Love to my fellow Bloggers!

I thought I would share some of MY favorite blogs!!

First, let's start with my Best Friend in New Mexico.

Marlowe's Loft is quirky and well written blog.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MARLOWE'S LOFT.

We can't leave out my own son!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW KAYDEN'S BLOG.

Now, a few of my favorite fashion blogs!

Londyn is SO classy and stylish and I think I love every single outfit she's ever worn.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW BLOG FASHION.

Kashmira puts together the most amazing outfits.

She's vibrant and fun and isn't afraid to take risks when it comes to fashion.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW WHAT I WORE 2DAY BLOG.

Another favorite fashion blogger is Reva.

She has a completely unique look and she owns it like nobody's business.

She's just as adorable as can be and has such an eclectic fashion sense. I just love it.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW REVAS RAGS 2 ROSES

I am not going to post all of the professional photography blogs that I follow because

that would be WAY too many. I am, however, going to post an amateur photo

blog that takes some THE funniest and/or cutest photos.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW 'YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT?'

Paintings

Most people know that I prefer black & white photography over color.

That does not mean, though, that I dislike color.

I actually LOVE color!

Here are some of the paintings I have in my house.

I love this tree of life painting that I have in my dining room.

This was the first real piece of art that I purchased.

I found this at a local Mexican import store.

Karson painted this one a year or so ago.

The canvas and paints were sent to him by our dear friend Kate.

Blue Man, painted by a local artist named Amanda Welch.

Click here to visit her Myspace page.

I love these two paintings, both by a local artist named Josh Bennett.

Click here to visit his facebook page.

Wait...KEL was up to see a sunrise?

I am NOT a morning person. I honestly can't even remember that last time I was up before the sun. The only reason I was up that early this weekend was because I had to set up for a boudoir photo party at the hotel in downtown Portland. I love (L.O.V.E.) boudoir photography, especially the parties, so getting up that early was a piece of cake. Then, to see the sun come up was such a great bonus! I took this out of our hotel window on the 9th floor.

Random cell phone photos

I was going through some old cell phone photos and found this one that I took of Oscar and I a few months ago. We are SO cool in our sunglasses.

I also found one that I snapped of Kayden right after his Holiday band performance, back in December. Doesn't he look like a handsome little businessman?

This is from November of last year, but aren't they cute?

I took this yesterday. It's a tent (not a house!) that Oscar made at pre-school. He really wanted to show it to everyone, but also really wanted to eat it. He had the smart idea of taking a photo so he could eat it and show everyone the photo later. Love that kid.

Thank you, Miss Katie!

Oh my gosh, I meant to post this MONTHS ago and completely forgot until today, when I ran across the photos. One of my wonderful friends (and client) gave me a thank you gift for photographing her children. I got this wonderful cookie dough kit in a jar and it could not have been more perfect. I can not bake from scratch, nor can I read a recipe to save my life, so this little gift was just perfect! It's always a joy to photograph her children and she does NOT need to give me gifts, but I don't think she's ever greeted me empty handed.

Thank you, Katie, for being so thoughtful!

I sure am going to miss you when you move.

Ahhh yes...we are officially in the age of technology

I gave Oscar one of my old medium format film cameras to play with one day and I had to laugh when I saw him looking at the back of the camera so he could see the photos he had taken. When I explained FILM to him, he looked at me like I was crazy!

After School Stuff

So, anyone who knows me knows that I am no June Cleaver.

I can't bake, so the whole 'milk and cookies' after school thing doesn't really happen at our house. I can make a mean glass of chocolate milk, though, that my kids seem to appreciate!

Why is it that my 5th grader hasn't had regular homework in years, but my 3rd grader has had it the last three years? It's stressful. I have to sit with him just to keep him on task. It took us nearly 2 hours to get through four math worksheets and the kid is good at math. He just doesn't like to sit down and do it!

As much as I hate homework, though, I do love when he sticks his tongue out while concentrating. He does this with anything that takes focus. Sports, homework, video games, etc.

Oscar loves having after school snack when his brothers get home.

(Kayden is in the background...I didn't completely leave him out!)