hello world.

I LOVE this little baby. She just so happens to be my new niece!!!! I am so excited! This will be the 2nd girl on my families side and i am OVER the MOON excited about her. Charlie too. She already has big plans for them. She wants to teach her to walk on her tip toes, carry her pink purse, get her "chap lips" (chapstick)... big plans. Isn't she the CUTEST????

And check out these fun hats and headbands! My fabulous sister-in-law karen did them. I LOVE the pink ear flap one. Seriously??? It's so stinkin cute!!!!

more from our trips... where has sumer gone?

I am really enjoying the more lifestyle pictures lately. I love all these so much. It was just moments. Little glittering moments. I'll hold onto them forever. There is nothing i love more than photographing my kids... it's sad because I have to force my self to get out my big camera. I usually just bring my point and shoot with me and use that, but being able to sit and watch my children explore, laugh, love... it's what makes me so happy. that and cooler temps...

not sure why, but photobucket is making them look very soft right now. It's too late for me to change it... sorry.

a little piece of our summer...

we took the kids to the beach this summer for the first time ever. i grew up in florida where we spent almost every waking hour at the beach, so for me it felt like i was finally going home again... well, not quite, but you get the idea. i think this beach trip will be one of my most favorite times ever. i hope when i'm 85 and in my rocking chair i can still remember it well enough for it to feel tangible. i took so many pictures and it still wasn't enough. i found myself wishing there were more to go through. i couldn't bring myself to let any go... so what do you do with hundreds of pictures???? make an album... a really big album! really big! as in 200 pages big... it will sit on my shelf waiting for to turn it's lovely pages until my fingers are too old and arthritis has set in (with as much time as I spend at the computer that could be sooner than later!)...

but i am ready for school to start again, for the schedule, for the fall, for the smiling faces that i'll find waiting for me as i drive through the pick up line at the school... but a part of me will be missing summer... lazy days, sleeping in, spending WAY too much time at the pool, vacations, friends, family... all those little bits of summer.

Time to catch up!!!!

wow have we been busy! and this isn't all of it... but i thought i better try to get caught up a little bit...

do you remember these twins??? they came very early and spent a lot of time in the NICU. now, they are not walking, but running!!! and they weren't going to sit still just for me!!! they made me work hard!!! and i loved it! i was laughing so hard. it's so good to see them now vs. where they were! amazing!








and then i got to see this cute baby!!! he laughed and smiled the whole session!!









and then this cute couple needed some engagement pictures!!! I think we did their session in record time!!!







and then another one of my favorite families came back!! we have known them now since our firsts were about 1!!! And now they're almost 7!!!!!! why does the time go so fast???









then this adorable baby and GORGEOUS momma came to see me... i asked her beauty secrets and she'd just had a baby 5 days earlier... that's how beautiful she was!!!!









and i got to meet this talkative two yr old!!! he spoke so well for his age!!! i was so impressed!!! and he was so cute and fun!! i love when 2yr olds are like that!







and i got to see one of my favorite seniors!! we had a to do a little bit of running at our session... his mom joked that she didn't know that she needed to wear her running soes! :) it's a fun little inside story between all of us now! :)







and then i got to see that seniors entire family! and this is how we do it in texas people. we love our sports. if you're a fan here, you're die hard! you can tell from the picture below! go mavs!!!!





and there's still more to catch up on, but for now, enjoy!!! this fall is going to be pretty busy! i'm so excited to meet all these new people and take beautiful pictures!! I'll be posting a few of my own family in just a bit... we went to the beach for my kids first time ever. needless to say, i think we should move to the beach, open a taco shop, and spend our days soaking up the sun and breathing in all the wonderful sea air!!! :) at least that's what i think!

B! eautiful!! family!!!

Tell me this family isn't gorgeous! I am in love with this session. The kids are both so fun and talkative. They didn't mind my camera in their face!!! I love when sessions are like that. And how about that field? I loved the light there. We truly had the perfect session... minus the bugs. :)

lots to blog so little time... one little cutie for now.

isn't she a cutie? she let me put on hats, headbands, etc. and never made a fuss! love when they're like that!