Gates of Time

These monumental twin gates frame the moment of destruction – 9:02 a.m. – and mark the formal entrances to the Memorial. The East Gate represents 9:01 a.m. on April 19, and the innocence of the city before the attack. The West Gate represents 9:03 a.m., the moment we were changed forever, and the hope that came from the horror in the moments and days following the bombing.

Reflecting Pool

The pool occupies what was once N.W. Fifth Street. Here, a shallow depth of gently flowing water helps soothe wounds, with calming sounds providing a peaceful setting for quiet thoughts. The placid surface shows the reflection of someone changed forever by their visit to the Memorial.

Field of Empty Chairs

The 168 chairs represent the lives taken on April 19, 1995. They stand in nine rows to represent each floor of the building, and each chair bears the name of someone killed on that floor. Nineteen smaller chairs stand for the children. The field is located on the footprint of the Murrah Building.

Survivor Wall

On the east end of the Memorial stand the only remaining walls from the Murrah Building. These walls remind us of those who survived the terrorist attack, many with serious injuries. Today, more than 600 names are inscribed on salvaged pieces of granite from the Murrah Building lobby.

The Survivor Tree

The Survivor Tree, an American Elm, bore witness to the violence of April 19, 1995, and withstood the full force of the attack. Years later, it continues to stand as a living symbol of resilience. The circular promontory surrounding the tree offers a place for gathering and viewing the Memorial.

Rescuers’ Orchard

Like the people who rushed in to help, this army of nut- and flower-bearing trees surrounds and protects the Survivor Tree. An inscription encircling the Survivor Tree facing the orchard reads: To the courageous and caring who responded from near and far, we offer our eternal gratitude, as a thank you to the thousands of rescuers and volunteers who helped.

The Fence

The first Fence was installed to protect the site of the Murrah Building. Almost immediately, people began to leave tokens of love and hope on the Fence. Those items now total more than 60,000 and are collected and preserved in our archives. Today, more than 200 feet of the original Fence gives people the opportunity to leave tokens of remembrance and hope.

*more photos to come

This is the photo I was taking as I was sinking into mud….

Hope everyone is having a safe and happy summer

FYI: someone is spreading a silly little rumor that we are PCSing (moving away) I want to clarify this, it is a LIE!!!

Here are a couple photo’s from our adventure back from Albqurque. We stopped by the dam as well as a little dive spot called The Blue Hole. The photo’s can’t even describe how amazing that place was.

Yes New Mexico has a lake with a dam. haha

The Blue Hole!!! The water clarity there is amazing!!!!

For everyone who keeps up with my blog and what is going on in our lives, I want to thank you for being there for me. Hearing all of the negative things that the doctors were telling me about my son weighed very heavily on my heart. I don’t know what I would have done without all of my friends being there for me. Thank you for all of your continued thoughts and prayers. Just because baby boy is standing, doesn’t mean we still don’t need the prayers. We are still going to go and see the Pediatric Neurologist in Albqurque next week. She recieved the CT scan images this morning, so hopefully she will tell us that our son is fine.

In other news, our daughter turned 3 on the 30th of March! I can’t believe it, but my baby girl is growing up so fast. She is getting more and more beautiful by the day. Here are a few of the photo’s that we took the day of her party.

Our little handsome guy, I don’t know how to explain how handsome he is… take a look for yourself!

I am so excited that the wintery days are hopefully gone for this year! Much more snow and I think we all would be upset. I don’t know about you (my readers) but, I have been starting to notice some really pretty spring flowers starting to bloom and the tree’s are starting to get their leaves back on their branches, and lawn’s are starting to turn green once again as well! I can’t be any more excited about spring than what I am.

To kick kick off Spring 2010 just right, I want to try something a little bit new. I want everyone to email me their favorite photograph that was taken during the Spring time. It doesn’t matter what the photo is of, but it had to be taken in the spring time. Along with the photo, tell me a little bit about why that photo is your favorite. I will choose a winner of this contest on May 1st. The winner will recieve a free photo session, a CD of 50 edits and a 11×14 print of your choice! Get those entries in!!! Email the photos and information about the photo to nikki@snapmphotography.com

Here is a photo from an engagement session that I did for the “T’s”. They both work with my husband and when he mentioned to them that I was getting into photography, they were asking him if I would do their engagement photos for them. Of course I was all for it!! The pictures all came out really good!

Moving on. Little “M’s” mom and I are really good friends and have been since the day we met. She invited my family and I over to celebrate her son’s (Little M) first birthday party. Of course anything to do with a birthday party, I generally go unless one of my kids are sick or something. At the time of his party, I was only taking photo’s as a hobby and nothing more. She was very glad that I came with my camera because her camera’s batteries died before he even really got into digging in his cake. She asked me to take pictures for her and I did just that. COMING SOON- Family Photo’s of this awesome family!!!

And for my last posting… A maternity session that I did recently. “A” didn’t care that she was UBER pregnant and the energy that she had you wouldn’t have known she was pregnant other than her glowing baby bump!!! COMING SOON- photo’s of Little S!

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