Elissa

Little sneak peak for those who do not follow my facebook page. Here is Miss. Elissa! She was so sweet, and I was so happy I had the opportunity to take photos of this little one. I used to work with her mom Kelly and she was so excited to document this moment, and I could not have been happier to do it for them. She was born 2 weeks ago, and mom and dad could not be prouder new parents!

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! I am up in a few hours to head down to Galveston for a LARGE family photo session at a beach house - 25 people! Ranging from a not nearly 1 year old, to a 91 year old ack! Should be fun! Then we are headed to my sisters to celebrate my dad's birthday. Nothing like a little pulled pork, yummy sides, dessert, and some beer and wine!

Also - HELLO to all my new followers! Have a great Saturday!

Owen

On Sunday morning I headed back into Houston bright and early to meet the Sanders and Wallace family for a photo session. We started around 9am and it was probably one of the most humid days that I have shot on, it was hot, hot, hot but that did not phase this little guy. There were 3 kids total, Owen was the youngest, then there was Jocelyn, and Thayden - I will share more from their session later! Owen was seriously the calmest baby I had ever been around - he did not make as much as a peep until the end, and he just hammed it up for the camera.

Top of the mornin' to ya!

After my shoot I parked it at a Starbucks for a couple hours before I headed out to the H-Town Bloggers meet up at a local wine bar - Max's Wine Dive for brunch. Glad I at least brought a shirt to change into after the insanely hot shoot! We had a HUGE group of girls show up so we were  grouped at a couple different tables. Hopefully next time I will get to talk to more girls, but we had a blast at our table!

Photos courtesy  of Miss Meg O.

Here is about half of the girls

...oh and here are my DELICIOUS creme brulee french toast amazingness. Went perfectly with a tasty mimosa!

Looking forward to the next one!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - 2 weeks!

2 weeks in a row for Scavenger Hunt Sunday - aren't you proud?? I pretty much am! I am excited to show you my interpretations - and all are ones I have not shared before.

1. Music to my Ears: A couple weeks ago we headed to Round Rock, TX to see my husbands parents and to go to my godparents 50th wedding anniversary party. The party was thrown in true Cuban fashion - drinks, good food, and lots of music! Both my parents have some pretty sweet dance moves, but I caught this "John Travolta" move my dad was throwing out, apparently the song that was playing was music to his ears!

2. Hat: What is better than a cap and gown? I did this senior shoot a few months ago, I have known his mom and her sister since I was about 4 and I was around when this guy was born - ahhhh 18 years ago!

3. Clear: This is another photo from my May wedding, clearly their toasting flutes are clear = )

4. Out of this World: I was originally going to use this for clear but changed my mind. This was taken July 4th weekend, we had an unexpected downpour and the sun was trying to creep its way back out.

5. Sprinkles: Ok well a tad of a stretch but I was baking the other night and took some photos while I was creating a yummy dessert, and well even thought this is chopped up chocolate they still LOOK like sprinkles right?

Not sure if I will be around to link up first thing - I have a shoot in the morning and then heading to a Houston bloggers meetup brunch. Hope everyone has had a fab weekend so far! Tonight some girlfriends and I are playing in an indoor soccer game against some of their guy friends who think they can beat us. We have all been playing for 20+ years....them...for about 3, wish us luck!

I Heart Faces - Props

The theme for the week at I Heart Faces is focusing on props this week. A couple months ago I had a session with the oh so sweet Mr. Drake. We came across this little area in front of a shop and it was the perfect setting for a photo. Drake really did not want to sit still so his mom gave him that little toy he is holding and it stopped him from wiggling around long enough to get some adorable images. I think this photo is prop overload (how about that awesome chalk board?) which makes it the perfect entry for I Heart Faces this week. Enjoy!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - Miss Me?

Stop the press - I am participating in Scavenger Hunt Sunday! It has been MANY MANY weeks, ok months since I have participated but I am baaaack. Really excited to share all my images, and they are all ones you have not seen yet, well I think except for one....anyway here goes!

1. Black and White: This is another image of Miss Paisley, this is another one on my favorites. Such sweet innocence, and her expression is priceless.

2. Reflections in Glass: This is one I think I have shared before. Here is my nephew Evan at his Nana and Papa's house. This was taken the last time I saw my brother-in-laws mom and I went over to take some photos of her with Evan. She lost her battle to Pancreatic Cancer about 2 months later.

3. Headlights: This is a shot from our recent trip to New Orleans. This car has made its presence on my blog before, but this is a new one! My cousin pulled the '41 out of the driveway and I pulled the camera out. I love this image, love, love, love.

4. Seeing Double: This is also another image from New Orleans. I met up with my cousin to take some photos of her daughter Miss. Kali. These shoes were made by a friend of her moms - CUTE!

5. Bare: ...and here is Miss. Kali before she put her shoes on. Before her mom changed her we had her crawl through this statue. Since it had rained earlier that day we did not want her to ruin her cute outfit, so she was bare. well minus her diaper!

Hope you enjoyed my entries, maybe I will make it back next week for 2 in a row??? Check out more entries here, and enjoy the rest of the weekend! We are off to cheer on the US Women's National Soccer Team in the Finals of the World Cup - GO USA!!

Paisley and Mom

Back on the blogging train. I had not been a good blogger this week - we were out of town this past weekend and time got away from me, but I am back! Here is another photo from Miss Paisley's newborn session. This is by far one of my favorites from the session. I am really loving newborn sessions - capturing their first few days, and sometimes a little smile or 2 come out which is really special as well. I am not ready for a baby yet, but all these little ones are too cute!

Happy Birthday!

Happy 33rd Birthday to my wonderful husband! Cheers to another wonderful year!

Our First New Year's together!

 

Last wedding before ours!

Happy 31st!

 

 

My 29th!

Happy Birthday - and I hope to celebrate many more! 

Hopefully you like my dinner I cook....

Mostly Red...and the Truck again

Yep I shared this photo last week, but I had a comment saying it reminded them of a southern 4th of July, so I am sharing it once again for the Red, White, and Blue theme at I Heart Faces.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend! We had some pool time, grilled a little, and spent some time with friends. We had no fireworks here which was a little strange, damn you drought, damn you! Oh well there is always next year!

100th Follower Giveaway - WINNERS!

I am super excited to announce the giveaway winners! First off want to thank everyone who entered, tweeted, followed, blogged, etc... You guys rock! Welcome to all my new followers on my blog and via my facebook page, and finally thank you to my giveaway contributors, Ashley and Laurel.

Each winner was picked randomly via random.org. After counting the valid entries (there were a couple deletes, and Laurel commented, so I wanted to be exact!) there were 80 total

Now on to the winners!!

Drum Roll...

The winner of a set of handmade coasters by me is...

 

Entry number 8 - Victoria at one crafty mamma

Congrats!! If you would like this set of coasters e-mail me the initial you would like on them, or if you have another color in mind let me know!

Winner of the lovely signed print from the talented Ashley Sisk is...

Number 33 - Alyssa from Becoming Alyssa

Congratulations! 

And finally, the winner of a set of 12 cupcake flags from Laurel at Go Against the Grain is...

Number 28, and a fellow Houston Blogger! - Heather at Blonde Undercover Blonde
Congrats!!

Congratulations to all of the winners, please e-mail me your contact info so I can get it to Ashley and Laurel. Thanks again everyone for entering, and I will definitely do another giveaway - maybe at 200 followers? We shall see! Hope everyone has a fantastic 4th of July weekend, we are heading to hang out with some friends today. Happy Saturday!