Happy Birthday photos

Today I did photography at my son Reef's friend Aspen's  6th birthday party, it was so much fun! Here are some shots from the party.



Happy Birthday to Aspen, Love Robert Morgan Photography




The Birthday girl




The Birthday girl and her best friend




The cutest cupcakes ever!




Genuine excitement, when is the last time something made you this excited?! Oh to be 6 years old.



The Birthday girls special cupcake

taking it all in

running back to the party



it is all fun and games untill the bat comes out, then it is lights out pinata :)



Friday morning workout

I just finished my Friday morning workout and I feel GREAT! I have pretty big fitness goals and I am on a mission. I have always been in to health and fitness and had my ups and downs like most people. Seven months ago I got sick and had an emergency thyroidectomy of my right thyroid since they removed my thyroid I gained around 60lbs obviously my metabolism was slowed way down and I was not eating right or taking care of my body, my focus was on my very stressful retail management position and not on my body.

To most people 60lbs might intimidate them but to me I look at losing that 60lbs as motivation, I know that I can do it with hard work and dedication to nutrition. In 2005 I went from 130lbs rock solid to 245lbs when I was pregnant with my son, it took me 10 months of nutritional dedication and a lot of workouts but I lost 120 lbs and got down to 125 I felt great! That is my current fitness goal to get back down to 130 and muscle up! For me I love the feeling of being strong and seeing lean muscle.

My workouts consist of a lot of functional outdoor workouts that do not require anything but a park bench and your own body weight. This morning I walked 6 miles around my local park, did 200 walking lunges (my favorite), bench dips for the triceps, leg raises, abs, and reverse leg raises.

My game plan is to do 1 hour of cardio mostly outdoors 7 days a week, and weight bearing exercises 6 days a week with one day of rest.

My daily supplements:

Vitamin B Complex
Vitamin C Chewable
L Lysine
Biotin
Stacker 3
Lot's of green tea
Yogi's Detox tea
Apple Cider Vinegar

I will be adding a whey protein, L Glutamine, White Kidney bean extract,this week and in about 6 weeks I will add creatine.



working hard to get back to this!




Me and my son at the beach, I was teaching Bikini Boot Camp 4 days a week




Going to get back to this but better!




my motto!



pops of pink and purple

Tellico

ironic

reflection

squirrel

I love bridges



sister flowers



Happy Saturday

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful Spring time Saturday morning. Here are a few nature shots from my yard this morning.
xxx Morgan Shea

               


tree twist




tree twirl




spider web with insects




water droplets




spiral






What the DUCK!

Such a beautiful Wednesday Spring morning! This morning I choose to be a little adventurous and seek out new nature photography spots and I am glad that I did! I found duck heaven, well actually duck, geese, and some other water birds that I will have to look up to find out what type of bird they are.

I had a lot of fun photographing the ducks and watching them all interact with one another. I am looking forward to bringing my son to my new duck spot to feed them. The park offered a cute little duck feed machine which I thought was perfect!




happy flower




water droplets




lady bug




about to fly




in flight




texture and color



reflection

 After having so much fun playing with the ducks I went and bought some new baby flowering ground cover for my kitchen window and a few herbs to plant in my herb garden along with 2 flowering strawberry plants. I am excited to watch the strawberries bloom! Photos to come as soon as they grow. The rest of my day I am going to be getting messy in the garden. I hope you have a great day and take a little time to plant something.

                                                       XXX- Morgan Shea

First official Day of Spring 2012~

I can not say it enough, I LOVE Spring! This morning in celebration of the first official day of Spring I decided to multi task and combine my morning workout with my love of nature photography. I packed up my camera bag and put on my workout clothes; ready to hit the trails along the Tellico Lake to see what I could see, and hopefully in between trail blazing and calorie burning sneak in some nature shots.

The morning nature action at the lake did not disappoint, as I walked down the trail I was greeted by hundreds of grasshoppers, small crickets, and moths with each step I took. The birds were chirping so loud it seemed as if they were also celebrating the first official day of Spring. The lake was low tide exposing vibrant reddish orange clay mosaiced with drift wood and river rocks. As I got in to the woods I was greeted by a bumble bee buzzing in my right ear, I watched where the bumble bee was flying too and he flew directly to a tree with freshly bloomed white flowers occupied with many bees collecting pollen.

My favorite shot of the day was a very unexpected shot, I was down on the bank of the lake taking pictures of drift wood and a splashing noise in the water caught my attention so I slowly moved closer to the splashing noise and pointed my camera, moments later a fish popped right up next to the water bird I was focusing on which I had thought made the noise. Sometimes the most fun shots are the ones that just happen organically.

the fish that was making the splashing noise



birds nest



seedlings

XXX Morgan Shea

I hope that you enjoyed nature on the first day of Spring.

Monday 3/19

This morning I drove out to the end of my road to get a few shots of the freshly bloomed cherry blossoms and on my way back I was greeted by a family of deer. I tried to get my camera out in time but I just missed them.

I decided to walk through the woods and try and find the deer, I did not find them however I did find a fuzzy little spider pictured bottom right hiding in the white flowers.



New blooms




Life in a bottle




water droplets




good morning sun


Happy Monday! I hope all of you have a Fabulous week. This week in honor of Spring I hope that everyone plants flowers, fruits, or veggies.

                                                   xxx Morgan Shea

Morning in he woods

Spent the first part of this beautiful Sunday morning wandering through my yard and the woods taking photos of new blooms. I am so intrigued with the magical way of mother nature and how she goes from being leafless and cold to SPRING, green, new blossoms, and warm sun kisses on your face in the blink of an eye.

I enjoy watching my son play in the yard and search for bugs, this morning he found a rollie pollie and a quartz crystal. He came with me to explore in the woods and pointed out interesting subjects that he thought I should take pictures of. The best memories can be made in your front yard.

Cheers to Spring time and making memories with your family in the front yard!

Let's Network yo!!!!~

Keep in touch!

xxx Morgan Shea