Best Face of Summer

The theme this week at I Heart Faces is "Best Face of Summer 20011." I have shared this photo before on the blog and it is definitely one of my favorites from the summer. This is from Tara's trash the dress session I shot a couple months ago - I love everything about this shot, the angle, the editing, and of course her lashes!

You can see more from her session HERE

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

I have been a sporadic participator in Scavenger Hunt Sundays, but always happy when I can share my photo for each prompt! P.S. The word sporadic ALWAYS makes me think of the movie "Clueless"

1. Low Key - I also googled "Low Key" and was shown a lot of black and white photos so I thought this photo fit the mold. This is possibly one of my most favorite images I have shot recently. The prop, the light, I love it! This was such a fun couple to shoot too, they took all my ideas and ran with them!

2. Monochromatic and analogous color - Last weekend my nephew and his friend Parker had a joint birthday party. They both love firetrucks so their parents found a company that rents out an actual firetruck. The kids all get to ride, climb, and learn about the truck - and the fireman also turns the water on...which sprayed WAY farther than we thought. The kids loved it!

3. Circles - Also last weekend was Miss. Olivia's birthday party. I shot her 9 month photos and have her 1 year photos next week. Her mom asked if I could come and take some photos, and of course I said yes. Her party was "Olivia the Pig" theme and her mom went ALL OUT! This was her cake, with circles on it, and the other one I just really like, and we will say her eyes fall into the circle category

4. Scarf - This was taken about 2 weeks ago during my newborn session with the seriously adorable Mr. Owen. His parents are soccer fans and they wanted to use their Houston Dynamo scarf as a prop in his photos.

5. Phone - OK this is my take on phone. This was from my session last week for Miss. Alli's first birthday photos. Her mom sais this is her pose for when she is "talking on the phone." So this totally works! = )

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

It's OK

Yep I have not blogged since last Thursday....bear with me I have been BUSY!

...It's OK that I have not blogged since last Thursday because I have been busy with sessions, softball and soccer games

...It's OK that I am completely in love with this photo, I have stared at it A LOT

...It's OK that I need to have a glass of ice water every night before bed, but I only ever take like 2 sips out of it

...It's OK that I am overly excited about all the Fall TV that is finally back

...It's OK that Grey's is finally new tonight...AND it's Jersey Shore night - hello perfect evening!

...It's OK that I think my nephew is the most adorable 3 year old EVER

...It's OK that I want to punch my husband in the face every night that he snores (I really won't punch him, but I wanna sleep too lol)

...It's OK that Bentley is all up in my grill at night, but I feel bad for moving because I do not want to wake him....and I like to cuddle with him

...It's OK that I think my engagement prop that I made was pure genius 

...It's OK that I am ecstatic that I found another meal that Brad likes...score one for Pinterest!

Source: annies-eats.net via Emily on Pinterest

Yep I am totally OK with all of this!

Hey, Its OK Thursday

I completely forgot to link up last week for It's OK Thursday, so I am making up for it today...

...It's OK that I downed an entire bottle of wine the other night just because I felt like it

...It's OK that you are completely jealous of these converse that I bought my nephew for his birthday

...It's OK that I paid $25 to overnight them because I think its ridiculous that I could not find them anywhere - trust me I tried!

...It's OK that I wanted to throw a tantrum when I found out that the buffet that I wanted for our dining room was discontinued at Star Furniture

...It's OK that even though I am addicted to Toddlers & Tiaras I think the most recent episodes mom with the fake baby is bat shit crazy

...It's OK that I still have 11 days in my cell phone billing cycle and I have used over 2,400 text messages

...It's OK that I never changed our initial yard flag from Christmas last year...I mean there isn't a Santa on it or anything so it works....

...It's OK that I got distracted from writing this entry and went to pinterest and saw this...and now want to make it

Source: gourmet.com via Amber on Pinterest

...It's OK that I would rather make desserts than an actual meal...this is where my hubs comes in duh

...It's OK that hubs has to call me if I am not home to see if the cat has been fed when he comes home (or the other way around) because we are convinced that he tries to trick us so he can get an extra meal

What are you ok about??

Also - if you have not had the chance, head over to Savanah's blog and enter her Scentsy giveaway, it's supporting a great cause, so do it! = )

Handsome Mr. Owen

This past weekend with all that was going on I was super excited about this newborn session Sunday evening. Mr. Owen came into the world almost 2 weeks ago now - 10 pounds and full head of hair, I could not wait to meet this little bundle of joy! He slept through the whole session and could not have been an easier baby to work with, although his mom and I decided that his head was just too heavy to rest on his hands (because of his large brain, duh!) but even though he did not want to do that, we got some adorable shots!

He also had the perfect little baby skin, and look how much hair he has!!

His parents are big Houston Dynamo fans as well so we had to incorporate that somehow

His mom and dad also wanted to use this gorgeous blanket that his grandmother who recently passed away made

Hope everyone is having a great week! Lots already on the agenda for me this weekend including my nephews birthday that will be having a real fire truck!

Fun With My Phone Monday

Another Monday - another set of phone photos, I actually took quite a few with my phone over the week so here are a select few!

So over Labor Day weekend I last minute decided to play in a 7v7 soccer tournament with some of the girls on our club soccer team...we won 10-0, 3-0, 10-0, and the championship we won 9-0....check out our huge trophy - holla!

 

I also ordered some fancy new stickers to use as marketing for my photography business - LOVE THEM!

 

This past week I finally went through all my hobby lobby bags full of ribbon - thank you pinterest for this amazing idea. Some of the spools did not fit but this works perfectly!

I also helped out a friend who was clueless on how to make a diaper cake - how adorable is this???

Most of you are aware of all the Texas wildfires. This was our view at softball this past Friday night - it is so sad to think of all the devastation. Please send rain!!

This week I also found this recipe on pinterest and HAD to make them THAT day...lemon bars - YUM!

Hope everyone has a great week! 

I had a busy weekend of softball games, a wedding, a soccer game, and a newborn session and its not slowing down anytime soon - very exciting!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - Holla!

Back on it this week for Scavenger Hunt Sunday, I have been trying to be more consistent with this but life has gotten busy but I am happy to be participating this week!

1. Stairs - this was from a recent session I did in Old Town Spring, I love this little area it has so many great spots

2. Macro - this was taken while we were at the river over Memorial Day weekend. Our friends decided that they wanted to have a "Van Down by the River" from the Chris Farley skit on SNL

3. Clouds - This was also taken on our river trip. We headed to our favorite place to eat, the Gristmill and I always love to get a new photo of the Gruene water tower.

4. Abstract - My abstract photo might be a tad of a stretch but its all in the eye of the beholder right? I have shared photos before of my Uncle's '41 - or as my nephew calls it, the old timey car. I like the perspective of this shot, and think it fits into the theme.

5. Smile - I had a family session at the beach about a month ago and I fell in love with this shot! 

Hope you enjoyed my entries, have a great rest of the holiday weekend!

It's OK Thursday

Yay another Thursday which means another episode of Jerseyshore....I mean another "Hey It's OK" link up - yep that is what I meant. Any way here goes...

...It's OK that I am ridiculously excited for some new stickers I ordered to use for Marketing my photography business

...It's OK that I was making coffee and did not SMELL coffee because I didn't turn the knob on the stove correctly and gas was leaking out - BIG OOPS! 

...It's OK that I look on HAR.com for the possibilities on our next home even though that is at least another year away 

...It's OK that I want to BURN our living room furniture because it looks like we live in a frat house - seriously it sucks

...It's OK that a few weeks ago my friend and I tried the "cracker challenge" and we failed...miserably, but it was hilarious - check it

...It's also OK that the boys tried the "cinnamon challenge" and I knew it was going to be an EPIC fail but I let them do it any way

Hope everyone has a great week!