Worldwide. Oh yeah.

“Ur slackin on the blogs”…  that was a message I got last week.  And may I say, that this message came from a reader in JAPAN!  Yes people, believe it, my blog is read all around the planet earth!!  Let’s celebrate.  With pictures.  These are years old but oh so lovely none the less.

I have a problem you know.  I take thousands of pictures and they live for too long on my hard drive.  I need to share and print more.  That is one of my goals for this year.  Print more pictures.  Because pictures are meant to printed, on paper, canvas, books, whatever.  Just print.  Who is with me??

Okay reader in Japan, this one is for you.  Resurrected from my hard drive and onto the blog.

 

 

 

Thank you for reading.

Family Portraits on a Cloudy Day

I am back.  I know you have been waiting in agony to see my posts.  Okay okay so maybe not.   But I have been dying to share these next couple of pictures.  Why?  Because this girl is serious model status.  Really.

It wasn’t the nicest day for pictures, or so one would think.  There was no trace of sun in the sky, only silver clouds.  And not really clouds, more like a blanket.  Some might not like it this way, and if I had a day at the beach planned, I might not like it this way either.  However, I absolutely love it this way when a camera is in hand and people in front of it.  It makes for such lovely portraits.

Here I present to you, a father and daughter that let me have a few minutes with them during an overcast day.

So pretty this girl.

 

 

There is another member to this family, but those pictures shall remain in her personal library.  She can’t have her picture online, she is an international undercover agent and can’t risk blowing her cover.  NOT!

See ya next time peeps.

No, I didn’t give up… yet

No.  I did not give up on blogging.  Not yet anyway.  Just that these past weeks have been filled with exciting activity and busy days.  And, I get distracted very very easily.   Example, last night I sat down to blog, and I got sidetracked by a YouTube video on the top ten super foods.  When I went back to the blog, I somehow ended up making a video of my nephew and got lost in the decision of which song to use as a background.   So people, my point is… I am not a good at this.  But I like to write, and so I haven’t given up yet.   

I know who reads this, funny thing is… I see all three of you weekly so I can basically just tell you about my adventures in person.  But this is more exciting right??!!

Stay tuned please.  I will be back.  Soon.  Hopefully.  One day. 

And I might even share a picture of Lucille Ball. 

 

Good things come to those who wait

As soon as my camera comes out, Paul knows what to do.  I trained him well.  You see, ever since he was born, there was a camera infront of his face.  And he naturally posed and gave the most adorable smiles and grins and faces.  He loves the camera, he always wants to be infront of it, and behind it.  So I thought that putting him along with the little diva Asilem, and their corresponding siblings, would be a walk in the park.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

What you will soon see below was the product of me crawling, rolling, running, tripping, chasing, and begging.  Neither one of these little monsters wanted to look at the camera, or be close to each other, or listen to what anyone had to say.  It was a great workout, but in the end, something special happened.

Thanks for reading.  Enjoy these monkeys avoiding the camera and being… kids.

  

Lashes lashes lashes!

  

  

Brothers will be brothers.

  

The little diva decided to show herself after all.

  

She loves to pose for the camera.

See what I mean.  That’s all her.

  

And look who decided to join her.

  

He even sneaked in a kiss or two.

  

The interaction between these two is priceless.  Love it.

  

Happy Friday!

SIKE!!!!   Well almost people, almost.

 

 

Sunny Days and Baby Rolls

Sunny days make me oh so happy!  Especially when babies are involved.  Recently on one of those days, I took this baby and threw him in a basket.  Well maybe I didn’t throw him, I gently placed him.  Anyway he liked it.  It was a mini photo shoot.  I love those.

This little guy is my third nephew.  Enjoy this little man and his rolls.

Happy Thursday!  Tomorrow is Friday! And after that it is Saturday!

Stay classy San Diego.

Newborn Babies and Breaking the Rules

Who ever said blogging on Wednesdays was going to be easy? Today is Thursday, not Wednesday. I am breaking my own rules. At first I thought it would be nice to write every Wednesday, just because Wednesday is a pretty name, and because it would be easy for my parents to remember that on Wednesdays, their daughter makes a fool of herself online.  Turns out, I can’t even remember that. So, new blogging rule… there are no rules. Whoa whoa whoa, calm down (yes, I write to myself, just like I talk to myself too). So, if any of you out there have the urge to not miss any of my rebellious posts, there is a little button somewhere on this page, now that I think about it I do not even know what the button is called or where it is located. But, when you find it, click on it, enter your email, and voila! You will be informed each time I write on this internet notepad. Or not. Whatever floats your boat.

Moving on.

I lost my tripod. If anyone out there knows where it is at, maybe I left it at your house, please let me know. Eddie and I looked all over for it and it is M.I.A. Pretty strange considering it is not small or light. Anyway, I haven’t been able to take self portraits of myself jumping off chairs because of this. So please, if you see it, GET AT ME! Thank you.

Now, despite not having my tripod, I am pretty stoked this week. Why? Because tomorrow I get to visit a baby girl!! With my camera! If anyone knows me, and well if you don’t know now you know, but I LOVE BABIES, newborns in particular. Newborn plus camera equal ooh la la. (sorry if my sentences make no sense, but no rules remember?) Anyway, I am pretty excited. Even though I am far far away (“fah fah south” … first person to guess the movie reference wins!) from where I would like to be, I gotta start somewhere right? Actually, I did start somewhere. Here is my first ever newborn shoot. With my favorite baby of them all… my love, my world, my every single thing that means cute… Noah.

Happy Thursday/almost Friday.  See you next time, whenever that may be.

Lake Tahoe With My Little Men

I was in Lake Tahoe a couple weeks ago.  While I was there, a certain little man was showing off his skills.  He is five years old and holds my heart in his hands, he is my baby.  And he is officially a snowboarder and skier.

Enjoy the little guy.

He gave the signal, he is ready to go!

Can’t forget the Chapstick.

I have two little men in my life, here is the other.

“Why is my pack leaving me?”

His Tio will teach him how it’s done.

I hiked up this mountain to watch my brother in action.  I discovered I have asthma.  No joke people.  This might look small in the picture, but imagine hiking in knee deep snow up hill.  Where was my inhaler when I needed it?!?!  Wait, I don’t own an inhaler.

And here he is, in mid air.

The clouds were beautiful on our way down the mountain.  It was too cold to roll the window down.  Plus I had an asthma attack earlier remember?

The mother of my babies.  My beautiful sister.

Self portrait.

Ski time next.  My sister is the smart one in the family.  Instead of paying $100 for ski classes for my nephew, she stood right next to the lady giving personal ski lessons (the lady didn’t even notice) and repeated everything she heard to my nephew.  It worked.

While one of my little men was on the slopes…

He loves the camera.  I trained him well.

Happy Wednesday Y’all!