lazy saturday

It feels so nice to have a photo-shoot-free Saturday. I can't remember the last time I had the entire Saturday free to do whatever I want. It's been very relaxing. I've proofed a few family pictures I took last week of my extended family and I took some pictures of Diego. I keep taking pictures of him because I'm loving his curls! I'm so scared they'll go away the first time he gets a hair cut. So in case that happens, I want...

aged beauty

I came across this picture of my mom that I took back in December of her. It just drew me in. I love her gaze! She'll probably hate the title for this post, but I was looking at the details in her face and they spoke so much of her life to me. I've always thought people are beautiful as they age. Every line, every spot have a story to be told. As I see my mom's lines, I think of her life: her victory over cancer, her struggles...

arrorró...

I've dedicated a little section of Kai's room for Diego's crib. It was lacking something, so I decided to put a word phrase on the wall. I checked out several online companies and they wanted more than $75 for the phrase I wanted. Outrageous! So I had a brilliant idea and called a local sign company that also makes vinyl lettering for business and they said they could do it for less than $20. Stupendous! I put it up and I absolutely...

mr. independent

Kai reminds me so much of myself when I was a little girl. I know most children go through an "independent" phase where they want to do everything for themselves, but I never got out of that phase. I am a very independent person, ask my parents. They still get frustrated with me. And up until the time when Kai was 2 years old, I didn't understand why they got so frustrated- but now I know! It is great, however, that Kai is wanting...

party of 5 times 2

This family was a blast to photograph. I just loved the way the children interacted with each other. I always love it when I photograph kids and their siblings are right there with me. They just bring out great facial expressions in each other that nobody else can. They get all goofy and giddy and it's great. I can't even begin to imagine what it'd be like to have 7 brothers & sisters, but I bet nobody ever gets bored in their...

rain, rain, go away!

I cannot believe how much it has rained in El Paso. I feel like Noah! We've been hanging out all day at home in our comfy clothes looking at the computer and watching TV. I was looking at old pictures and saw the ones I took this weekend in Cloudcroft. We decided spur of the moment to go fishing at Silver Springs on Saturday for the evening. We got there at about 5 pm and fished for an hour. We had a blast. It was Kai's first...

reflections of my simple life

My life is fabulously simple: changing diapers, making beds, "Wonder Pets" and "Dora the Explorer" as background music, dealing with temper tantrums, having my 3-month old permanently glued to me (or at least what seems to be), watching men in their 30's play basketball at the local rec center (my hubby seems to be the exception, since he acts and looks like a youthful 28-year old) , and the photo...