love is good

We were driving along. I was quiet, mellow, thinking....Mia was in her car seat, exhausted from swimming (there was a glorious break in the rain) also quiet, in her own world. Then she softly said something that I thought I heard, but wanted to make sure...so I asked what she had said. 'Mama, I love you so much.' Ahhhhhh I had heard right. 'I love you, too, honey.' Mia ended our short but oh, so sweet conversation by answering, 'love is good.'

Yes, it is, mija. Yes, it is.

for more lovely goodness, visit Shutter Sisters and for some wonderment visit Stacey at Land of K.A.

Happy Birthday...to ME!

Today's my birthday! I'm 38 (ask my mom and she'll tell you 'not till 10:33 pm), and for some reason, I totally feel today is all about me. Daryl showered me with kisses. Which is actually something he does everyday, but this morning he ended it with a super wonderful birthday kiss. Mia got me up extra early today...to spend some extra time with me...that's what I'm going with. The sun rose, I'm so sure of it, just for me...the sunrise was gorgeous, and something I usually miss, because Mia lets me sleep in. There was a bird tweeting for me.... Ok. This is getting to be too much, even for me :) just one more...Hellooooo it's Love Thursday! That has to be about me :)

I wanted to include some of my favorite shots of, well, Me and those who shared such fabulous moments with me. As I was going through them, I realized that I was didn't have with some of my dearest friends and family. If you don't find yourself in here, that means you need to be all lovey with me when a camera is around :)

by Bonnie

by Bonnie

by Andrea

by Melanie

by Melanie

by Bonnie

by Bonnie

by Melanie

by Melanie

by Andrea

by Stephanie

by Bonnie

by Bonnie

by Melanie

by Bonnie

by Melanie

by Daryl

Me & my Mama - by Daryl

by Daryl

by Me

by Bonnie

I have had a FABULOUS year!

Some more love can be found at Love Thursday

And at Theme Thursday...were today's theme is Antique-y. How appropriate it THAT?!?!

A bit of love

A bit about love. I LOVE this shot of Mia. I know it's soft, but I love it so. This is the look that I fall in love with every day, but not the look I capture often enough.



Today, when asked how many chongos (ponytails) she wanted (the answer is usually one or two) she said '5.......or maybe 11' How random was that? I LOVE that answer, and I LOVE that little girl. You can't see them all, but she's sporting 5 :)

For more love, head on over to Shutter Sisters

The Princess Angel and her Daddy Charming

The Princess Angel and her Daddy Charming

First Daddy Charming helped his Princess Angel with her pink crystal heart slippers....then to stand up.

well, she NEEDED a pony!

ahhhh happiness....for both princess and trusty steed

what you don't see her is the FALL. The trusty steed got a playful, and somehow, the angel princess FLIPPED over his shoulder...onto her left eyebrow (how's that for precise..the bumps always tell). The princess cried big fat princess tears and her steed was scrambling for anything to help..M&M? Hug?

no M&M or hug would do...the steed was dressed up!

fluffy tiara, pink fringe and all!

His little angel was happy and that's all that mattered to him.

I LOVE this man!!!!

Ride on over to Shutter Sisters for more Love Thursday

there's more fashionable dressing up at The Land of K.A. with Theme Thursday

The Reluctant Puddle Duck

Lovin' the Summer.... the heat? not so much. the water? YES! Loving opportunities like this!

It's Summer in Texas and the temps are averaging 100. Mia and I were about town the other day...in and out of stores..in and out of a HOT car. As we got close to home, I noticed some water on the road. A LOT of water. In our cul-de-sac! With Mia in one hand and my P&S in the other, we went to investigate. The water guy said that he was checking chlorine levels (they passed) through the and was now flushing the system through the fire hydrant. Hmmmm. He looked at Mia, smiled, said it was totally safe, gave us the go ahead and actually took a shot of us :) For some reason I thought she'd take to it like all those NYC kids do in those Summer movies. Nope. She was cautious. Until she found a puddle more her size, and just loved it :)

I know I'm reaching...but little ways below her right foot there are two clusters of bubbles...the one on the right is a heart :)

Happy Love Thursday. Shutter Sisters is full of LOVE today.

This weeks' Theme Thursday over at The Land of K.A. is Summer Fun.

Thursday - Unrefined Love

Stacy hosts Theme Thursday on her blog. This is my interpretation of Unrefined. Hmmm Just realized that this also works for Love Thursday. I just reread my first sentence of the following paragraph..and her tongue is in the shape of a heart..sorta :)


I LOVE how unrefined childhood is....especially playtime. I took this shot today of one of fab friends' daughter, L. She was sitting in a red tunnel showing of her newly lost tooth...or the hole it left. That shot turned into this beautifully unrefined moment.