Best of Dallas?

Thanks to a client of ours, Jackie and I have been nominated for WFAA’s Best of Dallas “Wedding Photographer” category. We were entered pretty late (didn’t even know it was going on! LOL) so we only have until FRIDAY to rack up some votes.I you could take a moment and vote for us, we would be eternally grateful!

Vote Here!

Yes Please

Sure, I will take it

A mustache party thanks to the groovy duo over here. They hooked us up with our own printable mustache template

One of these comfy dresses for my Jordan

A lovely bike w/basket lined in one of these (is that not the coolest places on the web?)

Tea for one

More to come.....going to sleep now. Nighty night.

Best Friends-20 Years Later

I have more than one best friend. I am so blessed to have a handful of people I know I can rely on, cry with, laugh with, share secrets with. This weekend I got to enjoy my best friends of twenty years. TWENTY ***gasp***YEARS! We met when I changed high schools in 11th grade. I was 16.

These girls are my sisters. They know me, I know them. Deena and Dana are twins that have welcomed me in as the other sister.

Our friendship has seen so much. Together we have supported each other in so many ways. We have been there holding the other through tears and heartache. We have been there to support and sometimes steer in a better direction. We have hurt each other's feelings and overcome insecurities together. We have seen each other at our best and at our worst (inside and out). We were their to celebrate love and birth. We have cried through loss. We have laughed to keep from crying. We have cried from laughing so hard.

I taught them how to drive a stick shift. We have been mugged together. We have ordered drinks when we were too young to drink. We have danced in parking lots, sat on top of water towers, and taken road trips together. We have witnessed so.very.much. And we still love the other.

Twenty years later we have witnessed our children developing a friendship. Between the three of us we have 4 girls and 2 boys. From ages 3 to 8. To me, it is so cool to see these children become friends. Seeing our girls hold hands, the boys do their boys stuff, and our families just hanging.

I will write more about the actual trip later. But today I wanted to get my love out there for my two beautiful friends.

Here is to girl talk, Elvis, laugh lines, mom swimsuits, expensive wine, annoying geese, Murphy's Law, black and blue lemonade, s'mores, guacamole, peach ice cream, arrows on our feet, Taylor Swift over and over and over, and us.

Cheers

One Lovely Blogger Award

Thank you to the awesome Sarah over at La Maison Bohéme (I LOVE her blog).

The guidelines for accepting the award are:1) Add the logo to your blog2) Link to the person from whom you received this award3) Nominate 7 or more blogs4) Leave a message on their blog – letting them know that they are ‘One Lovely Blog’
And here are some of my favorite spots on the web:

Persisting Starts

Oh My Dear

The Dear Diary Stories

Oh Happy Day

Nectar & Light

hugo & elsa

little love blue

Thursday Thoughts

Today I am

Enjoying hot tea (cramping, lovely being a woman)

Listening to thunder

Adjusting to my natural curly hair being worn natural again. It is finally long enough! But I feel so weird with it curly again after straightening it 90% of the time in the past 2 years!

Prepping and planning for our 2nd trip to Greer Farm this weekend! (YEAH!)

Even more excited about the cooking class I am taking at Greer Farm on Saturday!

And even MORE excited that my best friends since high school (and their families) are joining us on the trip! Yeah Deena and Dana!

Contemplating making some kind of lime cookies today

Editing for a couple of hours...but letting myself take a break after that.

Wanting to head over to Golightly's Gallery but probably won't. REALLY want to find some vintage blankets and props for a trash the dress session I am doing in a couple of weeks.

Enjoying my a.m. quiet time

Thrilled that I have lost 8 pounds in the past month and a half. Go me!

Cleaning my bathroom. yeah.

Going to enjoy my children.

There Is Something About

There is something about having the opportunity to walk into your backyard to gather herbs and veggies for your evening's menu.

The above picture was taken weeks ago, now the little red cherry tomatoes are picked daily for snacks, kabobs, salads, etc. Not only that, but we have a lovely abundance of rosemary, Italian parsley, basil, and thyme. We have bell peppers, Chile peppers, and one lonely jalapeno. Having these on hand seem so good for my soul.

Ahhh....the little things.

Helloooooo Summer!!

Every Summer the children and I make a list of things we want to do over the summer. I am a very lucky mom, because they keep it pretty simple. Yesterday, I ask the kids. Jordan drew pictures of what she wanted to do and Andrew wrote his list.

Jordan's List:
1. Jump on trampoline with the sprinklers going underneath
2. Look for butterflies
3. Pick Flowers
4. Watch the sun set with Mommy (awww)
5. Make cookies
6. Buy flowers to plant
7. Put together a baby fairy puzzle with 200 pieces
8. Look in cookbooks

Andrew's List:
1.Lemonade sale
2. Ride bikes
3. Make our own books
4. Make hot chocolate and pretend it is Winter (LOL)
5. Melt crayons in the sun and see what it is like to paint with melted crayons
6. Read more books (YEAH!!!)

I will get back with you on my list! Momma needs more time.