broken and afraid. Obviously no men worked on the women's side there due to most of the women's pasts. The only man that was with us was the team leader and you could just feel the tension as we walked into the room where the women were gathered. I was trying my best not to break down. Then there was the family side. Each family had a small cubicle where they slept and kept their belongings. As we walked in everyone just stared at us like ''What are these kind of people doing here?''. As we talked to each family and invited them to the drama and said there would be food,prizes and etc...their faces would light up and they would start smiling. When we walked out of there that night I thought of how blessed I was to have everything I have. I hope this holiday season ya'll remember those who have less than us and remember to be thankful for everything you have! Even if you have some rinky dinky car...hey it gets you where your going at least. Even if your house ain't your dream house...BE THANKFUL! I hope ya'll enjoy the holiday season this year.

Yes another blog...

Well I never thought this would happen but I started a photography blog...it's not a professional blog but it's somewhere I can keep all the pictures I take of my sister, my dogs and nature...So I thought I would tell ya'll about that. Anyway here is the link. http://kaylatarpleyphotography.blogspot.com/
Hope ya'll enjoy it! When I'm not on here ya'll can find me on my other blogs. Speaking of I have work to do so adiós! And yes if your wondering I am learning español.

Another German Shepard!

So my dad came home from work the other day and told us he had a surprise for us kids. I kinda figured it would be another dog mainly because he kinda gave it away by going online and looking at this certain dog on Dovetail Kennels website. So finally when he mustered up enough guts to tell us the surprise he told us that there was this male German Shepard that Dovetail Kennels was retiring and that the owner said that if we wanted Chaos(the dog) he was ours for no charge! I almost had a heart attack...Lol. No charge for a European full-blood German Shepard? Wow! The main reason they had to retire him was because he has some eye problems and Dovetail Kennels is a breeding kennel so they didn't want to take a chance with one of his puppies having the same problem. So anyway thought I would share this exciting news with ya'll! We have had him for about five days and he seems to be adjusting well. He loves to play outside but with Gracie allowed in the house, how could we say no to Chaos being in the house? Lol! He's 35 lbs heavier than Gracie and he's taller than her also, so were having to adjust having two large dogs in the house. It's funny because he may be big but when the doorbell rings he don't bark, wherefore Gracie goes nuts.  You would think that him being the larger dog he would be more aggressive but no Gracie is. Yesterday Gracie was trying to eat out of his food bowl and I was sitting next to Chaos on the floor, well apparently Chaos didn't like the fact that Gracie was eating his food. Next thing I know he started growling...Oh my word it scared me sooooo bad! I jumped up and was like ''OK I guess he can be aggressive''. I think Gracie is a little jealous that she's not the only big dog anymore but she's just gonna have to deal with it. I could write all day about Chaos and Gracie but I have to go! Here are some pictures of Chaos and Gracie..