Treva Tribit Photography

Bob here. So every now and then I have the opportunity to join and assist Treva during her photo shoots. This time I was to take pictures of Treva while she was doing her thing. Now as you will see, she is most definitely the most beautiful woman in the world. I love every moment I have with Treva. She is a wonderful mother, a loving wife, an amazing woman, and a gifted photographer. I am constantly amazed at her work. What to know something silly? I foolishly taught her how to use _MY_ camera…and look what she went and did with it? I am totally proud of Treva and everything she has been able to accomplish. I am blessed to have her in my life and I know she is a blessing in the lives of others. So here I offer my view through the lens of how I see her…

Happy Valentine’s Day, baby.

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Yes, its an uber cheezy holiday, but I love love.  I’m a hopeless romantic, and not in the flowers and chocolates way…ok, maybe chocolates.  Godiva…yuuuumm!  I’m a hopeless romantic because I really do believe in Agape love.  I have it, I am blessed by it, my husband is truly everything I think God meant for a man to be for his wife.  And its why I absolutely love what I do.  I get to witness Agape love in others…its beautiful, intense, amazing….like when I caught Corey just staring and smiling at Sarah during the prayer while her eyes were closed.  Or when I saw Blake clasp Amy’s hand just to remind her how happy he was to be standing there in front of all their friends and family, vowing forever to her.  Or when Wes turned into the happiest, smiliest groom ever once Stacie said I DO!

And the rest?  Philia, the love between friends?  How easy it is to witness it, when a find bridesmaids on the floor in their dresses and heels, carefully steaming the wedding dress train before they oh-so carefully help the bride slip it on, or a look between the groom and his best man as the ring is gently passed from his hand, the laughs, the tears, oh how beautiful this love is to witness!

And Storge love, you say?  Again, the love between families is ever present and more often than not, brings tears to my eyes.  A sister watching the the Bride coming down the aisle to her beloved, a father as he passes his sweet little girls hand into the hand of the man about to be her husband, a grandfather’s all encompassing hug, holding HIS baby close and remembering her little voice, and reading books as she sat on his lap.  Mothers, holding their sons for that final dance, knowing her baby boy belongs to another woman now, yet remembering those little bear hugs and a sweet, small hand slipped into her own on a walk in the park.   What a blessing to capture all of this love, in one moment, in one day, for a lifetime of memories!

So, on this Valentine’s Day, while its more than permissible to enjoy flowers and candy, and Godiva, I am not only thankful for my own personal Agape, Philia, and Storge…but that I have shared in yours.  That I have seen your beautiful love, if only for a day, but it has inspired me for a lifetime!  And now I’m going to share some of those moments with you…  Happy Valentine’s Day!

Treva

He forced me, really.  Ok, I’ll really fess up.  After attending the ever fabulous Spread The Love Workshop held by Justin and Mary Marantz, they convinced me, or us, that I needed to give you my beloved internet readers a genuine description of ME.  This should be easy, but when you start thinking about the things that make up who you are, one begins to worry it will come off egotistical, or overly self-deprecating, or goofy, maybe a little (lot) LAME!  So, after putting it off, my sweetie pie husband sat down and wrote one up for me.  Seriously.  I was concerned.  I crept up behind him, not wanting to look, but needing to look…and when I read the list he typed up, I had honest-to-goodness tears in my eyes!  He gets me!  I mean, I knew he got me, but he REALLY GETS ME!   So, in getting me, he did a better job then I would have, and I thought I should share..because in some way we’re all a little alike.  A little afraid of what others will think of us, not always sure of our place in the big scheme of things, but we are known, loved, cherished, and the ultimate sacrifice was made for us, thank you Lord!  And sometimes, He sends someone who “gets us”.  Yay!

So here we go….

I proudly and humbly claim that I am Christian.

I am the mother to approximately 10 kids.

I was born and raised in Texas.

I like mildly scary movies and absolutely hate very scary movies.

I build an outfit around my Uggs instead of my shoes around an outfit.

I have a love hate relationship with my iPhone.

I actually considered selling my camera instead of starting a photography business.

I still cry at weddings.

I then edit the photos and I cry again and it’s ridiculous because it’s not even my life.

I love Starbucks peppermint mochas.

I love the Fall.

I got engaged on the top of a bridge in the middle of a lightning storm.

I eloped.

I wish I had hired a photographer.

And a few more from me…

The Notebook makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

I could live at least a few days, off of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

The sound of my espresso machine in the morning makes me happy

My husband is the smartest, funniest, kindest person I know, and totally my best friend

I want a Brazilian blow out

I am a realty TV junky…HELLO Survivor, The Bachelor, Amazing Race, and Kardashians

Jack In The Box Taco’s..yuuummm…

Braums Strawberry Shortcake..yummmm…

I sing and play piano

THE END!

It dawned on me today as I answered client inquiries and learned of a couple of AMAZING weddings we will be shooting later this year, that between my 2010 couples and their weddings, the amazing vendors we have really connected with, the “top secret” additions and changes we are making, the trips, the new ideas, the new helpers we’re hiring on, the classes we are teaching as ministry, the workshops we are planning…I am TOTALLY EXCITED about what this year has to offer!!  I will be moving my focus solely to client care, vendor lovin’ and SHOOTING which are my true loves when it comes to this business!!  Our business has grown in such a short time, but I know it has everything to do with the beautiful, wonderful, fabulous clients and vendors we have been blessed to talk, talk and even more talk about their experience with us…wow, we really have no way to thank you for your sweet words and incredibly kindness.  Except to continue to work with the highest of integrity, to give our clients a fabulous EXPERIENCE with us, and to give each family, couple and wedding 100% of our heart, our energy, and our talent.  You all ROCK!  And because I’m feeling all excited, here are some images that make me smile…clients who are just plain happy, and make me happy, and maybe they’ll give you a little dose of happy today too!   This is just a tiny few of the laughing/smiling/something-I-said-must-have-been-funny shots I found….me thinks I might come off a little goofy…thank goodness my brides seem to love me anyway!

Treva

It lies there, spread out really, calling my name but if I keep my eyes up and walk fast, I can avoid it.  Well, mostly, until one of the pant legs reach out and snag my foot, tripping me up.  Quick!  Catch myself, steady….steady…walk out.of.the.room!

I usually pride myself on how much I can juggle at any given time…5 kids, housework, keeping hubby in line (hehe), business, activites, church, volunteer work…but there is a nasty little secret that I’m officially airing, my internet friends.  My laundry has taken over important corners and areas of our home, and I’m in full denial of it.

It happened, just a little at a time, and there was a point when I realized it and made a full out decision out of rebelliousness (and the fact I cannot stand doing it) that I was losing control of it.  Captain Obvious might be the fact that we’re pulling more from the clean laundry piles awaiting their arrival in the closets and drawers upstairs, than we are from those actual closets and drawers upstairs.  And yet, here I set whining to you as opposed to, well, putting it all away in those closets and drawers upstairs.

Wait!  I have a great excuse, I mean c’mon FIVE KIDS, two adults, two of those kids are BABIES!  Food dropping, smearing, dirty little babies!  (albeit adorable, they have dirty down to an artform).  But, as we pull yet another set of clean outfits, underwear, socks from the piles I realize that I need help.  So, hubby and I stand over our bed, folding, hanging, making tight little sock balls.  Organizing, putting into drawers, and I am thankful again.  That just like all the things we tackle together, nomatter how mundane, when my denial takes over and I find myself drowning (in a sea of clean clothes) he always finds a way to pull me out.  Without a contrary word.  ‘Cause what I expect is “wow, really?  Its like all our closets threw up on the bed”  But instead, he folds.  And I fold.  And we tackle it together.  Like everything.  Maybe its just laundry, but its also why I married my best friend.  I pray that all the couples we watch, and photograph will fold laundry together.

Treva